Happy New Year! We just wrapped up an exciting fall semester at Green Hall, and this edition of the KU Law Brief features some of the highlights. We’re also looking forward to stimulating spring events, which you can preview on our calendar. By now you should have received the fall issue of the KU Law Magazine; we hope you enjoyed it. As part of a commitment to cost efficiency and the environment, the spring edition of the magazine will be electronic rather than printed. We will let you know when and where to find it online in the coming months.

KU moot court team wins spot
in national competition
A moot court team from the University of Kansas School of Law will compete in the national rounds of the National Moot Court Competition after advancing to the finals of the regional contest Nov. 14-15 in Lincoln, Neb. Read more.

Women’s Advisory Council formed
to mentor, advise students
A group of accomplished KU Law alumnae have agreed to share their wisdom and experience with Dean Gail Agrawal and current students, preparing future lawyers for the rigors of their professional lives after law school. Read more.

Newsletter highlights diversity
issues, events
A new issue of the Office of Career Services Diversity Newsletter includes recent events, minority enrollment figures and diversity issues, as well as accomplishments by the school’s diverse students, staff, faculty and alumni. Read more.

Bluebook Relays test
students’ research mettle
First-year law students competed in the annual Bluebook Relays on Oct. 31. The competition, sponsored by the Lawrence law firm of Barber Emerson, tests legal research skills learned in the lawyering program.
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Geneticist probes power, problems
of new DNA technologies
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. Read more and watch video.

Scholar confronts global future of U.S. class actions in inaugural Casad Lecture
"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. Read more and watch video.

Alumni notes
This fall, KU Law alumni won elections for judgeships and county commission seats, were singled out for service awards, and took new jobs—some their very first jobs out of law school. Catch up with your classmates by reading what they reported to their legal alma mater. Read more.