M. A. (Mike) Kautsch
Professor
of Law Subjects: Media Law, Torts
Phone: 785-864-5377 E-mail: mkautsch@ku.edu
Profile
Mike Kautsch left his post as dean of the KU School of Journalism at the end of the 1996-1997 academic year to join the KU law faculty and develop a program on public policy, law and communications. The Media Law Clinic and Media Law course as well as the certificate program in Media Law and Policy are the result. Kautsch holds degrees in journalism and law from the University of Iowa, and he was a practicing journalist for about 10 years before joining the KU journalism school in 1979. He has long worked with the media bar and is active in Kansas and nationally on issues related to media and the law.
Representative Publications
A Manual: Writing and Editing for Lawyers, 1984
Research Interests
Media and the law, the First and Sixth Amendments, tort reform.
Education
J.D., B.A., Iowa, 1971, 1968.
Admitted
Iowa 1971
Career History
Assistant Professor, Journalism, Kansas 1979-85; Research Fellow, Gannett Center for Media Studies, New York City 1985-86; Associate Professor, Journalism, Kansas 1985-92; Professor, Journalism 1992-97; Dean, Journalism 1987-97; Professor of Law since 1997.
Member
Director, William Allen White Foundation 1987-97; Section on Clinical Legal Education, AALS.
