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KU Legal Aid Clinic, Douglas County DA’s Office to host Expungement Clinic
LAWRENCE – 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
LAWRENCE — 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...
KU team to compete at national bankruptcy moot court competition
LAWRENCE – 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
LAWRENCE — 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'
LAWRENCE — 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...
KU Law students win grants, committed to serving rural Kansas
LAWRENCE – 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
LAWRENCE – D.C. Hiegert, a 2021 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, will serve as a 2022 Skadden Fellow. ...
Parallel pandemics of illness, racial inequality must be acknowledged for progress, law professor writes
University community remembers Bruce Hopkins, law professor of practice
LAWRENCE – 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
New online homeland security graduate programs equip students with specialized industry knowledge
OVERLAND PARK — 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...
KU alumnus gives $2M gift for engineering, law schools
LAWRENCE — 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
LAWRENCE – 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...
KU Law welcomes Class of 2024
KU Law graduates outperform statewide bar pass rates in Kansas, Missouri
LAWRENCE – 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
LAWRENCE – 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
LAWRENCE — 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...
KU Law ranks 16th for faculty scholarly impact among public law schools
LAWRENCE – 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
LAWRENCE — 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
LAWRENCE – 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
LAWRENCE — 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. ...
Law expert: SCOTUS ruling leaves intact antidiscrimination law for religious exemptions
LAWRENCE — 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...
Study: Brexit was 'historic debacle' in which the UK failed to protect its interests
KU Law’s moot court program ranks 13th in nation
LAWRENCE – 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
LAWRENCE – 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...