The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 99 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and four professional programs. The University of Kentucky has fifteen libraries on campus. The largest is William T. Young Library, a federal depository, hosting subjects related to social sciences, humanities, and life sciences collections. In recent years, the university has focused expenditures increasingly on research, following a compact formed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1997. The directive mandated that the university become a Top 20 public research institution, in terms of an overall ranking to be determined by the university itself, by the year 2020.
The University of Law (ULaw) (formerly the College of Law) is the oldest private university in the United Kingdom. The university has been recognised as the world's leading professional law school by several magazines and annual publications of university rankings, including the Times Higher Education and QS World University Rankings. Founded in 1961 as the College of Law, ULaw is the largest specialist provider of legal education and training in Europe. It was incorporated by royal charter in 1975, but in 2012, immediately prior to the granting of university status, the educational and training business of the college was split off and incorporated as a private limited company. This became the College of Law Limited and then the University of Law Limited later in 2012, while the charitable branch (which remained incorporated by the 1975 royal charter) became the Legal Education Foundation.
The university is one of the major providers of Continuing Professional Development courses for English and Welsh judges, barristers, solicitors, and paralegals. According to the National Student Survey, in 2014, the institution was considered as the Great Britain's joint second most successful university, with a learner satisfaction level of 92%.
A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction.
Law degrees
Brazil
In Brazil, law is studied as an undergraduate program. Students who succesfully complete such programs are awarded a Bachelor of Law and are allowed to take the bar examination, which is held twice a year on a nation-wide basis. Candidates who pass the examination are then allowed to work as attorneys.
Canada
The oldest civil law faculty in Canada offering law degrees was established in 1848 at McGill University in Montreal, and the oldest common law faculty in Canada offering law degrees was established in 1883 at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
The typical law degree required to practice law in Canada is now the Juris Doctor, which requires previous university coursework and is similar to the first law degree in the United States. There is some scholarly content in the coursework (such as an academic research paper required in most schools). The programs consist of three years, and have similar content in their mandatory first year courses. Beyond first year and the minimum requirements for graduation, course selection is elective with various concentrations such as business law, international law, natural resources law, criminal law, Aboriginal law, etc. Some schools, however, have not switched from LL.B. to the J.D. – one notable university that still awards the LL.B is McGill University.
The University of Nebraska College of Law (UNLCL), colloquially known as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, is one of the professional graduate schools of University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It was founded in 1888 and became part of UNL in 1891. According to Nebraska's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 64.5% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
History
Initially founded as The University of Nebraska School of Law in 1891. In 2014, the law school changed its moniker to The University of Nebraska College of Law. Nebraska Law is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools and is accredited by the American Bar Association.
Employment
According to Nebraska's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 64.5% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation. Nebraska's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 16.9%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.
The College of Law is a college of the University of Kentucky. Founded initially from a law program at Transylvania University in 1799, the law program at 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 student-run law review publication in the United States. The current dean of the College of Law is David Brennen.
According to the most recent publication of US News and World Report, the Law School is ranked #58 among all public and private universities. Among the three law schools in the commonwealth, the University of Kentucky College of Law ranks the highest. Among public law schools, the program is tied at #31.
The UK College of Law is home to two entirely student-run publications: the Kentucky Law Journal and the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture & Natural Resources Law. The Kentucky Law Journal is one of the oldest law reviews in the United States.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many of its pastures due to the fertile soil. One of the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky which houses two of its major cities, Louisville and Lexington. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River.
Kentucky (foaled 1861, died 1875), was a successful AmericanThoroughbredracehorse who won 21 of his 23 starts, including 20 consecutive wins.
He was by Lexington, who sired three colts in 1861 (out of Glencoe mares) and would each become one of the best race horses in America – Norfolk, Asteroid and Kentucky. Norfolk and Asteroid went undefeated throughout their racing careers, and one of the few horses who ever defeated Kentucky was Norfolk. Kentucky's dam was Magnolia, by the imported British champion Glencoe; Glencoe stood at John Harper's Nantura Stock Farm in Kentucky. His sire line traced back to Herod.
A rangy bay with a narrow white stripe and white off-fore pastern, Kentucky was owned by John Hunter, one of the founders of the Saratoga Race Course and co-owner (and the first chairman) of The Jockey Club.
Racing record
Probably trained by A.J. Minor (the facts are unclear), Kentucky won his only two-year-old start. At age three, racing for John Hunter, William R. Travers and George Osgood, he lost his second start in the inaugural Jersey Derby – coming in fourth to Norfolk. After that he won 20 consecutive races, including the first Travers Stakes in 1864 and the first two runnings of the Saratoga Cup at a distance of 2¼ miles. He also won the first Inaugural Stakes in four mile heats at the newly opened Jerome Park Racetrack. For three seasons (1864, 1865 and 1866), when races were two, three and four miles long, he was the undisputed champion of East Coast racing.
New Building, New Opportunities for UK Law Students to Succeed
As the University of Kentucky dedicates the new College of Law building, students and faculty reflect on what the new spaces means for their current studies and their future careers.
published: 18 Nov 2019
Campus Transformation: Go Inside UK's Newest Space
In this Campus Walk, Interim Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law Mary Davis shows us around the newly renovated, state-of-the-art space.
Learn more: https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/uk-law-celebrates-new-era-modern-home-ribbon-cutting-ceremony.
published: 21 Nov 2019
University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law 2024 Graduation
University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law 2024 Graduation
Live from the UK Singletary Center for the Arts
Friday May 3, 2024, 4:00pm
published: 04 May 2024
One Day for UK - UK Rosenberg Law Dean Mary J. Davis
One Day or UK is Thursday, April 18, 2024
published: 15 Apr 2024
This Is the University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky has a long history of service to our state, country and world. Watch this video to learn more about our community - and why it's such a unique place to teach, serve, discover and heal.
As the University of Kentucky dedicates the new College of Law building, students and faculty reflect on what the new spaces means for their current studies and...
As the University of Kentucky dedicates the new College of Law building, students and faculty reflect on what the new spaces means for their current studies and their future careers.
As the University of Kentucky dedicates the new College of Law building, students and faculty reflect on what the new spaces means for their current studies and their future careers.
In this Campus Walk, Interim Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law Mary Davis shows us around the newly renovated, state-of-the-art space.
Learn mo...
In this Campus Walk, Interim Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law Mary Davis shows us around the newly renovated, state-of-the-art space.
Learn more: https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/uk-law-celebrates-new-era-modern-home-ribbon-cutting-ceremony.
In this Campus Walk, Interim Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law Mary Davis shows us around the newly renovated, state-of-the-art space.
Learn more: https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/uk-law-celebrates-new-era-modern-home-ribbon-cutting-ceremony.
The University of Kentucky has a long history of service to our state, country and world. Watch this video to learn more about our community - and why it's such...
The University of Kentucky has a long history of service to our state, country and world. Watch this video to learn more about our community - and why it's such a unique place to teach, serve, discover and heal.
The University of Kentucky has a long history of service to our state, country and world. Watch this video to learn more about our community - and why it's such a unique place to teach, serve, discover and heal.
As the University of Kentucky dedicates the new College of Law building, students and faculty reflect on what the new spaces means for their current studies and their future careers.
In this Campus Walk, Interim Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law Mary Davis shows us around the newly renovated, state-of-the-art space.
Learn more: https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/uk-law-celebrates-new-era-modern-home-ribbon-cutting-ceremony.
The University of Kentucky has a long history of service to our state, country and world. Watch this video to learn more about our community - and why it's such a unique place to teach, serve, discover and heal.
The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 99 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and four professional programs. The University of Kentucky has fifteen libraries on campus. The largest is William T. Young Library, a federal depository, hosting subjects related to social sciences, humanities, and life sciences collections. In recent years, the university has focused expenditures increasingly on research, following a compact formed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1997. The directive mandated that the university become a Top 20 public research institution, in terms of an overall ranking to be determined by the university itself, by the year 2020.