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Law expert: SCOTUS ruling leaves intact antidiscrimination law for religious exemptions
The Supreme Court announced today a unanimous ruling stating the City of Philadelphia could not bar a Catholic agency from working with the city on foster care cases. The city originally made the move because of the agency’s policy against working with samesex couples. Kyle Velte, a law expert on...
Study: Brexit was 'historic debacle' in which the UK failed to protect its interests
Ever since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in 2016’s Brexit referendum, debates have raged on whether it was the right decision and how the U.K. would separate itself. A new study from a University of Kansas international trade law expert argues that, regardless of what one...
KU Law’s moot court program ranks 13th in nation
The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court program is 13th in the nation, according to rankings published recently by the University of Houston Law Center. ...
Law graduate Bria Nelson wins public interest award
Bria Nelson, a recent graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, is a recipient of a 2021 Equal Justice Works Regional Public Interest Award. Nelson is one of eight students selected for the national award, which recognizes law students for their exemplary commitment to public interest law and...
KU Law students make 2021 honor roll for pro bono service
Fifty-five University of Kansas School of Law students contributed 4,105 hours of unpaid legal services over the past year. This is the largest number of students who completed pro bono service in an academic year since the beginning of KU Law’s pro bono program. ...
Law school honors 2021 students for scholarship, leadership and service
Eleven University of Kansas School of Law students received awards in spring 2021 for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community. ...
Two KU Law students win national award for pro bono work
Two University of Kansas law students won first place in a national competition for their work providing pro bono legal representation to transgender and nonbinary individuals. ...
KU Law to honor three alumni with top award
Three University of Kansas School of Law alumni will receive the law school’s highest alumni honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, this year. The award celebrates graduates for their professional achievements, contributions to the legal field and service to their communities and the university. ...
Today's labor battles, legislation harken back to conflicts of nearly a century ago, professor writes
President Joe Biden has pledged to support union organizing, and the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the union-supported Protecting the Right to Organize Act. Yet, high-profile efforts to unionize Amazon warehouse workers have not succeeded, and the PRO Act may not pass the U.S. Senate. These mixed results for...
US trade sanctions justified response to human rights abuses in China, law expert writes
An international trade law expert at the University of Kansas argues in a pair of new articles that human rights and trade are now inextricably linked, as evidenced by U.S. and international reactions to actions in China, and asserts that approach is an appropriate use of trade. ...
U.S. News & World Report ranks 50 KU graduate programs in top 50 among public schools
The University of Kansas has nine graduate programs in the top 10 and 50 programs in the top 50 among public universities in the 2022 rankings from U.S. News & World Report, released today. ...
KU Law, Applied English Center launch program for international students
A new program offered by the University of Kansas School of Law and KU’s Applied English Center will help international students improve their English skills while learning about the U.S. legal system. ...
KU Law scholarship honors memory of Edward W. 'Ed' Dosh
A new scholarship at the University of Kansas School of Law will support future students while honoring the memory of a KU Law alumnus. The Edward W. Dosh Memorial Scholarship is intended to support students from Kansas, particularly from Labette County and the southeastern part of the state, or graduates...
KU Law introduces LSAT Fee Award
A new program offered by the University of Kansas School of Law will cover law school entrance exam fees for selected KU students. Preference will be given to diverse candidates and candidates who have financial need. ...
KU Law team wins national championship at Indian law moot court competition
A University of Kansas School of Law team was crowned as the national champion of this year’s National Native American Law Students Association (NNALSA) Moot Court Competition. ...
Legal scholar to deliver Distinguished Public Lands Lecture
Legal scholar Justin Pidot will explore the law and policy surrounding natural resources law topics when he delivers the Distinguished Public Lands Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Law this spring. ...
Five law faculty join first cohort of KU Public Scholars group
KU Law student awarded competitive labor law fellowship
Second-year University of Kansas law student Heddy Pierce-Armstrong, of El Dorado, will serve as a Peggy Browning Fellow this summer. Peggy Browning Fellowships provide first- and second-year law students with unique, diverse and challenging work experiences fighting for social justice and advancing workers' rights. ...
Law professor to serve as virtual visiting scholar at Emory
University of Kansas School of Law Professor Lua Kamál Yuille will serve as the inaugural virtual visiting scholar at the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative, which is based at Emory University in Atlanta. ...
Law Journal Symposium to explore international legal challenges
Legal scholars from around the world will present papers and discuss the topic of "International Legal Challenges Facing the New U.S. Administration: Critical Analyses from the American Heartland” at the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy’s annual symposium Feb. 12. ...
Black parents protect children's privacy through home schooling, research shows
Privacy is among the most cherished of American rights. Yet, one of society’s most vulnerable populations — Black children — are denied the benefits of the right to privacy through discriminatory educational practices, and a growing number of Black parents are turning to home education to protect that right, according...
Reversal of transgender military ban more than 'reopening of door of opportunity,' discrimination law expert says
President Joe Biden issued an executive order Monday ending a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military. The order reverses a policy put in place by the Trump administration. Kyle Velte, associate professor of law at the University of Kansas and expert in sexual orientation and gender identity and...
Study urges Congress to act to ensure independence of federal judges
Former President Donald Trump's removal of prominent officials not willing to do his bidding grabbed headlines throughout his tenure, but he also took less well-publicized steps to bring the federal bureaucracy under his control by dismantling key parts of the civil service. A University of Kansas law professor argues in...
Law professor creates privacy-focused conference
A new conference created by a privacy law scholar at the University of Kansas School of Law aims to explore privacy beyond abstract concepts. ...
KU, K-State faculty named recipients of Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards
faculty members at two Kansas universities have been identified as recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence. ...
Study analyzes US, European free speech traditions, suggests inevitable clashes
Americans take great pride in the tradition of free speech. Enshrined in the Constitution, the tradition is quite different than those of Europe and other parts of the world, which not only provide different histories but the possibility for clashes on what is and is not permissible speech. Such disagreements...
KU Law faculty to present at 2021 AALS Annual Meeting
New book connects Homeric themes to how today's society can revolutionize agriculture
Many students read the “Iliad” and “Odyssey,” then discuss the works’ themes as part of class. But it is unlikely teachers suggest Homer’s ideas of homecoming, fate, destiny, rage and glory could be used to revolutionize Earth’s agriculture and ecology to stave off climate change. Yet that is just what...
KU Law student awarded prestigious Skadden Fellowship
Third-year University of Kansas law student Ellen Bertels will serve as a 2021 Skadden Fellow. Considered the most prestigious and competitive award for public interest law students, Skadden Fellowships provide two years of funding for lawyers pursuing public-interest law projects of their own design. ...
Law school alumna creates scholarship for southwest Kansas students
A new scholarship fund at the University of Kansas School of Law will help provide opportunities to students from southwest Kansas. ...