Kate Marples Selected as Dean's Fellow at the University of Kansas

2013 Aug 29

Eight law students at the University of Kansas have been selected as Dean’s Fellows for 2013-14, including Kate Marples, of Dodge City.

A third-year law student, Marples has participated in Environmental Law Society, In-House Moot Court Competition, Kansas Law Review, and the Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies. This year, Marples will represent KU at the Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. As the Law Review symposium editor, she is also organizing the 2013 Kansas Law Review Symposium on the topic “Waters of the United States: Adapting Law for Degradation and Drought.” She is the daughter of Doug and Jane Marples. She graduated from Dodge City High School. As an undergraduate, Marples attended the University of Kansas.

The second- and third-year students will serve as mentors for first-year students, providing them with a peer’s insight into the first-year experience and helping ease their transition into law school.

This is the seventh year for the program, which is administered by the law school’s Office of Student Affairs.

“To be selected as a Dean's Fellow, one must show leadership, compassion and a willingness to serve those following behind them,” said Kaitlin Brigman, student affairs counselor at the law school. “The Dean’s Fellows are a select group, and the ones chosen for this academic year possess an especially wonderful set of qualities that will serve as an invaluable resource to the incoming students.”