University of Kansas Law School Blog
Study, Rest, Eat ... Repeat
With finals fast approaching, it’s time for you to come up with a plan for how you are going to attack each one of your finals. Taking it one day at a time might seem like a good idea, but a little planning can go a long way. One of my favorite websites, Lawyerist offers some great advice.…
Kansas Law Free Press Aims to Inform, iInspire, Entertain
The Kansas Law Free Press is a news publication written by students at KU Law. KLFP is about news things, big ideas, awkwardness, intellectual diversity, refinement, and getting to the point. It's dedicated to informing, inspiring, and entertaining the students, faculty, and administration at KU…
Are You Ready for Copyright School?
In an attempt to educate its users about copyright law, YouTube has debuted "Copyright School," a video that explains why videos are removed from YouTube: While "Copyright School" does a great job of telling you what you can't do with copyrighted content, it does a very poor job of telling you…
Salary Transparency
In the April 2011 National Association for Law Placement Bulletin, NALP Executive Director Jim Leipold discusses the push for more transparency in the reporting of legal employment data for recent law school graduates. I found the following statements about salary data to be the most interesting:…
Fellow Hispanic Students Enhanced Law School Experience for 3L
As I’m wrapping up my final semester of law school, I’ve been reflecting on my three-year journey. I will miss the quirky professors and their bland jokes. I will miss the everyday academic challenge. Most of all, I will miss many of the people I’ve come to know. As a law student…
Wheat Law Library Celebrates National Library Week
National Library Week is observed this year from April 10 through April 16 with the theme "Create your own story @ your library." The first sponsored National Library Week was in 1958, and the American Library Association has continued this yearly celebration in April ever since. It's a great time…
Jewish Law Students Association Planning Service Project for Honduras
The Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) at the University of Kansas School of Law serves all members of the law school community. JLSA aims to encourage pluralism, ethical practice and communal service through social and educational events open to all law school students. JLSA is one of the…
Working for a Student Publication is Worth the Effort
The Kansas Law Review and Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy offer KU Law students a unique opportunity to serve as editors on a publication. Law reviews and journals are unique from many other academic or scientific journals in that students, as opposed to faculty or an independent editing…
Wheat Law Library New Book List for March 2011
We had quite a few new books come out in March at the Wheat Law Library! I would love to list all of them but that would take up too much space. So I went through and picked out the titles I think look interesting. If you would like to see the entire list or check out any of these books (provided…
Career Services Issues Kudos to Successful Job Hunters
Long before the advent of the KU Law Blog and the Career Services weekly e-blast, our office produced a monthly newsletter in paper form (yes, really!) that included a "Career Services Kudos" section each March and April to recognize job-hunting successes. The positivity of the Kudos section jibed…