Outstanding graduate distinguishes herself through leadership, service Terra Brockman has distinguished herself through leadership and service at the University of Kansas School of Law. Brockman, a third-year law student, will graduate this month. She has led the student body throughout her three years at KU Law by serving as Student Bar Association president and Student Ambassador president. “I enjoyed being …
Graduate Profile: Cara Beck, L’20
Dedicated student is headed to federal clerkship after graduation Cara Beck’s favorite memory of her time in Green Hall is a noisy one. Her 1L small section, taught by Professor Ellen Sward, was competing in the 2017 Barber Emerson Bluebook Relays, an annual tradition that tests first-year students’ citation prowess. “I’ll never forget Professor Sward standing by and plugging her …
Graduate Profile: Denise Dantzler, L’20
Accomplished student to pursue career in patent law Third-year law student Denise Dantzler is a trailblazer. Dantzler was the first woman of color to serve as the editor-in-chief of the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, which was founded in 1990. She was also the first in her family to go to law school. In addition to holding the …
Public service in changing times
I didn’t want to write this blog post about coronavirus. I had a whole spiel prepared about career paths and joy and risk and success. But as my friend Jake Schmidt laid out, everything is uncertain right now. It feels dishonest not to talk about the seismic shift that’s taken place in the lives of KU Law’s professors and students. …
Skills taught through online learning will allow law students to excel in new legal landscape
In his Mediations, Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, had the following wisdom to share regarding human beings often fraught relationship with our own future: “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” Marcus Aurelius In this time of great uncertainty during …
Exchange student from University of Aberdeen gains international perspective at KU Law while earning LL.B. degree
Ioanna Tsingi is calling Lawrence, Kansas home this semester as she pursues a LL.B. degree. Tsingi is a third-year law student at the University of Aberdeen School of Law in Aberdeen, Scotland, who is participating in an exchange program with the University of Kansas School of Law. KU Law has hosted an exchange program with the University of Aberdeen for …