KU Law Blog
Double Jayhawks take charge
Meet the leaders of KU Law's student publications With the new school year underway, the Kansas Law Review and the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy are in full swing, putting together this year’s issues. This year, the publications are run by third-year Kansas-natives and double…
Law's New Voices
Meet the new editors-in-chief of the Kansas Law Review and the Kansas Journal of Law & Public PolicyWith the new school year just around the corner, the Kansas Law Review and Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy are already at work preparing for their new volumes of legal discourse. At the…
Leading the Legal Discourse
Meet the leaders of KU Law's student publicationsThough the school year has only just begun, third-year law students Jackie Jeschke and Collin Studer have been hard at work this summer in preparation for their new roles as editors-in-chief of the law school’s two student-edited publications.…
Graduate Profile: Dahnika Short, L’22
Background in health care inspired student to attend law schoolA passion for health care ultimately inspired non-traditional law student Dahnika Short to attend the University of Kansas School of Law.After graduation, she will continue her journey through a clerkship with Hon. Toby Crouse, L'00, of…
Graduate Profile: Ashlyn Shultz, L’22
Mentoring first-year students was a standout experience for KU Law banner carrierThe first year of law school is full of challenges. For Ashlyn Shultz, learning how to overcome those challenges – and passing that knowledge on to her fellow students – has been a defining law school…
Graduate Profile: Parker Bednasek, L’22
Law Review editor-in-chief was ‘raised to be a Jayhawk’Law school has kept Parker Bednasek busy.As editor-in-chief of the Kansas Law Review, Bednasek was responsible for representing the University of Kansas School of Law in legal academia.“You also have a lot of interaction with…
Graduate Profile: TJ Blake, L'20
TJ Blake, L'20Student succeeds with engagement outside the classroomTJ Blake took a tireless approach to law school.From spending late nights preparing for moot court competitions to serving as managing editor for the Kansas Law Review, Blake found success in engaging in activities outside the…
Graduate Profile: Cara Beck, L'20
Dedicated student is headed to federal clerkship after graduationCara Beck’s favorite memory of her time in Green Hall is a noisy one.Her 1L small section, taught by Professor Ellen Sward, was competing in the 2017 Barber Emerson Bluebook Relays, an annual tradition that tests first-year…
Meet KU Law’s Student Publication Editors
Third-year law students Denise Dantzler and Joy Merklen are embracing their roles as editor-in-chief for each of the law school’s two student-edited publications. Merklen leads the Kansas Law Review, and Dantzler heads up the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy.Dantzler and Merklen…