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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
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...
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. ...
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? ...
KU law professor co-writes latest edition of frequently cited guide to civil litigation
Concerns about environmental disclosure from companies overblown, legal analysis finds
Alumni gift establishes center for diversity and inclusion at KU Law
LAWRENCE — A new center for excellence at the University of Kansas School of Law aims to foster diversity within the law school community. The Dru Mort Sampson Center for Diversity and Inclusion, launched in late fall 2019, will encourage community engagement while helping students adjust to the demands of...
KU Law voted 'Best of Midwest'
KU law professor outlines how Title IX protects transgender students
LAWRENCE — Transgender rights have made significant progress in recent years thanks to court decisions and high-profile transgender individuals putting a spotlight on the issue. Much discrimination still exists, though, especially for young people without political power. ...
KU Law community mourns passing of former dean
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law community is mourning the passing of former dean and longtime professor Martin Dickinson, who died Jan. 5 in Estes Park, Colorado. He was 81. ...
Study explores and compares how humans, animals innovate
LAWRENCE — A gorilla putting a stick in a termite mound to get a meal, a house cat learning how to open a door and a pensioner inventing a product for safe walking that goes on to earn millions in sales may not seem similar on the surface, but they...
Law professor receives International Educator Award
Winter family accelerates $1.7M gift to law, athletics
LAWRENCE — For University of Kansas alumni Nancy and Wint Winter Sr., the only thing as satisfying as giving was seeing the good a gift could do. ...
Law Review Symposium to explore antitrust law, policy
LAWRENCE — Antitrust law has returned to prominence on the national stage. This year’s Kansas Law Review Symposium will bring together scholars of varying backgrounds to explore the legal and economic questions raised by recent developments in antitrust law. ...
KU Alumni Association, Black Alumni Network honor alumni for achievements
LAWRENCE — Six alumni will receive the University of Kansas Alumni Association’s Black Alumni Network Mike and Joyce Shinn Leaders and Innovators Award for their contributions to the university, their profession and their communities. The award is named for the late Mike Shinn, a 1966 School of Engineering alumnus, who...
Author to discuss racism, white fragility at KU lecture
LAWRENCE — New York Times best-selling author Robin DiAngelo will discuss her book “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” at the University of Kansas on Oct. 28. DiAngelo will examine the dynamics of “white fragility” and how readers can build capacity in the...
KU announces 2019-2020 Staff Fellows
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced participants selected for the 2019-2020 Staff Fellows Program, which seeks to strengthen the university by developing leaders at all levels of the institution. ...
Article examines corporate renewable energy pledges, how they interact with state laws
LAWRENCE — After Donald Trump was elected president and put a renewed focus on fossil fuels, several large corporations made headlines by setting goals to increase the renewable energy they buy. Many are making progress on those pledges, while varying state energy laws have made it easier in some parts...
KU's Medical-Legal Partnership sees increase in patient referrals
LAWRENCE — Since its launch in 2008, the KU Law Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) has provided free legal assistance to thousands of low-income patients at area hospitals while providing hands-on training to law students. ...