Allison Connelly

UK Law Co-Hosts Law Camp, Gives High School Students an Inside Look at a Legal Education

Jul 1, 2016

July 1, 2016 Eighteen diverse high school students, representing all of Lexington’s public high schools and Sayre, came to the University of Kentucky College of Law on June 12-18 for the third annual Summer Law Institute (SLI) – a seven-day residential Law Camp for rising juniors and seniors interested in law and the legal profession. Kenleigh Joseph, a student at Tates Creek High School, participated in the camp this year.

UK Law's Connelly is 2016 Lyons Award Recipient

May 2, 2016

May 2, 2016 By: Carl Nathe

UK Law Mock Trial Teams Have Strong Showing at State Competition

Nov 20, 2015

Congratulations to UK Law’s two Kentucky Mock Trial Championship teams who had strong showings at the recent state competition held in Covington, Kentucky. One team, comprised of second year students, advocates Alison Zeitlin and Josh Barnette, and witnesses Amy Robertson and James Wilson, was undefeated before losing in the championship round to an experienced 3L team from Louisville.

SBA Hosts Trivia Night to Support UK Law Legal Clinic

Nov 13, 2015

November 16, 2015 What does law, disasters of the 18th century, sports and shark biology have in common? They were all subjects of questions asked during the first annual Student Bar Association (SBA) Trivia Night to benefit the UK Law Legal Clinic.

UK Law Profs. Scott Bauries and Allison Connelly Interviewed by National Media Regarding Rowan County Clerk

Sep 29, 2015

September 29, 2015 The beginning of the school year is always a hectic time on campus, however, the month of September was especially busy for two UK Law professors. Scott Bauries, the Robert G. Lawson Associate Professor of Law, and Allison Connelly, the Director of the Legal Clinic and James and Mary Lassiter Professor of Law, were recently quoted and cited as sources in hundreds of national media outlets regarding the Rowan County (Kentucky) Clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses.

UK Law Co-Hosts Law Camp for High School Students

Jul 1, 2015

June 7-13, the UK College of Law, in conjunction with the Fayette County Bar Association (FCBA), co-sponsored the second Summer Law Institute (SLI) – a seven-day residential Law Camp for high school students interested in law and the legal profession.

UK Law Faculty Honored at KBA 2015 Annual Convention

Jun 29, 2015

UK Law Professors Allison Connelly and Bill Fortune were honored at the KBA 2015 Annual Convention. The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) honored Professor Allison Connelly with the 2015 Donated Legal Services Award during their annual membership luncheon. The Donated Legal Services Award is given to “an individual in good standing with the KBA and currently involved in pro bono work. The selection process places special emphasis on the nature of the legal services contributed and the amount of time involved in the provision of free legal services.”

UK Law Faculty Present at KBA 2015 Annual Convention

Jun 19, 2015

For those who attended the Kentucky Bar Association’s 2015 Annual Convention you probably saw some familiar faces. Several professors from UK Law presented at the convention and shared their expertise with fellow lawyers. The professors involved and presentations given include: Allison Connelly: Accommodating Transgender Students in Public Schools; Ferguson, Race and the Law Josh Douglas: Securing the Right to Vote: The 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Current Developments in Election Law

UK Law Students Save Taxpayers $95,000, Devote 2,732 Hours to Clients

Jun 1, 2015

By: Whitney Harder The American Bar Association calls on each lawyer to render at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services per year. In the 2014-2015 academic year, University of Kentucky College of Law students went well above and beyond that to serve Kentuckians.

UK Law Litigation Banquet

Apr 29, 2015

The University of Kentucky College of Law recently honored the hard work and dedication of the officers, members, advisors, and coaches of the Moot Court Board and Trial Advocacy Board (TAB), as well as many first-year students in connection with their Legal Research and Writing (LRW) Clubs. The Litigation Banquet recognizes the students who have excelled in both written and oral advocacy.

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