Brandeis School of Law

Brandeis School of Law

Mackenzie Williams, left, with her “house-sibling” Daylan and another ranch resident Paige on the farm where she was forced to work. (Photo by Mackenzie Williams)

UofL student’s difficult past leads to law school journey

Visitors to Times Square in New York last spring may well have had a chance to see UofL Brandeis School of Law second-year student...
L to R, Joe Dunman, Angela Curry, Enid Trucios-Haynes, Cedric Merlin Powell, Melanie Jacobs, Frederick Lawrence and Kim Schatzel.

Constitution Day commemoration focuses on education’s role in a democracy Event kicks off weeklong...

Brandeis Law School's Breit Courtroom was nearly full to capacity with faculty, staff and students when Dean Melanie B. Jacobs and UofL President Kim...
Tony Arnold with 7 Resilience Justice Fellows in September 2023.

Grant awarded to law professor will fund climate adaptation project

The Resilience Justice Project (RJ Project) at the University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law has been awarded a one-year multi-institutional grant through a...

Clinically speaking Law students serve the community while clients enrich their experience

Guided by its namesake's commitment to public service, UofL's Louis D. Brandeis School of Law is constantly seeking opportunities to support, grow and engage...
Jeff Wafford walking on runway between UPS planes

The full package Metropolitan College partnership between UPS, local higher education celebrates a quarter-century...

Back in the late 1990s, UPS’s Louisville air hub, known today as Worldport, was wrestling with a significant problem. Needing employees round-the-clock, the company...
Benjamin Crump, arms crossed in front of him, standing with his back against a brick wall

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump to deliver the 2023 Breonna Taylor Lecture on Structural...

The University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law will host attorney Benjamin Crump to deliver the 2023 Breonna Taylor Lecture on Structural Inequality. The...
Law student Morgan LaRosa

Q&A: Third-year law student talks about experience serving at the Trager-Brandeis Elder Law Clinic

Morgan LaRosa, a third-year law student at UofL, has participated in the Trager-Brandeis Elder Law Clinic since its inception in spring of 2022. A...
aerial view of Rubbertown

Website tackling environmental health disparities debuts March 28

Members of the public soon will be able to access a new website aimed at improving environmental health equity in Louisville. Supported by the University...
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

UofL law school celebrates 25 years of honoring Justice Louis D. Brandeis

Long before it was renamed for him, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis had already established an enduring bond with the University of...
Sherrilyn Ifill

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill to receive UofL’s 2023 Brandeis Medal

After successfully leading the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) as president and director-counsel from 2013 to 2022, Sherrilyn Ifill will be honored as recipient of the University...