Five questions with Ikhtiyorjon Turaboev, visiting scholar from Uzbekistan Visiting scholar Ikhtiyorjon Turaboev from Tashkent, Uzbekistan joins the University of Kansas School of Law for the spring 2023 semester. Turaboev serves as a senior lecturer at Taskent State University of Law and currently teaches courses in Tax and Financial Law. During his time in Lawrence, Turaboev will participate in the …
Earning Pro Bono Hours: Volunteering for VITA
All you need to know about the VITA clinic What is VITA? The Volunteer Income Assistance (VITA) clinic is offered by the University of Kansas School of Law each spring. Through VITA, law students prepare free federal land state tax returns for Douglas County residents earning less than $58,000 a year. KU Law students can earn pro bono hours by …
LEAD Program at KU Law
When Makaela Stevens was just a senior in high school, she received an email advertising the Legal Education Accelerated Degree (LEAD) Program. LEAD offers students the opportunity to fast-track their education undergraduate and law school education. Students who apply and are accepted into the LEAD program can earn a bachelor’s degree and a Juris Doctor in six years instead of …
Hands-On Learning Q&A: Joan Lee, Mock Trial
Joan Lee is a 3L that chose to get involved in Mock Trial in Fall 2021—the beginning of her second year at KU Law. Since then, Lee has learned more about representing a client, gained confidence in public speaking and acquired a baseline for courtroom etiquette as she participated in both in-house and national competitions. The experience has helped solidify …
How not to go broke buying textbooks
I am not sure about you, but I always feel anxious to get back to school after a prolonged break. Although it is one of my life goals to become a person who can fully embrace the art of il dolce far niente, the anxiety devil that lives on my shoulder begins to poke my “feel guilty about relaxing” button …
Visiting Scholar Spotlight: Hilal Lale Ayhan Izmirli
Five questions with Hilal Lale Ayhan Izmirli, Visiting Scholar from Turkey Visiting scholar Hilal Lale Ayhan Izmirli from Ankara, Turkey, joins the University of Kansas School of Law for the fall 2021 semester. A member of the law faculty at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University in Turkey, Ayhan Izmirli specializes in international private law, arbitration law and fundamental concepts of …