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UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law

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Best Value Law School ranking by National Jurist Magazine in 2023

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6th in the country in full-time, long-term, bar passage required and JD advantage employment, excluding school-funded jobs, for the Class of 2020 [See Employment Statistics page for more information]

91%

First-time bar passage rate for Class of 2020

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Thomas Jefferson and the Kentucky Constitution by Denis Fleming

Book Review – Thomas Jefferson & The Kentucky Constitution, Denis Fleming Jr. (2025)

Jacob Bruce, UK Rosenberg Law Class of 2025

Mar 5, 2025

Thomas Jefferson’s authorship of a portion of the Kentucky Constitution has been something of legend among Kentucky litigators for the last two centuries. On numerous occasions when the appellate courts were faced with a question regarding the separation of powers between the branches of state government, they would almost always begin with an assertion that the venerable terms of Sections 27 and 28 of the Kentucky Constitution began at Jefferson’s Monticello estate under his penmanship. Denis Fleming, in Thomas Jefferson and the Kentucky Constitution, takes great strides in sorting myth from fact, and placing greater confidence in this long-held belief.

Advancing Kentucky: Justice Pamela Goodwine dedicates her life to making a difference in her community and the world

Ann Blackford

Feb 28, 2025

When Pamela Goodwine was a teenager growing up in the inner city of Youngstown, Ohio, she had a dream of one day becoming a judge and serving as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Book Review – Thomas Jefferson & The Kentucky Constitution, Denis Fleming Jr. (2025)

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