Faculty/Staff Profile
Eunice Peters is a 2006 graduate of Washburn University School of Law. Following law school, she served as chambers counsel for Judge Stephen D. Hill of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Professor Peters has also served in various capacities in the Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, the Kansas Judicial Branch Office of Judicial Administration, the Kansas Department of Labor, and most recently as an assistant city attorney for the City of Manhattan, Kansas. These positions provided Professor Peters the opportunity to draft legal documents, legislation, rules and regulations, ordinances, and research memos in all three branches of state government and in local government. As interim Chief Counsel and Deputy Chief Counsel of the Kansas Department of Labor, she further drafted policies and procedures, multi-million-dollar technology contracts, data privacy agreements, legal opinions, court pleadings, news releases, and social media communications.
Professor Peters has devoted her Kansas bar service to challenging lawyers to consider their impact on our legal system and profession, presenting continuing legal education programs and workshops on lawyer well-being, diversity, inclusion, and equity, the legislative process, and becoming a judge. She has served as president of the Kansas Women Attorneys Association, at-large board of governor for the Kansas Bar Association, and chair of numerous other committees within the Kansas legal community. For her work, in 2018, she received the Diversity Award from the Kansas Bar Association, which recognizes those who significantly advance diversity by their conduct.
In 2021, Professor Peters founded yogaJD™ and provides yoga offerings to women law students and attorneys as a way to sustain their own well-being in a legal system that operates around people living in crisis.
"Making It to the Brochure but Not to Partnership," 45 Washburn Law Journal 625 (2006).
"Tackling Stalled Legal Writing," 94:2 Kansas Bar Journal 19 (March/April 2025).
"I (Was) Just A Bill," 92:3 Kansas Bar Journal 8 (May/June 2023).
"People in Crisis: A Poverty Simulation CLE," 87:6 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 30 (June 2018).
"Meaningful Membership," 83:9 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 15 (October 2014) (with Christi L. Bright).
"Brief Overview: Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action," 83:7 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 12 (July/August 2014).
"Diversity Committee Happenings," 82:9 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 15 (October 2013).
"Career Crossroads: A Collaboration Between the KBA Diversity Committee and KWAA," 82:6 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 11 (June 2013) (with Angel Zimmerman).
"Getting Involved in the Kansas Legal Community," 81:9 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 15 (October 2012).
"Diversity and the Kansas Bar: A Journey, not a Destination," 81:7 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 10 (July/August 2012)
"There’s No Place Like Home," 80:2 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 14 (February 2011).
"How to do Legislative Research from Your Desk," 2025 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 27, 2025.
"Yoga with Prof. Eunice Peters," Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Biennial Conference, Well-Being Session, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 18, 2024.
"Finding Your Path to Lawyer Well-Being," Kansas Supreme Court CLE, Topeka, Kansas, 2024.
"Finding Your Path to Lawyer Well-Being," Topeka Bar Association CLE, Webinar, January 10, 2024.
"How to do Legislative Research from Your Desk," Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, Topeka, Kansas, September 27, 2023 (Zoom).
"Lawyer Well-Being Break," Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA), virtual (Zoom), August 25, 2023.
"One Path to Lawyer Well-Being," 2023 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 23, 2023.
"So You Think You Can Dance Judge," Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA) Annual Conference, CLE, Lindsborg, Kansas, 2022.
"DEI in Yoga and Social Justice," Wild Sukha, Junction City, Kansas, 2022 (three-hour workshop presenter to a 300-hour yoga teacher training).
"Operationalization Values and Mission," Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA), virtual (Zoom), 2022 (Organizer and moderator, DEI training).
Panelist, "The Rise of Anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander Violence in the Era of COVID-19," Washburn University School of Law, virtual (Zoom), 2021.
"Integrative Law," Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA) CLE, virtual (Zoom), 2021 (organizer and moderator).
"Pranayama for Lawyer Well-Being," Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA) Annual Conference, CLE, virtual (Zoom), 2021.
"@ksleg: Surfing the Web for Legislative Intent (amusement rides and permits)," Kansas Department of Labor CLE, Topeka, Kansas, 2019.
"Journeys to Motherhood: Lawyers' Perspectives," Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA) Annual Conference, Lindsborg, Kansas, 2019 (CLE organizer and presenter with the Honorable Melissa Standridge, Natalie Chalmers, and Ivery Goldstein).
"Journeys to Motherhood: Lawyers' Perspectives," Women Attorneys Association of Topeka and Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA), Topeka, Kansas, 2019 (CLE organizer and moderator, with the Honorable Melissa Standridge, Natalie Chalmers, Jacq Nance, Jo Friesen, and Ivery Goldstein).
"@ksleg: Surfing the Web for Legislative Intent (conceal and carry in public buildings)," Kansas Supreme Court CLE, Topeka, Kansas, 2018.
"@ksleg: Surfing the Web for Legislative Intent (conceal and carry in public buildings)," Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA) Annual Conference, CLE, Lindsborg, Kansas, 2018.
"People in Crisis: A Poverty Simulation," Kansas Bar Association (KBA), Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA), and University of Kansas School of Law, CLE, Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 (organizer and moderator).
Panelist, "In My Skin," Black Law Students Association, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, 2015.
Panelist, "Attorneys in Transition: Insights from Differing Practice Perspectives," Kansas Bar Association (KBA) Annual Meeting, Topeka, Kansas, 2014.
"Building Diversity in the Legal Profession," Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA) Annual Conference, CLE, Lindsborg, Kansas, 2013 (with Karen H. Hester).
"Building Diversity in the Legal Profession," Kansas Bar Association (KBA) Annual Meeting, CLE, Wichita, Kansas, 2013 (with Karen H. Hester and Christi L. Bright).
"School Finance Litigation: A Kansas Overview," Office of Revisor of Statutes, CLE, Topeka, Kansas, 2013.
"Recent Developments with Diversity and the Law," KBA Annual Meeting & Joint Judicial Conference, CLE, Wichita, Kansas, 2010 (with Karen H. Hester and Christi L. Bright).
Panelist, "Winning on the Front Line: What Law Clerks and Research Attorneys Expect in Advocacy Writing," Washburn University School of Law, The Art of Advocacy: Writing to Win symposium, Topeka, Kansas, 2007.
President-Elect, Kansas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees, 2025-2026.
Secretary, Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association Board of Governors, 2023-present.
Secretary, Washburn School of Law Foundation Board of Directors, 2023-present.
Commissioner, Kansas Court of Appeals Nominating Commission, 2023-present.
President, Kansas Women Attorneys Association, 2021-2022.
At-Large Governor, Kansas Bar Association Board of Governors, 2018-2021.
Member, Kansas Bar Association, 2004-present.
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2023-2024