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McBrayer Law Firm Partners with UK Rosenberg Law

Mar 17, 2022

McBrayer PLLC recently partnered with the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law to provide an incoming law student a two-week summer opportunity to experience the day-to-day practices and operations of a law firm.

UK Rosenberg Law Students Make History, Leave Behind Legacy

Danielle Donham Feb 28, 2022

When Kelly Daniel and Jocelyn Lucero started law school in the fall of 2019, the world, and their lives, looked a bit different. They had anticipated the challenges that the next three years would bring, but could never have imagined the rollercoaster of moments that would take them to the finish line. Daniel and Lucero are leaving their mark on the history of the J. David Rosenberg College of Law, holding the distinction of being the first two women of color to simultaneously hold two prestigious student law journal leadership positions.

UK Honors 2022 Great Teacher Award Winners

Steve Shaffer, Danielle Donham, Meg Mills, Lindsey Piercy, and Jenny Wells-Hosley Feb 24, 2022

Six University of Kentucky educators have been named 2022 Great Teachers by the UK Alumni Association. Initiated in 1961, UK’s Great Teacher Award is the longest-running UK award recognizing teaching. In order to receive the award, educators must first be nominated by a student. The UK Alumni Association Great Teacher Award Committee, in cooperation with the student organization Omicron Delta Kappa, then makes the final selection. Recipients receive an engraved plaque and stipend. UK’s 2022 Great Teachers are:

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Law Alumna Creates Volunteer Mentorship Program for First-Year Law Students

Shawntaye Hopkins Feb 18, 2022

Retired Kentucky Supreme Court Clerk Susan Stokley Clary, a 1981 graduate of the law school at University of Kentucky, said she could not fathom being a successful law student without social interaction with peers and law professors. “Law school is an arduous task in the best of circumstances,” Clary said. In 2020, Clary wanted to do something to help law students at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law as they adapted to learning from home because of the pandemic.

Please join us in celebrating the life of Professor Frost

Feb 10, 2022

Please join us in celebrating the life of Christopher W. Frost, Robert G. Lawson & William H. Fortune Professor of Law, on Saturday, Feb. 26 on the third floor of the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. The program begins at 2 p.m. and will be followed by a reception from 3-5 p.m. Masks are required per university guidelines. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Professor Christopher W. Frost Memorial Scholarship Fund are appreciated. Visit https://bit.ly/3s7L5XR to donate.

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Limited Quantities of "The Man from Whitman Creek" Available Now

Shawntaye Hopkins Jan 25, 2022

UK Rosenberg Law has limited quantities of "The Man from Whitman Creek: A Biography of Robert G. Lawson" available to purchase. The book about the professor emeritus and former dean was written by William H. “Bill” Fortune, another professor emeritus at UK Rosenberg Law. Fortune is donating full proceeds from the sale of the book to the Paul Van Booven Scholarship Fund that Lawson started.

Law Faculty Remember Professor Chris Frost

Jennifer Bird-Pollan & Christopher Bradley Jan 14, 2022

Institutions come to be defined by the individuals who represent them at their very best. Our friend and colleague Christopher Wayne Frost was a defining part of the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law. As a graduate of the school (first in his class) and as a member of the faculty for the past twenty-four years, Professor Frost was one of the legends of the law school--part of the soul of the place.

UK Rosenberg Law Announces Death of Beloved Professor Christopher Frost

Shawntaye Hopkins Jan 14, 2022

It is with great sadness that the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law announces the death of Professor Christopher Frost, beloved educator and colleague, on Thursday, Jan. 13. 2021.

UK Rosenberg Law Hosts Second Breonna Taylor Symposium

Shawntaye Hopkins Dec 16, 2021

The University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law hosted a daylong Breonna Taylor Symposium in October 2021 in the college’s G. Chad Perry III Grand Courtroom. It was the law school’s second daylong symposium related to the case, following the first symposium in October 2020.

Kentucky Law Journal Hosts Symposium Themed “The Racial Wealth Gap”

Shawntaye Hopkins Dec 6, 2021

This year, the Kentucky Law Journal’s annual symposium examined issues surrounding the racial wealth gap in the United States, including the history of the racial wealth gap, legal rules that have contributed to its growth, and the tax laws that have exacerbated existing wealth inequalities. The event was held virtually and in-person in October in the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law’s G. Chad Perry III Grand Courtroom.

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