Shook, Hardy & Bacon Center for Excellence in Advocacy



About the Center

The Shook, Hardy & Bacon Center for Excellence in Advocacy capitalizes on its namesake’s distinguished history in litigation to cultivate a new generation of trial lawyers.

The Center has three broad goals:

  1. 1. Offer unique skills-based training to KU Law students.
  2. 2. Present valuable programming for KU Law alumni and the regional bar.
  3. 3. Open new scholarly opportunities for KU Law faculty and nonfaculty studying related issues through a Fellowship program.

The center was founded in June 2008 with generous support from Shook, Hardy & Bacon, an international law firm based in Kansas City, Mo., that counts among its partners and associates many KU Law graduates.


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