University of Kansas School of Law

For the class entering in 2023, the school accepted 48.71% of applicants with 32.84% of accepted applicants enrolling. The class had an average LSAT score of 160 and an average undergraduate GPA of 3.71. == Centers and programs ==

• Shook, Hardy & Bacon Center for Excellence in Advocacy • Polsinelli Transactional Law Center • Tribal Law and Government Center • Advocacy Skills Certificate • Business and Commercial Law Certificate • Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law Certificate • International Trade and Finance Certificate • Media, Law and Technology Certificate • Tax Law Certificate • Study Abroad Program Ten clinical and field placement programs permit students, acting under faculty supervision, to develop legal skills and learn professional values in actual practice settings: Criminal Prosecution Field Placement, Elder Law Field Placement, Judicial Field Placement, Legal Aid Clinic, 6th Semester in Washington, D.C. Externship, Medical-Legal Partnership Field Placement, Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies, and Tribal Judicial Support Clinic. == Publications at the University of Kansas School of Law ==

• The Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy • The Kansas Law Review • KU Law Magazine • ''Dean's Note'' • ''Hearsay: News from KU's Wheat Law Library'' == Curriculum ==

The first-year curriculum includes Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts, and Property. In addition, students take Lawyering I and II, legal writing classes designed to teach legal research and writing in a context that emphasizes professionalism and practical skills. All first-year students have one of their classes in a small section of approximately 20 students, providing an informal learning atmosphere. == Employment ==

According to The University of Kansas official 2020 ABA-required disclosures, 72% of the Class of 2019 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment 10 months after graduation. == Costs ==

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at the University of Kansas for the 2020–2021 academic year was $40,421 for residents of Kansas and $46,456 for residents of other states. 90 percent of students received grants for the 2020–2021 academic year. == Notable alumni ==

• Michael J. Allen - District Attorney for Colorado's largest District Attorney's office • Sheila Bair – Former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation • Valerie L. Baldwin – Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (2004–06) • Mary Beck Briscoe - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit • Sam Brownback – United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom (2018-2021), former Governor of Kansas (2011-2018), former United States Senator for Kansas (1996-2011), former Member of Congress representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district (1995–96), former Secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture (1986-1990)(1991-1993), and former White House Fellow under President George H. W. Bush (1990–91). • Jerry Moran – United States Senator for Kansas and former Member of Congress representing Kansas's 1st congressional district (1997-2011). • Carol Beier – former Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court • Chris Biggs – former Kansas Secretary of State • Eugenia Charles-Newton – Navajo Nation tribal councilor (2019-present) • Robert Coldsnow, Kansas state legislator • C. H. Elting, Durant, Oklahoma - Justice of the Oklahoma State Supreme Court (1921-1923), died in office • Howard Engleman – All-American basketball player at Kansas • Phillip D. Kline – former attorney (license indefinitely suspended), former Kansas state legislator and Kansas Attorney General, assistant professor Liberty University School of Law • Lawrence E. Meyers - former Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Robert H. Miller – Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1988-1990) • Carlos Murguia – former Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas • Janet Murguia – President and chief executive officer of the National Council of La Raza • Mary H. Murguia – Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit • Lawton Nuss – former Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court • Julie A. Robinson – Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas • David Stras – Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit • Major General Clyde J. Tate II – Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army • William H. Towers, state legislator (the only African American in the Kansas legislature during his tenure) • Larkin Walsh – Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court ==Notable faculty==

• Christine Arguello, federal judge • Raj Bhala, author, lawyer, law professor, and University Distinguished Professor • Stephen McAllister, former U.S. Attorney for District of Kansas, former Kansas Solicitor General • Elinor Schroeder, Paul E. Wilson Distinguished Professor Emeritus • Melanie D. Wilson, academic administrator and law professor == References ==