University of Kansas Law School Blog
Building Cultural Bridges and Living in Coexistence
I earned my undergraduate degree in Medinah, the second most sacred city for Muslims after Makkah. Some of the classes I took in my undergraduate studies included Islamic jurisprudence in several schools in Islam, principles of jurisprudence, Islamic law of inheritance, Islamic…
Law and Wanderlust
Curiosity, sense of adventure draw student to 7 continents in 10 monthsCachet Hancock’s legal education spanned three years and seven continents. The 2017 graduate combined her love of travel with her educational pursuits, visiting all seven continents within a span of 10 months during law…
El Paso Native Finds Her Niche at KU Law
Challenging coursework, enriching leadership experiences, practical learning opportunities recipe for graduate's successSylvia Hernandez is the first to note that her transition to law school wasn’t an easy one. Moving from El Paso, Texas, to Lawrence required a big adjustment and new…
Business Owner, Student, Mom
Graduate's student experience enriched by expanding rolesSome babies are rocked to sleep with lullabies. Taylor Ray’s daughter Emma was lulled into slumber with voice recordings of Professor Webb Hecker’s Mergers and Acquisitions lectures. In the midst of an enriching 2L year serving as…
Building Community
Arizona transplant leads through service in adopted homeThree years ago, Matt Scarber packed up his life in Arizona into a backpack and two suitcases and headed to Lawrence for the first time. Leaving his friends and family for a state he’d never been to wasn’t easy, but Scarber set out…
3L Advocates for Change with Congressional Bid
For the class of 2017, the final year of law school was a time of transition. The Republican party took control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, promising sweeping policy changes and a shift in priorities.For 3L James Houston Bales, the political transition resonated on a personal…
'An 8-to-5 Gig with a Whole Lot of Overtime'
Nontraditional student balances law school, parenthoodKriston Guillot interns at the Douglas County Legal Aid Society and Legal Services for Students, is president of the 3L class, serves as a Traffic Court justice and KU Law Student Ambassador, is member of the Moot Court Council and the…
A Tumultuous and Rewarding Time to be an Attorney
The late Jeremy Bentham once said, “The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.” The truth in Bentham’s words became apparent almost immediately after I started my classes at KU Law. One of the most fascinating things about our legal system is how malleable our law…
Rewards of Staying Busy
Student finds place in legal community during hectic 2L yearYou may have heard the old adage: the first year of law school they scare you to death, the second year they work you to death, and the third year they bore you to death. I can’t speak about the third year yet, but I can say that my…