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Law students offer assistance with free tax preparation
As tax season is underway, the University of Kansas School of Law is offering free tax preparation services for those who qualify. ...
Suspension of normal trade relations with Russia justified, international trade law expert says
President Joe Biden announced today that the United States will join other G-7 nations and the European Union in moving to suspend normal trade relations with Russia. The move is a continuation of the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and will raise tariffs on Russian products. ...
KU Law team wins championship at national Indian law moot court competition
SEC likely doesn't have authority to enact new regulations on 'unicorns,' law professor writes
Not long ago, private startup companies that hit a billion-dollar valuation before going public were rare enough to earn the nickname unicorns. Now that there are more than 1,000 such companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing new regulations designed to force them to go public and take on...
KU Legal Aid Clinic, Douglas County DA’s Office to host Expungement Clinic
The University of Kansas School of Law’s Legal Aid Clinic and the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office will host a virtual Clean Slate Criminal Record Expungement Clinic in March. ...
Meet Irma Russell, distinguished visiting professor
Sanctions on Russia chance for US to improve on 'checkered history,' international trade law expert says
As the United States and its European allies impose sanctions on Russia for the escalating conflict with Ukraine, talk has centered on the economic ramifications not just for Moscow, but for the global economy. International trade law expert Raj Bhala of the University of Kansas School of Law is available...
KU team to compete at national bankruptcy moot court competition
Two University of Kansas School of Law students will compete at the 30th Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition in New York City later this month. ...
Law Journal Symposium to explore post-pandemic privacy in law, public health, technology, cybersecurity
Scholars and experts in law will focus on post-pandemic privacy implications concerning the disparities in the health system, technology and cybersecurity for a University of Kansas School of Law event. ...
KU law expert can discuss retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, 'best hope of true advocates'
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has announced he will retire, giving President Joe Biden his first opportunity to make an appointment to the high court. Stephen McAllister, a University of Kansas professor and expert in constitutional law who has argued before the Supreme Court nine times, can comment on Breyer’s...
KU Law students win grants, committed to serving rural Kansas
Two third-year students at the University of Kansas School of Law will receive grants from the Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation. Mary McMullen and Luke Sunderland are recipients of the foundation's Rural Law Practice Grant. ...
2021 KU Law Annual Report
KU Law graduate selected for prestigious Skadden Fellowship
D.C. Hiegert, a 2021 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, will serve as a 2022 Skadden Fellow. ...
KU team headed to national moot court finals
A pair of University of Kansas School of Law students will head to New York City this spring to participate in the national round of the 72nd annual National Moot Court Competition. ...
Parallel pandemics of illness, racial inequality must be acknowledged for progress, law professor writes
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, officials are struggling to convince large numbers of Americans to be vaccinated. Yet, even before COVID-19 existed, the United States was dealing with another pandemic — that of racial inequality, which has led to a current state of parallel pandemics that must be acknowledged and...
University community remembers Bruce Hopkins, law professor of practice
The University of Kansas community mourns the passing of Bruce Hopkins, professor of practice from the School of Law. Hopkins died Oct. 31. He was 80. ...
'Unicorniphobia' may be a rush to regulate big money private companies, professor says
Maybe unicorns aren’t so scary after all. While kids love them, legal scholars and financial regulators seem to be in a hurry to slap new regulations on them before they can do more economic harm. ...
New online homeland security graduate programs equip students with specialized industry knowledge
— The University of Kansas is wrapping up the first semester of the new online Master of Science in Homeland Security: Law & Policy degree and an online Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security: Law & Policy. These KU School of Law programs allow military, government and other professionals to gain...
KU alumnus gives $2M gift for engineering, law schools
A gift from the estate of University of Kansas alumnus Dean Frisbie provides $1 million to the School of Law and $1 million to the School of Engineering. ...
Law Review Symposium to investigate judicial conduct and misconduct
Tasked with resolving all matters before them, judges are perceived to be impartial, fair and just. Their authority, however, has prevented some judges from always seeing the consequences of their actions. A panel of judicial ethics experts from across the country will discuss “Judicial Conduct & Misconduct: A Review of...
KU Law welcomes Class of 2024
New class of KU Law Dean’s Fellows to mentor incoming law students
Thirteen students at the University of Kansas School of Law have been chosen as Dean’s Fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. ...
KU Law graduates outperform statewide bar pass rates in Kansas, Missouri
University of Kansas School of Law graduates who took the Kansas and Missouri bar exams for the first time in July 2021 passed at rates well above the state averages. ...
KU Law, Wichita State partner to expand accelerated bachelor's, law degree program
Students at Wichita State University will have an opportunity to accelerate their legal education and save a year of tuition, thanks to an expansion of the Legal Education Accelerated Degree (LEAD) program at the University of Kansas. ...
Proposed law changes show less financial transparency may be good in some cases, professor writes
For nearly 50 years, mutual funds, hedge funds and other institutional investors have been required to file quarterly reports identifying the companies they have invested in and how much stock they hold in each one. Last summer, when the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed dramatically curtailing this disclosure program, voices...
KU Law ranks 16th for faculty scholarly impact among public law schools
The University of Kansas School of Law ranks 16th in the nation among public law schools and 40th overall for scholarly impact, according to a new study. ...
Law professor named co-principal investigator in inaugural year of digital storytelling grant project
Nine faculty members recognized for teaching excellence
Nine faculty members at the University of Kansas are being recognized as winners of annual distinguished teaching awards. ...
KU Law reports graduate employment over 90% for seventh consecutive year
The University of Kansas School of Law reported graduate employment over 90% for the seventh consecutive year. ...
KC law firm establishes scholarship for underrepresented students at KU Law
Stueve Siegel Hanson, a Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm, has given a $1 million gift to establish a scholarship for Black students at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...