KU Law News
KU Law News
Sept. 23, 2008
E-communications put law school on greener path to alumni connections
The KU Law Web site recently underwent a top-to-bottom redesign, just one component of a set of electronic initiatives aimed at strengthening connections with alumni and adopting greener communication practices.
We’re trying to get your attention, and we hope you’ve noticed.
During the past six months, the University of Kansas School of Law has launched a series of e-communication initiatives designed primarily to strengthen connections with our alumni and be more conscientious about the environmental impact of printing and mailing.
The first issue of the KU Law Brief, a quarterly electronic newsletter, hit alumni inboxes in March. The publication features stories about the school and its faculty, students and graduates. You can find an archive of past issues in the Publications section of our Web site, where past issues of the KU Law Magazine are also available in electronic form.
About the same time, we started sending HTML e-mail invitations to alumni for KU Law events across the country, and Dean Gail Agrawal has issued several Dean’s Notes to report special news.
In addition to these targeted efforts, the online face of KU Law got a major upgrade with the recent launch of a new Web site. The revamped home page centers on a photo slideshow that highlights law school news and events, and a more sophisticated visual approach carries throughout the site.
But it’s not just a cosmetic upgrade. Information is easier to find and presented more efficiently with the help of streamlined navigation and site architecture courtesy of the talented designers and developers at KU’s Offices of University Relations and Information Technology. That means fewer clicks for you, prospective students, members of the media and other visitors to find what you seek.
The Alumni section, easily accessible from a link on the home page, contains information of interest to KU Law graduates, including stories, photo galleries and a form for updating your records and submitting news.
The Web site is an ongoing project, but already we’ve added a small archive of photo galleries and our first podcasts and video. Look for more podcasts and videos of classes and public lectures down the road.
In the meantime, as we move ahead with digital communication, it’s more important than ever that we have current e-mail addresses for all of our alumni. Please take a few minutes to update your alumni records so you don’t miss any invitations or interesting news from your legal alma mater. And feel free to forward this request to classmates we might be missing.