Faculty in the News
2009
"The defense would rather have it be a trial of abortion — particularly late-term abortion — and not a trial of the killing of Dr. Tiller," said Richard Levy, a law professor at the University of Kansas. "It is often a sound defense strategy to go after the victim."
- Judge Mulls Pivotal Issues in Kan. Abortion Trial
Dec. 20, 2009 | The Associated Press | Richard Levy & Melanie Wilson - Alleged killer of abortion doctor fights for necessity defense
Nov. 25, 2009 | HateWatch - Southern Poverty Law Center blog | Melanie Wilson - Governor pardons defendant convicted in 1969
Nov. 15, 2009 | Lawrence Journal-World | Jean Gilles Phillips - Jailed Topekan maintains stance
Nov. 1, 2009 | Topeka Capital-Journal | Suzanne Valdez - Employment law
Nov. 1, 2009 | Salina Journal | Elinor Schroeder - Justifiable homicide defense eyed in Roeder's case
Aug. 29, 2009 | The Associated Press | Richard Levy - Even for the experienced Sotomayor, many changes await
Aug. 8, 2009 | The Washington Post | Stephen McCallister - Cherokee Nation likely to appeal BIA decision
July 13, 2009 | Indian Country Today | Stacy Leeds (former professor of law) - Bringing legal help to the sick and poor
July 6, 2009 | Kansas Health Institute - Academic exercise
June 2009 | Journal of the Kansas Bar Association - Arbitration Holds Steady For Franchising Disputes
June 1, 2009 | Wall Street Journal online | Christopher Drahozal - K-State: Farmers' seed use is illegal
May 22, 2009 | Salina Journal | Andrew Torrance - Two views of disparate cultures: Fletcher Fellows Jones and Leeds lecture on their forthcoming books
May 21, 2009 | Harvard University Gazette | Stacy Leeds (former professor of law) - Tough time for law grads
May 1, 2009 | Kansas City Star | Todd Rogers (former assistant dean of career services) - Investments Can Yield More on K Street, Study Indicates
April 12, 2009 | The Washington Post | Stephen Mazza - Lobbying on Taxes Paid Off for Pfizer, HP, Kansas Study Says
April 12, 2009 | Metro International | Stephen Mazza - Why do firms lobby? A 22,000 percent return
April 10, 2009 | Christian Science Monitor | Stephen Mazza - DNA tests on inmates sometimes proved they were guilty
April 6, 2009 | Kansas City Star | Jean Gilles Phillips - Native spiritual and tribal rights are the focus of legal discussion
March 10, 2009 | Indian Country Today | Stacy Leeds (former professor of law) - African Student Union speaker addresses fair trade
March 9, 2009 | Kansas State Collegian | Raj Bhala - Faculty, staff take in historic Obama inauguration
Feb. 2, 2009 | The Oread | Andrew Torrance - Law students explore biodiversity in Caribbean
Jan. 27, 2009 | University Daily Kansan | Andrew Torrance - KU professor co-edits advice paper for Obama
Jan. 26, 2009 | University Daily Kansan - For Jana
Jan. 1, 2009 | National Jurist Magazine