UK Law Profs. Scott Bauries and Allison Connelly Interviewed by National Media Regarding Rowan County Clerk

September 29, 2015

The beginning of the school year is always a hectic time on campus, however, the month of September was especially busy for two UK Law professors. Scott Bauries, the Robert G. Lawson Associate Professor of Law, and Allison Connelly, the Director of the Legal Clinic and James and Mary Lassiter Professor of Law, were recently quoted and cited as sources in hundreds of national media outlets regarding the Rowan County (Kentucky) Clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses. 

Professor Bauries was quoted by ABC News, Boston Globe, CBS News, The Denver Post, The Examiner, FOX News, The Guardian, Mashable, MSNBC, New York Times, Salon.com, TIME, US News and World Report, USA Today, Washington Post, and Yahoo News.

Professor Allison Connelly was interviewed and quoted by ABC 36 News, Al Jazeera America, Herald-Leader, NPR, Reuters, and USA Today.

A small sampling of the articles where the professors were quoted or used as sources are listed below:

Scott Bauries

MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/kentucky-anti-gay-marriage-clerk-kim-davis-back-square-one

TIME: http://time.com/4018999/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-same-sex-marriage/

Allison Connelly

Al Jazeera America: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/9/6/kentucky-clerk-new-appeal-over-marriage-licenses.html

Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/06/us-usa-gaymarriage-kentucky-idUSKCN0R60UY20150906

Scott Bauries & Allison Connelly

USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/02/qa-ky-clerk-gay-marriage-license-case/71567812/