William H. Fortune

Robert G. Lawson Professor of Law
College of Law Building, Room 027
Office: (859) 257-8353
fortunew@uky.edu
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William H. Fortune is Professor of Law at the College where he first entered law teaching in 1969. He is a former Chair of the University Senate, and, in 2001, was selected as an Alumni Great Teacher. He served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1989 to 1991, and is now serving in that capacity. He served as Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles, California and Lexington, Kentucky from 1975 to 1979, and as Assistant State Public Defender in Pikeville, Kentucky from 1991 to 1992. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law.

Professor Fortune teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence and professional responsibility. His publications include Modern Litigation and Professional Responsibility Handbook (Professors Underwood and Imwinkelried), Psychology and the Legal System (with Professors Nietzel and Wrightsman), Kentucky Criminal Law (with Professor Lawson) and law review articles in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, the Washington University Law Quarterly, the South Carolina Law Review and the Kentucky Law Journal.

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