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1L Shares Remedies To Cure Law School Burnout
There’s something about a day of sitting in classes, reading between classes, and looking forward to a night of more reading that can really wear a girl (or guy) out. Luckily, I’ve already found a few tried-and-true remedies to perk me up after a full day at Green Hall.Veg outThis is…
Could You Be Getting More Out of Google's Search Engine? Some Tips and Tricks
Recently, the Wheat Law Library received a book titled Google for Lawyers: Essential Search Tips and Productivity Tools," by Carole A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch. I instantly fell in love with it. For those of you who don’t know, Google started off as a basic search engine but has grown into a…
Fundraiser to Advance PILS Mission to Help Students Pursue Public Interest Careers
The KU Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will host its 8th annual Casino Night fundraiser from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, to benefit PILS and KU Endowment. This year’s event at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., will have games, food, drinks and live music. It's sure to be a good time.…
Goodbye to Green: Farewell Letter from Todd Rogers
Welcome back to Green Hall! The beginning of the 2011-12 academic year is bittersweet for me, as it marks the end of my tenure at KU Law and a return to Boulder, Colo. I recently accepted the position of Assistant Dean of Career Development at the University of Colorado Law School, where I…
Law School Survival Tips from a Recent Graduate: Simplify Your Life and Warn Your Loved Ones
First-year boot camp has ended, and regular classes have begun. Many of you are still a bit dizzy from all of the new responsibilities that law school has thrust upon you. Fresh out of law school, the Wheat Law Library's new Faculty Services Senior Researcher, Ashly Basgall, has a few tips to help…
Google Patents, Google Scholar and Now Google Law?
It was announced on Aug. 11 that Google Ventures dropped $18.5 million into Rocket Lawyer, an online company that provides legal forms. So this raises the question: Will we be seeing Google Law in the near future? Google and the law Google has set itself up as a leader in information…
Student with Designs on Fashion Law Gets Crash Course (and a Handbag) at Summer Institute in NYC
On Memorial Day, I piled out of a taxi in Brooklyn. It was the quintessential "20-something girl from the Midwest heads off to New York" opening scene to a movie — I dragged my huge suitcase up the front steps and struggled to figure out how to unlock the apartment doors with the set of…
National Salaries for the KU Law Class of 2010
In our last posting, we shared salary information for the KU Law Class of 2010. At that time, national salary statistics for the Class of 2010 were not available. They have since come in, and the data confirms our past observation that national salary statistics are often unreliable because of…
CALI for iPad and iPhone? Yes, Please!
For those who aren’t familiar with CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction), it is a computer-based, interactive tutorial that is free for KU Law students, faculty and staff. You login to the website and choose a lesson by topic, author, or even cooler, casebook. Once you choose…
1L Diaries: Final Exam Lost In Cyberspace Increases Risk Of Heart Failure
Editor's note: KU Law student Natalie Hull wrote this journal entry during the 2009-10 school year as part of the 1L Diaries project. The diaries appear in the Spring 2011 edition of the KU Law Magazine. Read the full version of the 1L Diaries. June 30, 2009 — I almost had a heart attack…