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: Matthew Carlin
Executive Editor: Summer Williams
Lead Articles Editor: Nathan Thacker
Lead Notes Editor: Ryan Waford
Legal Education Editor: Logan Sparks
Digital Media Editor: Morgan Porter
Symposium Editor: Joseph Gerwert
Alumni Relations Editor: Ashlee Taylor
Noah Banks
Carolyn Chin
Hunter Doughman
Alicia MacRae
Jared Pippen
Katherine Shearer
Benjamin Wehrle
Valerie Benton
Jacob Davis
Garrett Flynn
Xavier Fox
Jacob Fritz
Sidonie Mangeot
Ian McNabb
Caleb Neal
Christen Patterson
Kendal Pickens
Catherine Prell
Jonathan Ryzowicz
Cameron Stamper
Clay Trusty
Matthew Wesolowski
Jacob Williams
The Changed Landscape of Kentucky DUI Arrests and Prosecutions
David Emerson
Page 1
Educational Choice & The Problem of Unprincipled Judging: An Object Lesson from Kentucky
Joshua A. House and Benjamin A. Field
Page 23
Defamatory Disclosure to the Media in Kentucky: Time to Talk About Judicial Proceedings Privilege
Avery Dietz
Page 55
Police Social Media: The 13th Juror
Summer Williams
Page 71
The Victim Vanishes: Criminal Punishment and Justice for Victims
Benjamin L. Apt
Page 91
Greening the Ghetto Revisited: Three Decades of Environmental Justice Law
Peter L. Reich
Page 117
The Academy's Role at the Intersection of Environmental and Restorative Justice: Putting Law into Practice at the Acequia Project
Gregor A. MacGregor
Page 125
Real Harm to Real People: A Restorative Justice Theory for Social Media Accountability
Matthew F. Carlin
Page 145
The Lorax's Guide to Environmental Restorative Justice: Ensuring Effective Restorative Justice Approaches by Broadening Article III Standings in Environmental Disputes
Nathaniel L. Thacker
Page 181
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
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Highland Heights, KY 41099
Copyright permission may also be obtained via email at nkylawreview@nku.edu or via phone at: 859.572.5444.
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.
2024-25 Symposium
2023-24 Symposium
2022-23 Symposium
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