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Legal Services for Students
Burge Union
1601 Irving Hill Rd, Rm 312
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
(785) 864-5665
legals@ku.edu

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Jo Hardesty

Director/Managing Attorney
hardesty@ku.edu

B.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of Kansas in 1982
- Majored in Sociology, Human Development & Family Life and Crime & Delinquency Studies
J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1986
Admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1986
Director of Legal Services for Students since 1987
Secretary, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Student Legal Services Division

Michele Kessler

Associate Director/Attorney
mkessler@ku.edu

B.A. in Communication Arts/Television Production from Washburn University of Topeka in 1984
- Also attended Loyola Marymount and The University of Kansas
J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1987
Admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1987
Joined Legal Services for Students as an attorney in August 1987

Bill Larzalere

Chief Litigation Attorney
blarz@ku.edu

B.G.S. in History, 1977, and B.S. in Education, 1980, from the University of Kansas.
J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1982.
Admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1983.
Legal experience as an Assistant City Prosecutor in Overland Park, and as a Staff Attorney for Kansas Legal Services of Olathe and Kansas City.
Joined Legal Services for Students as a staff attorney in October 2002.

Laura Diaz Moore

Staff Attorney
ldiazmo@ku.edu

B.A. in Political Science, 1985, from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.
J.D. from DePaul University, College of Law in 1992.
Admitted to Kansas Bar in 2006.
Previously licensed and practiced in Washington, Wisconsin, and Illinois in wide variety of practice areas.
Joined Legal Services for Students as a staff attorney in December 2006.

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