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KU Law Professor Shares Renewable Energy Law, Policy Expertise in India
Climate change is a global problem. A University of Kansas energy law scholar recently traveled to India to explore solutions rooted in renewable energy law and policy with Indian students and faculty. KU Law Professor Uma Outka co-taught a two-week course about renewable energy law and policy in…
Madeline Heeren Makes a Worldwide Impact
As an international trade compliance specialist for the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., Madeline Heeren uses the knowledge she gained in Professor Raj Bhala’s international trade and finance classes every day.In fact, KU Law’s strong international trade law program and…
Arturo Garcia Aims to Help Immigrants
Arturo Garcia has many reasons to be passionate about immigration law, and he plans to utilize his law degree to help immigrants. “As a dual citizen of Mexico and the United States, a border-town native and a son of two immigrants, immigration has always been a part of my life,” Garcia…
Green Hall Gleams After Spring Cleaning
Green Hall is looking sharp after a spring cleaning that restored the exterior to its original 1978 luster. Perched on rigging and lifts, crews from Mid-Continental Restoration out of Fort Scott replaced old caulking around joints and windows, power washed the concrete and glass inch by inch and…
Lindsay Strong Embarks on New Experiences
Lindsay Strong fondly remembers her final trial as a law student.During her last semester at KU Law, she spent countless hours strategizing, memorizing and executing skills with her trial advocacy partner, Ellen Rudolph. They were tested on a weekly basis leading…
KU Law Offers Students Experience in Electronic Discovery
KU Law is among only a handful of law schools offering electronic discovery as a stand-alone class.Coming from two decades of practice, Professor Amii Castle teaches students how to preserve, ask for, search and produce electronic documents and data. Students learn about advising clients on records…
Malika Baker Excels in Jayhawk Community
Deciding where to attend law school was an easy choice for Malika Baker. After earning her undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas, she decided to continue her education at KU because of the Jayhawk community.“I ran cross country and track and field at KU as an undergraduate student…
James Hampton Strives for Equality
James Hampton plans to build a career out of helping others.Hampton is spending his summer as a Legal Fellow at the Human Rights Campaign, a LGBTQ civil rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization in Washington D.C.Hampton, a third-year KU Law student and Wichita native, said the…
Omar Husain Cultivates Legal Relationships
To say that Omar Husain is “busy” is an understatement.We Husain is a KU Law Student Ambassador,, vice president of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association, secretary of the Environmental Law Society, a research assistant for Professor Andrew Torrance and a student…