The first three semesters of my law school career often focused on answering questions: making sure I considered as many arguments in favor of my position as possible, considering the counterarguments, and then articulating why my arguments were better supported by the law. Then, 18 months into my time at KU Law, I joined the first cohort of students in …
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 …
Ensuring justice through the Project for Innocence
I firmly believe that every single law student at KU should participate in a clinic before they leave. My year as an intern in the Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies improved my legal writing, lawyering and client-management skills, and appellate advocacy. Interns also receive a first-hand look at the criminal justice system and the post-conviction remedies …
Student Spotlight: Liz Thompson pursues justice for clients that ‘feel like they are voiceless’
Liz Thompson is passionate about public defense. Thompson, a third-year law student from Salina, spent her summer in New Orleans as a law clerk at Orleans Public Defenders (OPD). OPD is an organization that provides legal assistance and representation for individuals that are unable to afford an attorney. According to the OPD website, the organization represents nearly 20,000 people each …
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 …