Now that there are over 1,000 high-value "unicorn" private companies, the SEC is weighing new regulations designed to force them to go public and take on obligations. Associate Professor Alex Platt published an article identifying a fundamental legal obstacle for this regulatory agenda.

KU 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. Prospective clients for expungement can call the Legal Aid Clinic during two virtual intake days on March 2-3.

KU Law alumna Irma Russell has returned to Green Hall this spring, serving as a distinguished visiting professor. She is teaching Environmental Law and Public Lands and Natural Resources Law.

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 KU Law discusses the sanctions, their…

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.

Scholars and experts in law will focus on post-pandemic privacy implications concerning the disparities in the health system, technology and cybersecurity. The virtual 2022 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy Symposium runs from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has announced he will retire. Stephen McAllister, a KU professor and expert in constitutional law who has argued before the Supreme Court nine times, is available for media comment on Breyer’s legacy, potential successors, the court’s makeup and more.

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.

Donors contributed more than $4.5 million to support KU Law students and programs in the 2021 fiscal year. Read about some of the things made possible by those gifts in the 2021 KU Law Annual Report.

D.C. Hiegert, L'21, will serve as a 2022 Skadden Fellow. Hiegert will work with the ACLU of Kansas to provide direct representation, community education and policy advocacy for LGBTQ+ Kansans to enforce and strengthen state and federal legal protections.