About Robert G. Lawson
Born 1938. Robert G. Lawson is an American lawyer, author and professor.
Robert Gene Lawson (born July 15, 1938) is an American academic and lawyer from Kentucky who has gained prominence for his contributions to the legal framework of Kentucky. For much of his career, he was a law professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law, and twice served as the college's dean.
Biography 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. The Bob Lawson Society is named after him, and grants membership to all individuals who annually donate $1,000 or more to UK Law.
Lawson taught his final class on December 4, 2014.
In 2021, fellow UK Law professor William Fortune published, "The Man from Whitman Creek: A Biography of Robert G. Lawson."
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American legal academic
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Robert G. Lawson was born in 1938 in Kentucky.
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Robert G. Lawson is a lawyer, author and professor.
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