The Northern Kentucky Law Review, founded in 1973, is an independent journal, edited and published entirely by the students of NKU Chase College of Law. The Law Review publishes three issues per year composed of scholarly writings by professors, practitioners, jurists, and students in important areas of law.
The annual issues consist of a general law issue and a symposium issue that complement the Law Review's annual live or written symposia. Circulation extends to most law libraries across the country, and our articles are widely available on LexisNexis and Westlaw.
Students serve on the Law Review staff as writers, editors, proofreaders, technical editors, researchers, and subciters. A position on the editorial board, a coveted recognition of academic achievement, is one of the highest honors a law student can attain. Staff members are selected from those candidates who have demonstrated meticulous attention to detail, academic excellence, and superior legal writing ability.
Editor-in-Chief: Zachary Metz
Executive Editor: Tristan Riley
Lead Articles Editor: Jalen Sehlhorst
Lead Notes Editor: Sean Adams
Education Editor: Theodore “TJ” Roberts
Digital Media Editor: Samantha Kleem
Symposium Editor: Sarah Brown
Alexander Antonopoulos
Al Bailey
Bryan Bond
Joseph Dolgas
Lindsay Dunn
Benjamin Fooks
John Gaffin
Jason Heitz
Grace Kuntz
Jacob Lentsch
Andrew Marcum
Melissa Mullins
Jacob Ottaway
Heather Stewart
Mariah Woeste
Drug Decriminalization, Addiction, and Mass Incarceration: A Theories of Punishment Framework for Ending the "War on Drugs"
Leslie E. Scott
Full text, page 267
Geography and Reasonable Suspicion in Auto Stops
Wayne A. Logan
Full text, page 309
Classifying Alternative Approaches for Simple Drug Possession: A Two-level Taxonomy
Alex Stevens, Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes, Shann Hulme, & Rebecca Cassidy
Full text, page 337
Notes
The Grass is Always Greener: A Resolution of Conflicts Between Kentucky Workers' Compensation Statutes and the Inevitable Medical Marijuana Bill
Bennet Weaver
Full text, page 355
Correcting Injustices: Expunging Prior Marijuana Convictions in Kentucky's Next Best Stop Towards Restorative Justice
Katherine Jaggers
Full text, page 385
Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Northern Kentucky Law Review.
The Northern Kentucky Law Review publishes three issues per year. We gladly accept unsolicited manuscripts for publication.
Please send hard copy submissions to:
Lead Articles Editor
Northern Kentucky Law Review
Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Nunn Hall, Room 402
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Permission to reprint a Northern Kentucky Law Review article is granted provided that the following conditions are met:
Permission requests to republish any part of a Northern Kentucky Law Review article should be sent to:
Attention: Executive Editor
Re: Reprint Permission
Northern Kentucky Law Review
Chase College of Law
Nunn Hall, Room 402
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Copyright permission may also be obtained via email at nkylawreview@nku.edu or via phone at: 859.572.5444.
Archives of the Northern Kentucky Law Review journals can be found on Hein Online at https://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=journals/nkenlr&collection=journals
Each year the Northern Kentucky Law Review hosts one symposium to discuss emerging legal issues and advance legal scholarship. Practitioners, professors, judges, and legal scholars are invited to participate in each symposium. The Northern Kentucky Law Review also publishes one issue dedicated to exploring the symposia topic in more depth.
2021-22 Symposium
2020-21 Symposium
2018-19 Symposium
2017-18 Symposium
2016-17 Symposia
2015-16 Symposia
2014-15 Symposia
2013-14 Symposia
2012-13 Symposia
2011-12 Symposia