Contributions from Washburn Law Faculty and Students about current legal topics.

The Washburn Law Journal blog offers valuable insights, timely legal analyses, and practical perspectives from students and experts. It's a must-read to stay informed and engaged with current legal trends.

Ad Astra Per Notarius

Kansas has a new notary law.[2] The COVID-19 pandemic, a once-in-a-century force majeure, was a catalyst for legal change. To protect people from exposure to the COVID-19 respiratory virus, Kansas and other states temporarily waived the notary’s traditional physical presence requirement.
Read full article

Published : Thu 08/01/24 Updated : Wed 08/28/24

Original-Intent Originalism

I write in response to John A. Bruegger's comments on my Article published in Volume 61, Issue 2 of the Washburn Law Journal.  I was delighted that my work received attention but must correct some statements that he makes about my Article.  My comments are directed solely to those statements.
Read full article

Published : Thu 08/01/24 Updated : Mon 08/12/24

Academic Attrition and Bar Passage

Some researchers have expressed concerns about certain schools using attrition and transfer policies to inflate bar passage rates (Bahadur et al. 2021), an interesting thesis worthy of attention considering the implications for academic and bar success professionals whose efforts to prepare law students for the bar exam could be undermined if certain inst...
Read full article

Published : Thu 08/01/24 Updated : Wed 08/21/24