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Melynda Price Honored with Teaching Award

Nov 20, 2014

Congratulations to Professor Melynda Price, the recipient of the 2013 Duncan Teaching Award at the College of Law. Professor Price is the Robert E. Harding, Jr. Associate Professor of Law. According to her students, Professor Price's classroom teaching is outstanding. Not only do the students enjoy her in the classroom, they also see Professor Price as embodying many of the values we hope our students take from law school. Typical of the student comments about Professor Price is the following:

Our Nixon on CNN in August

Nov 19, 2014

OUR NIXON is an all-archival documentary presenting the Super 8 home movies of H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Dwight Chapin for the very first time. The footage from Nixon's aides, which obsessively documents their time in the White House, was seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation, then filed away and forgotten for almost 40 years. The home movies are presented with other rare footage, creating an intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon presidency as never seen before.

Professor Henke Sworn in to Kentucky Bar

Nov 19, 2014

Congratulations to UK Law Professor and Director of Legal Research & Writing Melissa N. Henke on being sworn in to the Kentucky Bar. Kentucky Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Mary C. Noble (1981) administered the oath of office on September 6, with Professor Allison Connelly (1983) and Julie Butcher (1990) as witnesses.

Meet the Class of 2016

Nov 19, 2014

Fall 2013 Applications Received: 928 KY Residents: 329 Nonresidents: 599 Offers of Admission: 554 KY Residents: 221 Nonresidents: 333 Students enrolled: 150 KY Residents: 114 Nonresidents: 36 Minority Students: 12% Female Students: 38.67% Nonresidents: 24% Median Age: 22 Age Range: 20 - 36 Students 27 or older: 14

Legal Research and Writing Program Hosts Practitioner Panel

Nov 19, 2014

On September 18, College of Law first-year students had an opportunity to hear about how law practitioners use legal writing skills in their careers. The panel, hosted by the Legal Research & Writing Program was attended by Chad Meredith (2007), a Lexington attorney, Cary McCollum, Assistant General Counsel for Alliance Coal, LLC, and Cheryl Morgan (1996), Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Justice Elena Kagan Visits College of Law

Nov 19, 2014

A Conversation With Elena Kagan Associate Justice United States Supreme Court September 19, 2013 6:30 p.m. UK Singletary Center Recital Hall

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Speaks on Hemp Legislation

Nov 19, 2014

The UK College of Law Federalist Society hosted Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture James Comer in September. Commissioner Comer spoke to students about Kentucky's passage of regulatory framework to allow for the legalization of industrial hemp. The Commissioner also spoke on the latest developments on hemp regulation at the federal level and the implications on the agriculture community.

UK Law Hosts Mountain Caucus

Nov 19, 2014

The University of Kentucky College of Law’s Appalachian Law Caucus, American Constitution Society, and Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law (KJEANRL) sponsored a Mountain Caucus Forum on Thursday, September 19. The seven-member panel included Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo, Senator Robin Webb and State Representatives Leslie Combs, Tim Couch, Tanya Pullin, John Short, and Jimmy Stewart.

UK/CLE Hosts Banking Law Conference

Nov 19, 2014

Over 100 of the Commonwealth’s leading banking law counsel were in attendance at the UK College of Law’s 33rd Annual Conference on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions held on Friday, September 27th. Among the presenters at this year’s Conference were UK College of Law Hall of Fame member, John T. McGarvey of Morgan & Pottinger, and Timothy Divis, Chief Regional Counsel of the FDIC in Chicago. William T. Repasky of Frost Brown Todd served as Chair of this year’s program and a luncheon presentation was provided during the Conference by Charles A.

UK Law a Best Value Law School

Nov 19, 2014

National Jurist Magazine has again named the University of Kentucky College of Law a Top 10 Best Value Law School. UK Law is ranked 9th out of nearly 200 ABA-accredited schools, based on tuition, cost of living, bar passage, debt accumulation and employment success. Read the full story here.

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