Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! Reporting live from Green Hall Room 201 – it’s In-House Moot Court Competition week. KU’s nationally ranked Moot Court program is more than just a trophy-stocked room on the 5th floor. It’s an opportunity to engage deeply with an important issue, work closely with a partner (shout out to Leah Stein, who has been keeping me sane for …
Recent graduate spotlight: Michelle Brady, L’21
As a veteran herself, Michelle Brady has a passion for veterans law. When the 2021 University of Kansas School of Law graduate saw an opening to clerk under Judge Amanda Meredith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, she decided to apply. Brady has been clerking with Judge Meredith since October 2022. As a clerk, Brady works on …
Hands-On Learning Q&A: Kat Girod, Moot Court
Kat Girod has tested her oral argument skills in competition at the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition through the University of Kansas School of Law Moot Court program. She joined the program last spring and since then has developed her legal research and writing as well as oral argument skills. She plans to continue competing this year, as well as …
Graduate Profile: Heddy Pierce-Armstrong, L’22
Student turns childhood memories into promising career in labor law Heddy Pierce-Armstrong is graduating from the University of Kansas School of Law this spring and looks forward to discovering what the future will hold. Pierce-Armstrong’s inspiration to attend law school came in the form of a hard-working, take-no-lip mother of two – her own mother. She recalls some of her …
Graduate Profile: Parker Bednasek, L’22
Law Review editor-in-chief was ‘raised to be a Jayhawk’ Law school has kept Parker Bednasek busy. As editor-in-chief of the Kansas Law Review, Bednasek was responsible for representing the University of Kansas School of Law in legal academia. “You also have a lot of interaction with professors at other law schools, so you want to be professional and leave a …
Recent Graduate Spotlight: Diana Jarek provides access to justice for D.C. tenants
Diana Jarek has always known her “why” but has struggled to find her “how.” After earning her undergraduate degrees in political science and government, and Middle Eastern studies from the University of Arkansas in 2013, Jarek entered the campaign world, organizing for a U.S. Senate race. She then switched paths and attended graduate school at Georgetown University to study conflict …
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