Dennis D. Prater
Connell
Teaching Professor of Law Subjects: Advanced Litigation, Evidence, Practice in Kansas
Phone: 785-864-9249 E-mail: dprater@ku.edu
Profile
A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, Dennis Prater practiced law privately in Vermont and Kansas before returning to the law school as director of the Legal Aid Clinic. An outstanding teacher, he received the Immel Award for Teaching Excellence in 1993, the Dean Frederick J. Moreau Award in 1989 and 1994, and a W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence in 1998. He was named Connel Teaching Professor of Law in 1999. An authority on the law of evidence, he is the leading author of a popular evidence text book.
Representative Publications:
Evidence - The Objection Method (with Arguello, Capra, Martin & Saltzberg) (3rd Ed., Fall 07); "Res Gestae Raises Its Ugly Head," 65 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 24 (October 1996)
Research Interests
The law of evidence with particular focus on Kansas issues; litigation skills and training.
Education
J.D., B.A., Kansas, 1973, 1969.
Admitted
Vermont 1973; Kansas 1975
Career History
Private practice, Downs, Rachlin & Martin, St. Johnsbury, Vermont 1973-75; General Counsel, Kansas Public Disclosure Commission 1977-95; Private practice, Catt & Prater, Lawrence, Kansas 1976-84; Lecturer, Kansas 1980-85; Director, Douglas County Legal Aid Society, Inc. 1985-95; Associate Professor, Kansas 1985-90; Professor since 1990; Connell Teaching Professor since 1999.
Member
Order of the Coif
