Egyptian Fulbright scholar embraces college-town experience while earning doctoral degree

Fulbright scholar Ahmed Mansour is calling Lawrence home for the next three years, and just a semester into his stay, he’s taking the Fulbright’s mission of mutual cooperation and cultural exchange to heart. A native of Luxor, Egypt, Mansour completed his undergraduate degree in English and Sharia Law at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, then earned an LL.M. in intellectual property …

10 Things Every Law Student Can Relate To

1) When you choose to binge watch “The Good Wife” instead of studying. 2) When you get called on in class but you’ve been on Buzzfeed for the last 15 minutes. 3) When you choose to take the stairs instead of the elevator. 4) When your professor uses the “lightning strike” method. 5) When you decide that watching “Law & …

Keeper of KU Law milestones celebrates one of her own

LaVerta Logan retiring after 19 years of supporting students After 19 years of service, the incomparable LaVerta Logan, assistant director of KU Law’s Career Services Office and 2013 KU Employee of the Year, is retiring. Logan is well known around Green Hall for her warm smile and cheerful demeanor, but it is perhaps the welcoming space she creates that resonates …

Your brain on law school

Before applying to law school, most people focus on when to take the LSAT, which law schools to visit, and what would be a good topic for their personal statement. No reasonable and prudent person would possibly consider the fact that his or her whole life is about to change. Right? As it turns out, legal training basically reboots your brain. …

Transplant finds ‘second family’ at KU Law

As I prepare to graduate this May, I have been looking back wistfully on my last four years at KU Law. My time has been split between the law school and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, as I’ve been simultaneously chipping away at a J.D. and an M.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures—although the joke is …