University of Kansas Law School Blog
Heather Spielmaker to Lead Career Services Office at KU Law
Photo by Margaret HairHeather Spielmaker (There was a link here, but the page no longer exists) recently joined the University of Kansas School of Law as the assistant dean for career services. Working closely with her new colleagues Stacey Blakeman and Amanda Chesbrough, she looks forward to…
40 Years of Rice Scholars
The first class of Rice Scholars started classes at KU Law in fall 1979. This fall, the school welcomed the 200th Rice Scholar to Green Hall.Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the Rice Scholarship provides full tuition to five students in each entering class. Professor Emeritus John Peck,…
Hazel Anderson: Librarian extraordinaire
If you’ve been on the main floor of the library and stopped to peruse the Kansas City Star or the Lawrence Journal-World, you may have wondered about the clock that hangs above the couch and the picture of the woman underneath it. The woman is Hazel Anderson, and she was the first full-…
Mediation Clinic Teaches Law Students How to Ask The Right Questions
The first three semesters of my law school career often focused on answering questions: making sure I considered as many arguments in favor of my position as possible, considering the counterarguments, and then articulating why my arguments were better supported by the law.Then, 18 months into my…
Assistant Dean Creates Wellness Program at Law School
Leah Terranova recently began a new role as assistant dean for academic and student affairs at the University of Kansas School of Law. Terranova has been with KU Law since 2012 as the law school’s director of career and student counseling services.Terranova succeeds Elizabeth Kronk Warner,…
Ensuring Justice with Project for Innocence
I firmly believe that every single law student at KU should participate in a clinic before they leave. My year as an intern in the Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies improved my legal writing, lawyering and client-management skills, and appellate advocacy. Interns…
Liz Thompson Pursues Justice for Clients that ‘Feel Like They are Voiceless’
Liz Thompson is passionate about public defense. Thompson, a third-year law student from Salina, spent her summer in New Orleans as a law clerk at Orleans Public Defenders (OPD).OPD is an organization that provides legal assistance and representation for individuals that are unable to afford an…
John Peck Will Retire After 41 Years at KU Law
What does Professor John Peck enjoy about teaching law?“Almost everything,” he said.“I get to be with smart, challenging young people and wonderful colleagues. I have the freedom to conduct legal research and writing on any issue I’m interested in. I’ve been afforded…
Mike Kautsch to Retire After 40 Years at KU
After four decades at KU, media law professor Mike Kautsch is retiring after the spring semester. Kautsch who has focused on First Amendment protection for newspapers and other media, is a former journalist and former dean of the journalism school. “I truly have enjoyed the University…
Alumni Law Clerk Honors Memory of Former Dean, Federal Judge
Former KU Law Dean James Logan in 1968.Brad Manson reflects on experience in Judge Logan's chambersJim Logan was confirmed by the United States Senate in mid-December 1977, and a few days later he interviewed to hire law clerks. I was lucky enough to be interviewed. Jim had testified a few days…