University of Kansas Law School Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Finds California’s Video Game Ban Unconstitutional
As a librarian whose job is connected closely with the sharing of information, I find myself drawn to First Amendment cases. As a geek, I find myself drawn to video game cases. Well, as luck would have it, the United States Supreme Court handed down its first ruling in a case involving video games…
Salaries for the KU Law Class of 2010
We have yet to receive national salary data for the Class of 2010. We can, however, discuss the number of students and the corresponding percentage of students in the KU Law Class of 2010 reporting salaries for jobs requiring bar passage and JD-preferred jobs.KU Law Class of 2020 Reporting…
1L Diaries: From Journalist To Law Student In One Week Flat
May 29, 2009It was a mere two weeks ago that I got accepted into law school. In the time since, I have had my first visit to Lawrence, been given a crash course in Lawyering and written more than a dozen briefs. It's been a whirlwind — a Kansas tornado, if you will! Officially, I was wait-…
National Employment Numbers for the Class of 2010
Last week, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) issued a press release detailing general findings from employment information submitted by 192 U.S. law schools for the Class of 2010. Four key national observations:The overall employment rate of the Class of 2010 nine months after…
Executive Talks About Features of WestlawNext
Interview with Mark Schiff, vice president of product marketing at Thomson Reuters regarding the launch of WestlawNext. Taken from the CRIV Sheet: The Newsletter of the Committee on Relations with Information Vendors. Mark Schiff, in an interview with Caren J. Biberman, gives us the low-down…
Jobs In and Out of the Law
Back on March 4 and March 18, I wrote in part about KU Law's "bar passage required" employment statistics. As an update, I thought it would be useful to also delve into KU Law and national statistics for other employment categories. While most law students enroll with the goal of practicing…
Compelling 'Accomplishment Stories' Key to Successful Job Interview
As spring semester finals wrap up, the majority of our 1Ls are preparing for clerkships with law firms, externships with state government agencies and nonprofits, clinical experiences such as the Judicial Clerkship Clinic, and summer classes. Last year, 80 percent of 1Ls reported summer employment…
Student Ambassadors Squeeze Social Life Between Law School Responsibilities
When we're not busy shaping the future of KU Law by hand-selecting the next class of students (just kidding — the day we get any say over admissions decisions is the day I send Snooki and Pauly D their acceptance letters and scholarship offers, because how awesome would that be?), the KU Law…
Wheat Law Library New Book List for April
April 2011 New Books List This list of April's new books at the Wheat Law Library seems to go on and on! And this is just a sampling from the first few pages! Sorry about all of the agricultural books. I must admit that I have a fondness for farm enterprises. If you would like to see the…
Report Gauges Frequency, Value of Law School Experiential Learning Opportunities
A report about law school experiential learning was released last week by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) and the NALP Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to research about legal careers. The 2010 Survey of Law School Experiential Learning asked practicing lawyers about the…