Elizabeth Kronk Warner portrait
  • Jefferson B. & Rita E. Fordham Presidential Dean and Professor of Law, College Of Law - Dean
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Professional Service

  • LSAC National Board. Appointee-at-large. 01/2022 - present
  • Center for Water Policy. Role: Member. Advisory Committee. 05/2021 - present
  • 2021 Black Lawyers Matter Program. Role: Member. Planning Committee. 03/2021 - present
  • 2021 ABA Western Climate Change Conference. Role: Member. Planning Committee. 03/2021 - present
  • ABA/AALS Site Team. Role: AALS Reporter/Team Member. Review University of San Diego School of Law. 03/2021 - 03/2021
  • 2022 AALS Deans Forum Program. Role: Member. Planning Committee. 02/2021 - present
  • Georgia State University College of Law. Role: Chair. Academic Program Review Committee. 02/2021 - present
  • AALS. Role: Member. Member Review Committee. 01/2020 - present
  • U.S. News and World Report. Role: Member. Law School Dean’s Advisory Committee on Rankings. 01/2020 - present
  • Utah Bar. Role: Member. Exam Review Task Force. 01/2020 - present
  • ABA. Role: Member. Dignity Rights Committee. 01/2020 - present
  • Kickapoo Violence against Women Prevention Program. Role: Member. Advisory Council. 01/2016 - present
  • Kansas State-Tribal Judicial Forum. Role: Member. Advisory Committee. 01/2016 - 01/2017
  • Kansas State. Role: Member. Tribal Judicial Forum Advisory Committee. 01/2016 - 01/2016
  • Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas. Member of the Tribe’s Domestic Violence Advisory Council. 10/2015 - present
  • Federal Bar Association. Role: Chair. Kansas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. 01/2014 - 01/2016
  • Michigan Indian Legal Services. Role: Member. Executive Board. 01/2008 - 01/2010

Internal Service

  • Justice Working Group for the Proposed Institute for Research on Race, Policy Studies, and Health Equity. Chair, 01/2021 - present. University service.
  • Engagement and Communications Working Group. Member, 01/2021 - present. University service.
  • Search Committee for the Executive Director of the Natural History Museum of Utah. Member, 08/2019 - present. University service.
  • Land Acknowledgement Statement Committee. Co-Chair, 08/2019 - present. University service.
  • Hiring Committees: Assistant Dean of Career Development: Fall 2019, Legal Methods Faculty Member: Fall 2019, Director, Masters of Legal Studies: December 2019-January 2020. Ex-Officio Member, 08/2019 - 01/2020. College service.
  • Dean’s Diversity Committee. Chair, 01/2019 - present. College service.
  • University of Kansas Campus Equity Implementation Committee (2017-2018). Member, 01/2017 - 01/2018. University service.
  • University of Kansas Udall Application Review Committee. Member, 01/2017 - 01/2018. University service.
  • Hiring Committee, University of Kansas School of Law. Member, 01/2016 - 01/2017. College service.

Honors & Awards

  • 2020 Power List Honoree. Lawyers of Color, 01/2020
  • Moreau Teaching Award. Graduating class at KU Law, 01/2019
  • Recipient of the Moreau Teaching Award, awarded to a faculty member by the graduating class at KU Law. 01/2016
  • Federal Bar Association President’s Award for leadership and extraordinary service, commitment and guidance to the Federal Bar Association and its members. 01/2014
  • Recipient of the Immel Award for Excellence in Teaching. 01/2014

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