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New class of Dean's Fellows to mentor incoming students
American World Trade Organization loss, repeal of Canada tariffs cloud future of unilateralism, says trade expert
LAWRENCE — Two major developments unfolded today in the ongoing trade war with China and the Trump administration’s expansion of tariffs. First, the World Trade Organization ruled that American tariffs on Chinese goods violated international rules. The administration also announced it would drop its 10% tariff on Canadian aluminum. ...
Four KU faculty members receive Distinguished Professor status
Note: This story was updated Sept. 11, 2020, to clarify the named and University Distinguished Professorships awarded. ...
KU law school ranks among top third in the nation for employment success
KU Law's moot court program ranks 22nd in nation
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court program is 22nd in the nation, according to rankings published recently by the University of Houston Law Center. ...
KU Law student places as a finalist in two national writing competitions
Civil law expert can comment on Supreme Court allowing qualified immunity to stand, Thomas dissent
LAWRENCE — The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it had declined to hear challenges to qualified immunity, which gives government workers, including police officers, broad protections when accused of violating constitutional rights. The protection has come into question outside of legal circles recently following the death of George Floyd in...
Supreme Court's ruling logical end to discrimination against LGBT workers, KU Law expert says
KU law school launches legal research corps
LAWRENCE – A new project at the University of Kansas School of Law aims to meet community needs for legal services and provide hands-on learning to law students. ...
Statements from the KU Law community on fighting racial injustice
KU Law students make 2020 honor roll for pro bono service
LAWRENCE – Fifty-one University of Kansas School of Law students contributed 2,578 hours of free legal services over the past year. ...
Precedent set in racial discrimination cases should extend to LGBTQ, law professor says
LAWRENCE — High-profile cases have circulated through American courts in which people argue their religious beliefs allow them to not provide goods or services to same-sex couples. A University of Kansas law professor writes in a new article that while the question of whether such denials are legal has not...
Law school honors 2020 graduates for scholarship, leadership and service
LAWRENCE – Ten University of Kansas School of Law graduates from the Class of 2020 received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community. ...
KU Law partners with UN to train diplomats on indigenous issues, conflict resolution
LAWRENCE — Students at the University of Kansas School of Law will have a chance to train diplomats on indigenous issues and conflict resolution as part of a new partnership. ...
KU scholar selected as 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas scholar Sarah Deer was named today as one of 27 researchers in the 2020 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. With a $200,000 stipend, it is one of the most generous awards of its kind for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Honorees include established...
KU Law pop-up clinic to offer free legal services to health care workers
LAWRENCE – A new pop-up clinic at the University of Kansas School of Law will offer free legal services to essential workers in health care settings. ...
Three alumni receive top award from KU Law
LAWRENCE — 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. ...
Law school adapts course offerings, policies in response to COVID-19
Study finds real estate taxes hit poor hardest, not necessarily used for assumed purposes
KU Law team finishes second in environmental law moot court competition
U.S. News & World Report lists 49 KU graduate programs in top 50 among public schools in 2021 rankings
EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. March 31, 2021. The story below was corrected to add Nursing-Anesthesia, ranked No. 14 among public institutions, and updated that there are 49 KU programs in the top 50 among public universities. ...
KU Law update: Online instruction, building and library availability, and other news
Book outlines how agriculture can be revolutionized, supported by new international bodies
LAWRENCE — Revolutionizing the way humans practice agriculture by implementing new practices supported by international bodies might sound like a radical idea. Yet it's possible, according to a University of Kansas legal expert whose new book shares how similar international bodies have already moved beyond the 16th century idea of...
Additional updates concerning KU Law classes and events
Message from the Dean: KU Law response to COVID-19
KU Law team claims top advocacy prize at Indian law moot court competition
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas School of Law team received the highest advocacy honors at the National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition in Berkeley, California. ...
Alumnus pledges $1 million for future needs at School of Law
LAWRENCE — When Michael Davis was a professor at the University of Kansas School of Law in 1971, he made a big impression on law student Christopher “Kit” Smith — so big that Smith and his wife, Diana, have pledged $1 million to create a fund at KU Law in...
Law Journal symposium to explore ever-changing work environment
LAWRENCE — Legal scholars, academics, practitioners and policy experts will gather in Lawrence to discuss how changes to the work environment impact the legal landscape at the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy’s annual symposium. ...
Law students, Legal Services for Students can help file your taxes for free
LAWRENCE – Are you a Kansas, Missouri or Illinois resident? Do you make less than $56,000 per year? Do you not itemize your tax deductions? ...