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Robert Levy and 'The Dirty Dozen'

Robert Levy and "The Dirty Dozen"

Oct. 14, 2009 | Video | MP3 | News release

Scholar, author and pundit Robert A. Levy gave a talk and signed copies of his new book, "The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom," on Oct. 14, 2009, at the University of Kansas School of Law. He was a guest of the KU chapter of the Federalist Society.


Student Success Series: Financial Management Bootcamp

Student Success Series:
Financial Management Bootcamp

Oct. 6, 2009 | MP3

In the second installment of KU Law's Student Success Series, Doni Mooberry and Cathy Reinhardt, KU Law alumni and financial planners, and a representative of the KU Office of Student Financial Aid provide strategies and answer questions about making reponsible financial decisions in law school so that you don't have to live like a student after you graduate.


Small-Town Practice Panel

Kansas attorneys discuss small-town practice

Sept. 24, 2009 | Video | MP3

In this Career Services Workshop, Jeff Mason of Vignery & Mason (Goodland, KS) and Brett Reber of Bremyer & Wise (McPherson) talk about the professional and personal aspects of a small-town law practice.


Francis Heller book talk and signing

Francis Heller Book Talk & Signing

Sept. 21, 2009 | Video | MP3 | News release

Professor Emeritus Francis Heller escaped the Nazi regime under cover of darkness, fleeing Austria and embarking on a U.S. military and academic career that spanned decades and continents. He returned to the University of Kansas on Sept. 21, 2009, to give a talk and signed copies of his new memoir, "Steel Helmet and Mortarboard: An Academic in Uncle Sam's Army."


Judge Brian Barker

Judge Brian Barker on how British legal system
is dealing with homegrown terrorists

Sept. 15, 2009 | Video | MP3

British Judge Brian Barker visited KU Law on Sept. 15, 2009, as a guest of the International Law Society. He delivered a talk on how the English legal system has dealt with homegrown terrorists. As the second most senior judge at London's Central Criminal Court, Barker has presided over some of England's most notorious criminal cases.


Judge Janice Miller Karlin, L'80

Class of 2012 takes professional oath
at KU Law Convocation

Aug. 26, 2009 | YouTube Video | MP3

The Hon. Janice Miller Karlin, L'80, a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Kansas, offered words of inspiration and advice to first-year law students. Then she led the future Jayhawk lawyers in an oath of professional responsibility during the KU Law Convocation on Aug. 26, 2009.


Dean Gail Agrawal

Dean's Welcome Address to Class of 2012

Aug. 20, 2009 | YouTube Video Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
MP3 | Photo gallery

Dean Gail Agrawal welcomed fall-starters in the Class of 2012 with an address during the Entering Student Program on Aug. 20, 2009.


Members of the Class of 2009 at graduation

Graduation 2009

May 17, 2009
Dean Gail Agrawal's address (MP3)
Judge Steve Leben's address (MP3)
Announcement of student award winners (MP3)
Photo gallery

The University of Kansas School of Law bid farewell to the Class of 2009 during a doctoral hooding ceremony at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 17, at the Lied Center. Dean Gail Agrawal addressed the class first. Judge Steve Leben, L'82, of the Kansas Court of Appeals, then welcomed the school's newest graduates to the ranks of KU Law alumni. Before the graduates received their hoods, Stephen Mazza, associate dean for academic affairs, announced the student recipients of four top awards for scholarship, leadership and service.


Walk to Old Green Hall

Professor Dickinson leads annual walk to old Green Hall

April 23, 2009 | MP3 | Photo slideshow

Professor Martin Dickinson led the annual walk from new to old Green Hall on April 23. After reaching the steps of the law school's former home (now Lippincott Hall), he talked to students about the history of the law school and its first dean, James Woods Green.


Judge Judith Barzilay, U.S. Court of International Trade

Judge discusses environmental protection
at the U.S. Court of International Trade

March 31, 2009 | MP3 | News release

Russell native Judith M. Barzilay, a judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade, explained to an audience at the law school how environmental protection cases end up at the court, which only handles cases that involve imports to the United States.


Paul Clement

Former U.S. solicitor general outlines
roles of office

March 2, 2009 | MP3 | News release

Paul Clement, the 43rd solicitor general of the United States, gave a KU Law audience a behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the office that he oversaw from June 2005 to June 2008. Having argued 49 cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, Clement also offered perspectives on the differences between advocating before the Rehnquist Court and the Roberts Court.


Judge Robert H. Henry

Chief U.S. appeals court judge addresses history,
future of effective legal advocacy

Jan. 29, 2009 | Streaming video

The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit delivered the University of Kansas School of Law’s inaugural Shook, Hardy & Bacon Center for Excellence in Advocacy Annual Lecture.


George Bermann

Scholar confronts global future of U.S. class actions
in inaugural Casad Lecture

Dec. 1, 2008 | Streaming video | Story

“The time is long past when U.S. class actions played themselves out on a purely domestic stage,” said Columbia Law School Professor George Bermann, who explored the ramifications of that internationalization during the inaugural Robert C. Casad Comparative Law Lecture.


Liu Zhenmin

Chinese ambassador urges international cooperation
from new U.S. administration

Nov. 14, 2008 | Streaming video | MP3 | Story

Ambassador Liu Zhenmin, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, told an audience at the University of Kansas School of Law on Nov. 14 that the U.S. should keep lines of free trade open, get on board with international environmental treaties and work more closely with other world powers on foreign policy issues.


Lee Silver

Geneticist probes power, problems of new DNA technologies
at biolaw symposium

Nov. 13, 2008 | Streaming video | Story

Princeton University geneticist Lee Silver predicts there will come a time when parents use DNA technologies to ensure that their children are resistant to cancer and have artistic aptitude. Silver presented the keynote address at the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy symposium.


Joyce Malcolm

Constitutional law expert outlines D.C. vs. Heller decision
and its implications

Oct. 14, 2008 | Streaming video | MP3

Joyce Lee Malcolm, professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, delivered a talk about the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in D.C. vs. Heller. She discussed individual versus collective rights and provided cautionary tales from Great Britain, which has a gun ban. KU Law Professor Melanie Wilson followed Malcolm's presentation with a discussion of what Heller means for practicing attorneys.


Scott Bloch

Scott Bloch, L'86, explains little-known role
of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel

Sept. 11, 2008 | Streaming video | MP3

The Hon. Scott Bloch, L'86, Special Counsel, spoke at a meeting of KU Law's chapter of the Federalist Society. Bloch illuminated the responsibilities of the Office of Special Counsel which, among other things, protects whistleblowers. In his position, he said, "You don't make friends."


Shook, Hardy & Bacon Center for Excellence in Advocacy

Entering law students take professional oath

Aug. 27, 2008 | MP3

The Hon. Janice Miller Karlin, L'80, a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Kansas, offered words of inspiration and advice to first-year law students. Then she led the future lawyers in an oath of professional responsibility.