Faculty
Webb Hecker to Retire After 47 Years of Teaching
Photo courtesy of Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries.Business law professor Webb Hecker has helped shape the minds of thousands of Jayhawk lawyers. After 47 years of teaching at the University of Kansas School of Law, he is retiring at the end of the summer.The night…
Elizabeth Kronk Warner Announced as Dean of University of Utah Law School
Elizabeth Kronk Warner, KU Law’s associate dean for academic affairs and a law professor, will be the next dean of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. Warner starts her new role on July 1. She will be the first woman to lead the Utah law school in its 106-year history.“I am…
Evidence Professor Retires After More Than 30 Years on Law Faculty
From the beginning of his teaching career, Dennis Prater was committed to helping nervous law students transform into formidable advocates. That commitment didn’t waiver during his 34 years on the KU Law faculty. Prater retired in December.A 1973 graduate of KU Law, Prater had been a student…
Protecting Kansans
“Your Honor, I represent the United States.”As U.S. attorney for Kansas, Stephen McAllister utters this phrase when making official appearances in federal courtrooms. The experience is humbling and exhilarating every time.“I get to be a part of the greatest ‘law firm’ in the United States, and…
Three New Scholars Bolster KU Law Faculty
Three new faculty members with diverse experience in teaching, scholarship and practice started at KU Law this fall. Kyle Velte joins KU Law as an associate professor of law, teaching Evidence, Torts and Employment Discrimination. Velte holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and a J.D. from…
Alumnus Creates Fund to Sustain KU Law Faculty Excellence
Photo courtesy of McDermott Will & Emery law firmJames Riedy practices law in Washington, D.C. But as a Kansas native and 1977 graduate of KU Law, he’s committed to ensuring students from his home state have access to an outstanding legal education and local employment opportunities. To that…
KU Law Professor Shares Renewable Energy Law, Policy Expertise in India
Professors Uday Shankar and Uma Outka co-taught a two-week course about renewable energy law and policy in May at the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law in Kharagpur, India.Climate change is a global problem. A University of Kansas energy law scholar recently traveled to India to…
Always Supporting Students, Retired Professor Creates Scholarship
Professor Bill Westerbeke has a straightforward reason for giving to KU Law: “The school and its students have been good to me,” he said. “I should pay it back.” He followed that philosophy while teaching in Green Hall, contributing more than $57,000 over his 43-year career. A year after…
Presiding Over the Classroom
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Caleb Stegall teaches Appellate Advocacy at KU Law.Alumni judges return to KU Law as teachersFor future attorneys whose professional success will often hinge on the ruling of a judge, having one as a law professor can be especially instructive. Just ask 3L Lindsay…
Bhala Shares International Trade, Islamic Law Expertise in New Zealand
Photo by Rebekah Robinson.KU Law students aren’t the only ones who escape Green Hall to gain practical career experience and explore broader horizons during the summer. Our faculty members also take advantage of their breaks to engage in enriching scholarship, faculty development and teaching…