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Tuesday, February 2, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Service provides legal advice KU program offers free assistance to students
By Julie Adam
Kansan staff writer
Students who think they are being taken advantage of by a landlord, or just need advice on their legal rights, can get free help from a KU organization.
he main goal of legal services is to educate and inform students about their legal options. Legal services doesn't actively seek students as clients.
Legal Services for Students, which is financed by Student Senate, helps students who need legal advice and will even represent students in a local court, said Jo Hardesty, director of legal services.
Hardesty said that all services were free to KU students except if they go to court. Then, a $15 user fee is assessed to help cover the cost of the lawyer.
Jo Hardesty director of legal services
Caryl Smith, dean of student life, said that the idea for the program began after the University of Kansas started looking at what other universities offered. Prepaid legal assistance was an unusual concept when KU began its program in 1979, she said, but it's now a fairly widespread service offered to employees of big companies.
Hardesty said that most of the cases covered by the service dealt with student-tenant disputes and student-consumer disputes. She said many students' problems with landlords were maintenance-oriented. Often, students seek advice about how to get out of apartment leases.
Legal services cannot represent students in criminal cases, cases against the University, disputes between two KU students, grade appeals or disputes dealing with the campus traffic court. Hardest
She said that her office was busy this time of year primarily with advising students on how to fill out tax forms. The service will offer two tax workshops for foreign students in
February.
February office, which employs three full-time attorneys and five interns, also conducts group presentations. Representatives from legal services were asked to speak during Alcohol Awareness Week.
Paul Bassett, Overland Park second-year law student, works as an intern at legal services. Although he cannot represent students in court, he said he does advise students about legal problems. A lawyer has to approve any advice he gives.
"Some of them are in and out in 15 minutes, and some might have a problem that might take all week," he said.
Hardesty said that her staff had
given legal advice to many students about copyright patents. Many KU students want to know how to protect their ideas and designs. Two years ago, a group of students from Hashinger Hall asked legal services to print a pamphlet explaining patent rights and how students can protect their work. In turn, the students designed the cover for the pamphlet.
The main goal of the legal services is to educate and inform students about their legal options, she said. Legal services doesn't actively seek students as clients.
Jeff Hamilton, Wichita sophomore, said that he sought help from legal services when he was charged with a criminal offense. He said the attorneys' advice was helpful but that they could not take his case because the organization didn't handle criminal cases.
Hardesty said legal services rarely had to represent a student in a court case, and last year, they collected only about $45 in legal fees from students.
KU police haven't fired for 15 years
By Ric Brack
Kansan staff writer
"It's one of those knock-on-wood things." Jim Denney said.
In the past 15 years, University of Kansas police officers have not had to fire their weapons in the line of duty.
But Denney, director of KU police, said his officer's guns weren't getting rust in their hoolsters. Every 90 days, the officers must prove their shooting capability in one of five situations.
"If you put somebody out there with a gun, you want to know he's proficient," he said.
KU police officers must be certified on a night course, an indoor course and several outside daytime courses. Denney said the officers never knew which course they would be tested on. If they can't prove their proficiency, they aren't allowed to serve.
He said the fact that no KU officer had fired a shot since he
had been here didn't mean the guns weren't necessary.
"Yes, they need guns, because others have them." Dennay said. "Officers have used their weapons in a confrontational situation."
The KU police has been issuing Smith and Wesson model 19 revolvers since 1981, Denney said. Before then, officers were able to carry their own weapons.
"Standardization is an important step toward optimum efficiency." he said.
KU police is replacing the revolvers with a model 62, which is the same gun with a stainless steel finish instead of the blued metal of the model 19.
Denney said the transition was being made mainly because the stainless steel gun has a longer life than the model 19.
The Lawrence Police Department is now in the process of standardizing weapons. Within a year, all Lawrence police officers will carry semi-automatic pistols.
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