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Tuesday, April 14. 1987 / University Daily Kansan
KU service helps students' legal problems
By CAROLINE REDDICK
Staff writer
A KU student returning from overseas last year was upset when his luggage didn't return with him.
He called Legal Services for Students to help retrieve the luggage and get compensation for damage to the luggage and its contents.
J Hardesty, the staff attorney who advised him, said she remembered that Ms. Schoenberg had
"We deal with students who have lost luggage on airlines a lot," she said. "This one was interesting because the student wanted compensation for baklava, food from another country that he'd received as a gift."
pastry.
The student finally was compensated for damage to the luggage, she said, but not for the baklava, a
Legal Services for Students is a legal aid service for KU students. To qualify for aid, students must be in good standing and have paid their student activity fee.
Cynthia Weolk, director of Legal Services, said that the service offered free aid to students in most cases.
On rare occasions a lawyer will go to court with a client for a landlord/tenant dispute or a consumer matter, the attorney is charged $10 plus court costs.
Woelk said that the service handled about 2,000 legal problems a year. She said that the three staff lawyers worked with students on taxes time working with students on taxes.
"We answer questions and do
research. We show the students how to do it on their own, even if they sit right here and do it," she said. "Our approach is to teach them how to help themselves."
Woelk said that the service handled all types of legal matters during the year, from copyright to immigration cases.
"As you might guess with a student population, you see lots of housing-related matters, problems with landlords and roommates," she said.
Legal Services is similar to other law offices in that only a few of the cases that reach Legal Services ever go to court, Woelk said.
The cases that do reach court usually are in small claims court, and the student goes alone after consultation with a Legal Service
attorney, she said.
"We don't have the people power here with three attorneys and 20,000 students to take everything to court," she said. "We help the students analyze what's appropriate in their situation. Often small claims court is appropriate, if the amount involved is $1,000 or less."
Hardesty said that this was her first year as a staff attorney. She was an intern at Legal Services for two years as a law student. She said she enjoyed working with students.
"They surprisingly offer a wide variety of cases," she said. "Most people wouldn't think that students would have so many diverse legal problems, but they really do. And for the most part, they're pleasant to work with."
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