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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. Law professors, criminal justice scholars, judges, attorneys, journalists and activists discussed the validity of the search warrant in the Breonna Taylor case. UK Rosenberg Law students Sarah Byres and Bennett Tuleja organized the event with Blanche Bong Cook, Robert E. Harding Jr.

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.

Meet Jocelyn Lucero, KJEANRL’s 2021-2022 Editor-In-Chief

Shawntaye Hopkins Oct 25, 2021

Jocelyn Lucero is a third-year law student from Lexington, Kentucky. She is serving as the 2021-2022 editor-in-chief of the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law’s Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture & Natural Resources Law (KJEARNRL). Lucero has a B.A. in International Relations and Affairs as well as Spanish from Transylvania University. This year, both law journals at the college – including the Kentucky Law Journal – are being led by women of color.

Flyer for Oct 22 KLJ Symposium The Racial Wealth Gap

Kentucky Law Journal to Host Symposium on The Racial Wealth Gap

Shawntaye Hopkins Oct 19, 2021

The Kentucky Law Journal will hold its annual symposium from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22, in the G. Chad Perry III Grand Courtroom at the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law. This year’s event is titled, “The Racial Wealth Gap,” and it will explore the legal and historical factors that have contributed to the current state of wealth disparity in the United States that falls largely along racial lines. The symposium will be held in person and online. Register here to attend virtually.

UK Rosenberg Law to Host its Second Daylong Breonna Taylor Symposium

Shawntaye Hopkins Oct 12, 2021

The University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law will host its second daylong Breonna Taylor Symposium on Saturday, Oct. 16, beginning at 9 a.m. in the G. Chad Perry III Grand Courtroom in the law building. Law professors, criminal justice scholars, judges, attorneys, journalists and activists will discuss the validity of the search warrant in the Breonna Taylor case.

Professor Jennifer Bird-Pollan Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Shawntaye Hopkins Aug 23, 2021

Jennifer Bird-Pollan, a tax law professor who joined the faculty in 2010, has been named associate dean of academic affairs for the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, starting May 15.

UK Rosenberg Law Creates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Advisory Board

Shawntaye Hopkins Jun 29, 2021

University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law Interim Dean Mary J. Davis recently announced the creation of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DEI”) Student Advisory Board intended to foster communication on issues of racial justice, diversity, and inclusion in the law school community and more broadly.

College Holds Commencement for UK Rosenberg Law Classes of 2020 and 2021

Shawntaye Hopkins Jun 17, 2021

On Friday, May 14, the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law held a commencement ceremony to honor the Class of 2021 as well as the Class of 2020, which did not receive a commencement ceremony last year because of COVID-19 safety restrictions.

Four Generations of John Y. Browns Receive Law Degrees at University of Kentucky

Jun 17, 2021

In 1926, John Y. Brown Sr. graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law. The son of a tenant farmer and the first in his family to attend college, John Y. Brown Sr. used his law degree to become a trial attorney – the career he later said he’d wanted since he was five years old – and a longtime politician. This was just the beginning of the Brown family’s relationship with the college. Over the next century, four generations of John Y. Browns would graduate from the same law school.

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