Laken Albrink

Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Research and Writing

Professor Albrink is a first-generation college graduate and UK Rosenberg College of Law alumna. She brings experience in higher education, state government, and private practice. Albrink comes to our law school from Morehead State University, her undergraduate alma mater, where she served as Legal Studies Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Student Conduct Hearing Officer, and Law Clinic Coordinator. Prior to joining Morehead State University, Albrink served as Executive Advisory for the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Special Attorney for the Kentucky Attorney General Office of Child Abuse & Exploitation Prevention.

Albrink’s scholarship focuses on trauma-informed legal advocacy and elevating first-generation student success.  In Albrink’s published article Cultivating Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault in American’s Agriculture Industry, 6 Ky. J. Equine, Agric. & Nat. Resources L. 347(2014), she discusses the increased vulnerability of women working in the agriculture industry to become victims of sexual assault, especially those who are undocumented immigrants, and the lack of criminal convictions against farm supervisors and other perpetrators leading to a culture that keeps the victims fearful and silent.

Albrink obtained her Juris Doctor in 2015 from the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law.