KU Law Blog
From Weekend Competitors to Jayhawk Lawyers-in-Training
Mock trial prepares undergraduates for law schoolKU Law provides ample opportunities for students to gain hands-on courtroom experience, but for some future Jayhawk lawyers, the training began long before stepping foot in Green Hall. KU is home to a growing mock trial program that allows…
Early to Law School and Loving It
First impressions from an accelerated degree studentI am about halfway into my first semester of law school and I can say, without hesitation, that I’ve gotten myself into the most fulfilling, outrageous, exhausting, formative, wonderful journey of my life. It’s not like what I expected…
Rural Practice Prospects? Legendary
Student finds opportunity, community and special history in Dodge CityI recently spent two days in Dodge City, Kansas, attending the 2016 Southwest Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting. (That's me, second from left in the photo.) The trip was arranged and sponsored by the KU Law Career Services…
Speaking Surzhyk and Eating Borsch
Josh DeMoss in Kyiv, Ukraine. Dual degree candidate studies international trade in the breadbasket of EuropeAs a JD/MA candidate in Russian, East European, Eurasian Studies and Law I've long had an interest in Eastern Europe, but it wasn’t until I studied international trade at KU Law that…
An Education 16 Years in the Making
Tom Meier, L’16Tom Meier took more than a few twists and turns on his path to graduation, but today he will earn his law degree after a 16-year journey.Originally from Indiana, Lt. Col. Meier, who retired from the U.S. Army in 2009, completed his undergraduate degree as an ROTC member at Ball…
Lens on the law
Bradley Thomas, L’16Bradley Thomas brings a scientist’s reason and an artist’s creativity to the study of law. The former research scientist holds an undergraduate degree in molecular biology, but he’s as comfortable behind a camera lens as he is behind a microscope. “…
‘A One-Woman Machine’
Ashley Akers, L’16Wyoming native Ashley Akers knew she had found her home away from home the first time she visited Green Hall.“The town was great, the school was welcoming, and the price was right,” Akers said. “From the first time I stepped foot in the law school, it was…
A New Calling
Bryce Langford, L’16For Bryce Langford, pursuing a law degree meant giving up the family business.“I worked as a pastor for eight years,” Langford said. “My wife’s parents and my parents and grandparents were pastors. For us as third-generation pastors, it was…
Sisters In Law
Jacque Patton & Grecia Perez, L’16For many, the friendships born in Green Hall last long past graduation. But some students gain more than study partners, becoming roommates, colleagues and lifelong friends.Class of 2016 members Jacque Patton and Grecia Perez plan to move to California…
Law Student, Veteran Named Finalist in Prestigious Federal Leadership Program
With an eye toward a career in public service, 2016 graduate Kevin Anderson weighs multiple employment opportunitiesA University of Kansas law student with a history of military service has been named a finalist in one of the nation’s most competitive fellowship programs.Capt. Kevin…