Jeff Montgomery retiring after 46 years After 46 years at KU Law, Jeff Montgomery is retiring. The circulation and serials department manager for the Wheat Law Library started working with the law school as a graduate student, shelving books in “old” Green Hall – now known as Lippincott – in 1976. He joined the law library staff full-time in 1981. …
Heather Spielmaker to lead Career Services Office at KU Law
Heather Spielmaker recently joined the University of Kansas School of Law as the assistant dean for career services. Working closely with her new colleagues Stacey Blakeman and Amanda Chesbrough, she looks forward to bringing students the highest level of career support from their first day of law school and throughout their careers. It took 14 years, but Spielmaker graduated with …
New Assistant Dean creates wellness programming at law school
Leah Terranova recently began a new role as assistant dean for academic and student affairs at the University of Kansas School of Law. Terranova has been with KU Law since 2012 as the law school’s director of career and student counseling services. Terranova succeeds Elizabeth Kronk Warner, who began a deanship in July at the S.J. Quinney College of Law …
New director aims to grow M.S. in Homeland Security: Law and Policy program
A former JAG Corps attorney and counsel to the U.S. Department of Justice has joined KU Law. Donovan Diaz started in July as director of KU’s Master of Science in Homeland Security: Law and Policy program. As director, Diaz recruits students, coordinates instructors and pursues partnerships to support growth. This spring, he’ll teach a course focused on military law and …
Alumna joins KU Law as director of career services
A 2009 KU Law graduate and former immigration attorney has joined KU Law’s Career Services Office as director of career services. Stacey L. Blakeman started her new role in mid-August. As director, Blakeman will work with students on all aspects of career development, including recruitment programs and employment tracking. Previously, Blakeman was an immigration attorney at Treviño Law Office LC …
Arturo Thompson wins service excellence award
In reporting law school employment outcomes, clarity is critical. Assistant Dean for Career Services Arturo Thompson, L’06, recently received a professional service award for his work on a national advisory board that helps give that clarity. The National Association for Law Placement, or NALP, honored Thompson with its Service Excellence Award for his commitment to the NALP/ABA Employment Outcomes Reporting …
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