University of Kansas Law School Blog
Graduate Profile: Terra Brockman, L’20
Terra Brockman, L’20 Outstanding graduate distinguishes herself through leadership, serviceTerra Brockman has distinguished herself through leadership and service at the University of Kansas School of Law. Brockman, a third-year law student, will graduate this month. She has led the…
Former Naval Aviator Uses Flight School Lessons to Succeed in Law School
Second-year law student Jared Jevons spent 11 years in the Navy before coming to law school. Jevons is pictured over Wake Island in the western Pacific Ocean. Photo courtesy of Jared Jevons.Naval aviators consider themselves professionals. We did so (and Naval aviators continue to do so)…
Graduate Profile: Cara Beck, L'20
Dedicated student is headed to federal clerkship after graduationCara Beck’s favorite memory of her time in Green Hall is a noisy one.Her 1L small section, taught by Professor Ellen Sward, was competing in the 2017 Barber Emerson Bluebook Relays, an annual tradition that tests first-year…
Graduate Profile: Denise Dantzler, L'20
3L Denise Dantzler delivers the welcoming address at the 2020 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy Symposium. Dantzler is the editor-in-chief of the publication. Photos by Ashley Golledge.Accomplished student to pursue career in patent lawThird-year law student Denise Dantzler is a trailblazer…
Hovey Williams Establishes New Student IP Award
A new award fund at the University of Kansas School of Law aims to encourage first- and second-year students to pursue careers in intellectual property law.The Hovey Williams Award for Inclusion and Diversity in Intellectual Property is intended to support students interested in pursuing IP law and…
Ellen Sward to Retire After 36 Years at KU Law
Photo courtesy of Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries.After 36 years at the University of Kansas School of Law, professor Ellen Sward is retiring after the spring semester.“I like it here. I like the students, my colleagues on the faculty, the University and…
Public Service in Changing Times
Photo by Ashley GolledgeI didn’t want to write this blog post about coronavirus. I had a whole spiel prepared about career paths and joy and risk and success. But as my friend Jake Schmidt laid out, everything is uncertain right now. It feels dishonest not to talk about the seismic shift that…
Skills Taught Through Online Learning will Allow Law Students to Excel in New Legal Landscape
Photo by Ashley GolledgeIn his Mediations, Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, had the following wisdom to share regarding human beings often fraught relationship with our own future:"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm…
Exchange Student From University of Aberdeen Gains International Perspective at KU Law While Earning LL.B. Degree
University of Aberdeen School of Law student Ioanna Tsingi is pursuing a LL.B. degree at KU Law this semester through an exchange program between the law schools. Photo by Ashley Golledge.Ioanna Tsingi is calling Lawrence, Kansas home this semester as she pursues a LL.B. degree. Tsingi is a third-…
Why I Chose the K - J.D. Route
Photo by Ashley GolledgeI remember hearing the phrase, “K through J.D.” during law school orientation. It took me a couple of minutes before realizing it meant “Kindergarten through J.D.” and applied to my path to law school. I never took time off from school other than…