A KU Law graduate who has built a successful career in the international energy sector is supporting the school where he got his start. John P. Bowman, L’80, a partner at King & Spalding LLP in Houston, recently established the John P. Bowman Law Fund with a $125,000 gift to KU Law. The fund will provide unrestricted support to the …
Alumna becomes first woman to serve as chief bankruptcy judge in Kansas
The Hon. Janice Miller Karlin of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas has been appointed chief judge of the court, becoming the first woman to serve in the role. “I am delighted to serve as chief judge of our court,” said Karlin, L’80. “I follow my colleague and law school classmate Bob Nugent as chief judge, and …
2016 alumnus receives merit scholarship to attend nation’s top-ranked graduate tax program
A 2016 KU Law graduate has earned a scholarship awarded to only a select few students in New York University’s No. 1-ranked graduate tax program. Matthew Schippers, L’16, has been chosen as a recipient of a Tax Law Review Scholarship at NYU School of Law for 2016-2017. The merit scholarship, which covers half of tuition, is awarded to eight outstanding …
Graduate’s legacy of activism, service fostered in law school
Photo courtesy of University Archives Rusty Leffel arrived on the KU campus as an undergraduate in 1966 and stayed until he finished law school in 1973. In his seven years on the Hill, student life evolved from a social experience to a political one. As a student leader, Leffel helped usher in that change. “When I first came to KU …
Trailblazing judge reflects on career
Twenty-two years ago, I took the oath of judicial office to the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. I was the 23rd individual, and the first woman, to hold that position. Few are blessed with the opportunity to do something which is historically unprecedented. So I approached my swearing-in ceremony on October 30, 1992, with an acute …
Why KU Law? Big dreams + rewarding career
Elizabeth Schartz, L’88 KU LAW TEACHES ‘FARM GIRL’ TO DREAM BIG A farm girl from rural Kansas, Elizabeth Schartz grew up knowing she would be a lawyer. “There were five girls in our family, so we had an elaborate chore distribution,” Schartz said. “I thought the arrangement was patently unfair, and when I complained about it I was told to …