Alumni mayors apply legal training to public service From the early days of the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Jennifer Ananda knew everyone in Lawrence, Kansas would need to work together. The coordinated response started with a unified command of city, county, health department, education and other officials, Ananda said. It soon spread to residents coming together to …
Quinton Lucas, KU Law lecturer, sworn in as Mayor of Kansas City
Quinton Lucas, a KU Law lecturer, took office as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri at the start of August. A Kansas City native, Lucas joined the KU Law faculty in 2012, teaching courses in contracts, securities regulation and federal administrative law. He earned a J.D. from Cornell University and an A.B. from Washington University. In 2015, he was elected to …