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Robert G Lawson

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Salary
  
$162,164 (2009)

Role
  
Professor

Name
  
Robert Lawson

Website
  
UK College of Law

Spouse(s)
  
Rosemary



Occupation
  
Lawyer, Author, and Professor.

Known for
  
incredible influence on the Kentucky legal community

Residence
  
Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Books
  
Kentucky Rules of Evidence

Education
  
University of Kentucky, University of Kentucky College of Law, Berea College

Man behind much of Kentucky law talks prisons, war on crime


Robert "Bob" G. Lawson is a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law, Kentucky, United States.

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Professional career

Lawson holds the position of the principal drafter to both the Kentucky Penal Code and the Kentucky Rules of Evidence. He has also served as Dean of the College of Law from 1971 to 1973 and 1982 to 1988, and is a member of the University of Kentucky College of Law Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1996. He is also a member of the University of Kentucky Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

Professor Lawson's hero is "The Great Wigmore".

Lawson taught his final class on December 4, 2014.

References

Robert G. Lawson Wikipedia