Academics
Change Your Perspective
First-year law student Jamie TretoLaw school can be daunting. The dreaded cold calls, the heavy reading and the sleepless nights are often big topics when considering law school. When the school organized a meet-up at my small section professor’s house a few days before the first day of 1L year, I…
3 Tips for Finding a Job After Law School
Photo by Ashley Golledge This time of year is always incredibly stressful to law students and law school applicants alike. Law school applicants are in the midst of finalizing applications, weighing offers and possibilities, and trying to figure out if their top choice schools will even be a…
KU Law Adapts to a Pandemic
Changes to instruction, summer experiences and operationsLarge classes, including this section of Civil Procedure, are meeting at the Burge Union this semester. Physcial distancing guidelines reduced capacity of classrooms in Green Hall. Photo by Margaret Hair.Over a few weeks in March, colleges…
Remote Learning and Stress Management Tips
The past week has brought an abrupt shift to online instruction at law schools across the country. To help students at the University of Kansas School of Law navigate the transition to remote learning and manage stress in uncertain times, Professor Betsy Six and Assistant Dean Leah Terranova have…
International Degree Programs: Students from Around the World
Degree programs aimed at international students produce scholars, teachersSince KU Law’s Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) program launched in 2007, 34 students from 17 countries have earned the terminal degree in law. Designed for students interested in deep legal research and writing, and a…
101 Things To Know Before Coming To Law School
Members of the First Generation Professionals organization meet in Green Hall. Photo by Ashley Golledge.(Front row) Peter Qiu, Professor Jean Phillips, Ashley Reece, Marisol Garcia, Misbah Karamali, Adeline Tolle, Mary McMullen, Saber Hossinei. (Back row) Michael Tuttle, Nancy Donahue, Zachary…
Gaining Experience with Criminal Prosecution Field Placement
3L Eliza Kassebaum During my first year of law school, I was convinced that I wanted to practice family law. One summer as an intern for a Kansas District Judge warned me off that career pathway real quick. Instead, I became fascinated with criminal prosecution. Following my judicial…
Two KU Law Graduates are First to Complete LEAD Program
Photo by Ashley Golledge.When Nate Crosser and Samantha Wagner signed up for the LEAD program as 18-year-olds, they were on a fast track to law school. Now, six years later, they are law school graduates and the first two students to complete the program.“I’ve enjoyed being part of the LEAD program…
KU Law Banner Carrier Graduates with a J.D. and a Ph.D.
KU Law banner carrier Michael Hayes graduated with both a J.D. and a Ph.D. Photo by Earl Richardson Photography.Michael Hayes graduated from the University of Kansas with not one, but two, doctoral degrees this past weekend.He earned a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the University of Kansas School of…
Alisha's Declassified Law School Survival Guide
A few weeks ago, I was studying with a friend and we started discussing the essential items that make our law-school lives (somewhat) easier. She said she wished she had known what to buy before 1L year started, so I thought I would share my favorites.Book stand: These are pretty affordable…