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Republican moderates could doom Kris Kobach's bid for Kansas secretary of state. If they do, a big reason will be the work on immigration issues that has brought national attention to Kobach, a University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor.

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About 20 Italian lawyers wearing crisp dark suits and sleek sunglasses darted into the shade Wednesday, taking on Kansas City’s soaring temperatures atop the Liberty Memorial to hand over historical documents to the National World War I Museum. The international ...

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Legal scholars from across the country will delve into critical issues surrounding civil rights litigation later this month in Kansas City. A Stanford Law School professor will keynote the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law’s Edward A. Smith/Bryan Cave ...

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Bar honors several in KC legal community A law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and five Kansas City-area lawyers were honored during ceremonies at The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting. Professor David Jacks Achtenberg of UMKC School of Law ...

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Guantanamo detainees, death-row prisoners and Katrina victims share a bond that a noted attorney thinks reflects a malaise at the heart of the nation's psyche. John Adams Project defense attorney Denny LeBoeuf, keynote speaker for Thursday's Death Penalty Symposium at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, previewed the program Wednesday in delivering the Joseph Cohen Lecture. LeBoeuf summarizes her thesis this way: Guantanamo, the death penalty and Katrina are made from a single cloth woven by color, class and, in the case of "War on Terror" detainees, religion and ethnicity.

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