University of Kansas Law School Blog
From Summer Associate to Softball Player
My first day at my internship with Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch this summer started out perfectly. We met all the attorneys over bagels, we were set up with keys and parking passes, and we were taken to lunch by one of the attorneys who initially interviewed us. After lunch, things took a…
Hunting for a Job? Maybe a 'Strategy Group' is in Order
I’m currently reading "The Happiness Project" by U.S. Supreme Court clerk-turned-author Gretchen Rubin. In a chapter about seeking happiness in her work life, she reveals one of her “Secrets of Adulthood”: “It’s okay to ask for help.” She describes how she came…
Bureau of Justice Statistics Website Makes Crime Stats Freely Available
In need of crime statistics and don't know where to look? Try the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics! The Bureau of Justice Statistics (B.J.S.) was first established on Dec. 27, 1979, under the Justice Systems Improvement Act of 1979. Their goal is to: "collect, analyze,…
Career Services: Gearing Up for the fall
As June draws to a close, the Office of Career Services is busy preparing for the onset of the fall semester. Today we will post a nearly complete list of our fall Tuesday/Thursday programming on the “Events” section of Symplicity. Our schedule includes panels on the state of the legal…
Law.gov Would Be Bold Experiment in One-stop Shopping For Legal Research
Have you heard about Law.gov? No? Well then, let me tell you! Law.gov is a proposed repository for legal materials, open-sourced and open to the public. Included would be all primary materials of the United States and international governmental bodies. Law.gov would be a portal for authoritative…
Small Firms, Big Opportunities: Prepare Now for Hiring Increase on the Horizon
In the legal profession, more than 80 percent of all private practitioners work in law firms of 50 or fewer attorneys, and only 10 percent work in firms of more than 100 lawyers. Hiring at small (two-10 attorneys) and mid-sized (11-25 attorneys) firms accounted for 41.1 percent of the law firm jobs…
Listbean Website Helps Users Organize Life's Little Details
When you prepare to study for class, get ready for vacation or create a budget, what's the first thing you do? If you answered, "make a list," then I have a website for you! It's called Listbean, and it's awesome! Unlike other list sites, it is completely free and jam-packed with pre-populated…
Trends in Law Firm Profitability Suggest Smartest Route for Future Law Students
At the National Association for Law Placement’s annual conference in late April, Dan DiPietro of Citibank spoke to a packed house of more than 800 conference goers. DiPietro is the managing director of the Law Firm Group at Citibank and visiting professor at Harvard Law School. Citibank…
Happy Geek Pride Day from a Wheat Law librarian and self-proclaimed geek
My name is Blake, and I'm a geek. It's true. For those of you who know me, this comes as no surprise. But for those who don't, it's not a difficult conclusion to draw. I am a law librarian. Trading in the courtroom for the library is tantamount to trading in Atticus Finch for Rupert Giles. I let it…
Library's Kagan Page Provides One-stop Shop for Information on the Supreme Court Nominee
The University of Michigan Law Library's informational Web page for the latest nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, was created May 10 by reference librarian Kincaid Brown within hours of the announcement. It is available here. The Web page includes biographical…