Mary Beth Forester

Director of Continuing Legal Education

Mary Beth Forester serves as the Director of the Office of Continuing Legal Education at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. She is also a Visiting Professor of Politics at Centre College.  Prior to joining UK/CLE, Forester served as the Legal Director of the Monuments Workshop at the University of Kentucky.  She previously served as a Decision Writer and Attorney Adjudicator with the Social Security Administration Office of Hearings Operations in Lexington, Kentucky, and served for many years as the Director of Continuing Legal Education for the Kentucky Bar Association. Before beginning her work in public service, Forester was in private practice with Johnson, Judy, True & Guarnieri in Frankfort, and McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland in Lexington, focusing primarily on health care, employment, administrative, and real property law, as well as general civil litigation. She is also a certified mediator.

Forester earned her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law, and her B.A. in Philosophy and English from Centre College.