The UK College of Law has received grants from the United States Department of Justice for the Rural Drug Prosecution Assistance Project. The purpose of the Program is to enhance the ability of the criminal justice system in the rural parts of Kentucky to prosecute, defend, and adjudicate the increased volume of drug and drug-related crimes, by placing UK Law students and graduates as interns and employees with Commonwealth's Attorneys, Public Defenders and Circuit Court judges.The RDPAP also is intended to involve UK Law students and graduates to the extent practicable in methamphetamine-related criminal enforcement, defense, and judicial processes including those in Kentucky’s drug court system in order to more effectively deal with methamphetamine-related crime.
The Program includes three parts:
* A Summer Internship Program under which students at UK Law will be paid to be summer interns with Commonwealth's Attorneys, Public Defenders and Circuit Court Judges in rural counties. It is anticipated that the gross amount of the summer internship stipend will not be in excess of $6,000.
* A Graduate Employment Program under which the Department of Public Advocacy and Circuit Courts receive salary supplements to hire UK Law graduates. It is anticipated that the amount of the salary supplement will be $24,000. It is also anticipated that qualified Commonwealth's Attorneys will offer salary/benefit packages of $46,500.
* A Tuition Remission Program under which UK Law participants in the Graduate Employment Program receive tuition remission payments based upon successful completion of one year of employment with qualified Commonwealth's Attorneys, Public Defenders and Circuit Court judges. It is anticipated that the amount of the tuition remission payment will be $10,000.
The Rural Drug Prosecution Assistance Project is funded by the United States Department of Justice. The College of Law is appreciative of the efforts of Senator Mitch McConnell in support of the Rural Drug Prosecution Assistance Project.
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