KU Law Blog
Leading Cities Through Crisis
Alumni mayors apply legal training to public serviceFrom the early days of the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Jennifer Ananda knew everyone in Lawrence, Kansas would need to work together.The coordinated response started with a unified command of city, county, health…
Through Difficulty
The KU Law community responds to a pandemic through work, service and community leadershipMayors who have helped lead their city’s response. A legislative analyst who was deployed to share information about the virus in the early days of its U.S. impact. A legal aid attorney who managed a…
Access to Justice Organizations Respond to Pandemic
KU Law alumni address increased legal needs of low-income AmericansLegal aid organizations across the nation provided legal assistance to low-income individuals and promoted equal access to justice throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.The organizations continued to provide legal aid services after stay…
Navigating Public Health Policy
Alumni step up to minimize the spread of COVID-19University of Kansas School of Law alumni are navigating public health policy in their workplaces to help minimize the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and direct their teams toward new solutions.Alumni stepped up during a time of rapid change and…
KU Law Adapts to a Pandemic
Changes to instruction, summer experiences and operationsOver a few weeks in March, colleges and universities across the country moved their classes, students, faculty – everything – from on-campus to online. It was the beginning of a shift that continues this fall, as schools adapt to…
From Green Hall to City Hall
Mayor Quinton Lucas balances roles as law lecturer and Kansas City leader during pandemic This spring, students at the University of Kansas School of Law had the unique opportunity to learn Local Government Law from the current mayor of a nearby metropolitan city. Quinton Lucas is the mayor of…