University of Kansas Law School Blog
Wheat Law Library's Five Laws of the Law Library
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972) was considered the father of library science in India. He developed what has been widely accepted as the definitive statement of ideal library service. His "Five Laws of Library Science" (1931) is a classic of library science literature, as fresh today as…
Interviewing Advice: Tell a Better Story!
Our office prepares hundreds of students (and a number of alumni) each year for interviews with legal employers. During this interview prep, which often includes the review of a videotaped mock interview, we talk about strategies to enhance responses to common interview questions. Often our advice…
Big 12 Football Tour Provides Fun Outlet for Diligent Law Student
I remember when I was a prospective law student visiting various law schools, a major concern of mine was whether law students had time to do anything fun. I had heard the one-liners from all of my friends and family sarcastically telling me, "Have fun at the library ... we'll see you in three…
KU Student Bar Association Hosts Charity, Social Events
The Student Bar Association has had a very busy spring semester and doesn't plan to slow down anytime soon. SBA organized a blanket drive for the Lawrence Humane Society and collected two boxes full of donations for the animals from students and faculty. In addition, students met at Wayne &…
On-Campus Interviews Offer Learning Experience
The KU Law Office of Career Services does an absolutely phenomenal job of arranging and hosting on-campus interviews here at the law school. Todd Rogers, Karen Hester and LaVerta Logan of Career Services put enormous amounts of time and energy into bringing both local and national firms, agencies…
OMG, Jurors Can't Tweet About Cases!
The federal courts have always been up on technology. The administrative office of the United States Courts established Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER), a one-stop shop for uploading and downloading court documents for federal cases. The courts themselves are relatively high-tech…
Right Place, Right Time: Not Quite Serendipity
On this gloomy winter Friday in Lawrence, let’s brighten things up by highlighting the job hunting successes of three current students and one very determined recent grad.Often a law student will tell us that he or she landed a job by being “at the right place at the right time.”…
A Change of Pace
I am enrolled in Trial Advocacy this semester, which consists of a classroom lecture component once a week and an in-class performance component once a week. The class is broken up into small groups of eight students, and each group is assigned an attorney/judge to serve as the judge for the class…
THOMAS Changes Make Federal Legislative Information Even More Accessible
Are you familiar with the Library of Congress and their service called THOMAS?THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public…
Women in Law Organizes Charitable Benefits, Educational Speakers
This semester, Women in Law is continuing to support and promote women law students and attorneys. In February, we're partnering with the Public Interest Law Society to raise money for Habitat for Humanity in Haiti by selling and delivering Valentine's and candy to the student body.Also this month…