A professor at the University of Kansas School of Law is digging in – sometimes literally – to the challenges of environmental protection during a teaching residency this summer. KU Law Professor Uma Outka is spending six weeks as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Hawai’i William S. Richardson School of Law in Honolulu. “This is a …
KU Law professor selected for prestigious fellowship at Harvard University
University of Kansas School of Law Professor Corey Rayburn Yung has been selected to do a one-year fellowship at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The fellowship program has a 3.7 percent admission rate, and is one of the nation’s most prestigious interdisciplinary programs. The program includes 55 fellows from 10 countries. Previous fellows from the program include Democratic …
John Peck will retire after 41 years at KU Law
What does Professor John Peck enjoy about teaching law? “Almost everything,” he said. “I get to be with smart, challenging young people and wonderful colleagues. I have the freedom to conduct legal research and writing on any issue I’m interested in. I’ve been afforded many opportunities to travel both in the U.S. and to foreign countries.” Peck, L’74, will retire …
Mike Kautsch to retire after 40 years at KU
After four decades at KU, media law professor Mike Kautsch is retiring after the spring semester. Kautsch who has focused on First Amendment protection for newspapers and other media, is a former journalist and former dean of the journalism school. “I truly have enjoyed the University of Kansas,” Kautsch said. “It’s been a fabulous institution.” After Kautsch retires from …
Webb Hecker to retire after 47 years of teaching
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 before he taught his first class, Hecker considered booking a plane ticket to somewhere far away in order to avoid having …
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 tremendously honored to …