Phillip E. DeLaTorre
Professor of Law
Subjects: Property, Sports Law, Trusts and Estates
Phone: 785-864-9240
E-mail: ped@ku.edu
Profile
A graduate of Harvard University Law School, Phillip DeLaTorre joined the KU law faculty in 1980 following private law practice in Kansas City, Mo. His teaching and scholarship focus on intellectual property, property, and oil and gas law. He has a strong interest in civil rights issues and serves as on the Kansas Human Rights Commission and on the Kansas Advisory Commission to the U.S. commission on Civil Rights. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Texas School of Law, the University of San Diego School of Law, and the University of Iowa College of Law.
Representative Publications
"Survey of Kansas Oil and Gas Law," 41 Kansas Law Review 691 (1993); "Recent Developments in Kansas Oil and Gas Law," 37 Kansas Law Review 907 (1989).
Research Interests
Intellectual property, oil and gas law
Education
J.D., Harvard, 1978; B.A., Kansas, 1975.
Admitted
Missouri 1978, Kansas 1979
Career History
Associate, Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas, Kansas City, MO 1978-80; Associate Professor, Kansas 1980-85, Professor since 1985; Visiting Professor, University of Texas 1985-86, San Diego 1988-89; Consortium Professor, London, Fall 1990.
Member
Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Lawrence Housing Authority 1987-88; Commissioner, Kansas Human Rights Commission since 1991; Kansas Advisory Commission, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, since 1994.