University of Kentucky College of Law
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The College of Law is a college of the University of Kentucky located within Central Campus along South Limestone. Founded initially from a law program at Transylvania University in 1799, the law program at the UK began operations in 1908; it was one of the nation's first public law schools. In 1913, the college became the first in the nation to institute a trial practice program, and is host to the tenth-oldest law review student publication in the United States.
The current dean of the College of Law is Allan Vestal.
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[edit] Law library
The Alvin E. Evans Library is the largest law library in the Commonwealth and contains approximately 470,000 volumes, along with a vast array of electronic materials. It also provides access to all "U.S. reported court decisions, statutes and administrative materials" along with international materials.
[edit] Law Building
Constructed in 1965, it contains the Alvin E. Evans Library, classrooms, and faculty offices. However, because the building is widely perceived as too small for the school's needs, the College of Law will be relocating to a new structure along Scott Street.[1]
A 2002 study suggested that if a new College of Law structure was to be constructed, it should relocate closer to downtown Lexington [2]. The suggestion from the study by Ayers Saint Gross consulting firm proposed that a new building for the college be constructed at the corner of Rose Street and Euclid Avenue near Memorial Coliseum where the University of Kentucky police and parking departments are at today. This would create a "symbolic link" between the University and downtown, it added.
Such a move would also involve relocating the University of Kentucky Legal Clinic into the new structure.
It was later decided that the new building should be constructed on Scott Street across from the Taylor Education Building and Dickey Hall [3]. The structure, expected to cost $75 million, will be financed through $15 million in fundraising, with the remainder coming from the state. The location, currently a 3.3 acre parking lot, will double the size of the existing structure and add much needed student common areas. It will ultimately contain five structures and two courtyards.
[edit] References
- ^ New Building News. University of Kentucky College of Law. Retrieved on November 21, 2006.
- ^ Martin, Kristi. "Colleges ponder downtown move." 4 April 2002. Kentucky Kernel. 19 Nov. 2006 [1].
- ^ Sichko, Adam. "No more holding back progress for UK Law." 5 May 2006. Kentucky Kernel. 22 Nov. 2006 [2].
