KU LAW WELCOMES NEW FACULTY Three new faculty members join a group of outstanding scholars and teachers committed to preparing students to succeed in the changing legal profession.
Lua K. Yuille
Quinton D. Lucas
Associate Professor of Law
Associate Professor of Law
Derrick Darby
J.D., Columbia B.A., Johns Hopkins
J.D., Cornell A.B., Washington University in St. Louis
Ph.D., Pittsburgh B.A., Colgate
Lua Yuille joined the KU Law faculty in August 2013. Her research connects property theory, business law, and group identity, and she has published scholarship in the Oregon Review of International Law. Yuille was a William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. Prior to entering academia, she practiced business law at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York while simultaneously maintaining a pro bono immigration litigation practice. She served as a law clerk to Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. She teaches Immigration and Property at KU.
Quinton Lucas joined the KU Law faculty in January 2013 after serving as the school’s first Visiting Assistant Professor in more than 30 years. His research interests include corporate and financial governance, regulation, and corporate criminal liability. Prior to entering academia, Lucas practiced commercial litigation with the law firm of Rouse Hendricks German May PC in Kansas City, Missouri. Upon graduation from Cornell Law School, Lucas served as a law clerk to the Hon. Duane Benton of the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. He teaches Administrative Law, Securities Regulation, and Contracts at KU.
A professor in the University of Kansas philosophy department since 2007, Derrick Darby now holds a joint appointment with the law school. His work on rights, race, justice and inequality connects philosophy with law, social science, and public policy. “Rights, Race, and Recognition” is his most recent book, and current projects include a coauthored book on the racial achievement gap and another on the ethics and politics of disasters with a focus on disadvantaged communities. His research has been funded by the Spencer Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He teaches seminars on law and philosophy at KU.
Professor of Law
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