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ENDNOTES 1 Melinda Rawlings, Tracy J. Taylor, Ben Distler, Elizabeth M. Stewart, and myself. 2 I have called upon you so many times in my tenure with UK CLE, and you always answered in the affirmative. If I may be so bold as to call upon you one last time --- when UK CLE calls upon you in the future, please help us continue to build. 3 There have been three directors of UK CLE in its history: John King Hickey (1973 1986); my dear friend and mentor Todd Eberle (1986-2000) and myself.

The University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law welcomed Mary Beth Forester, an alumna of the college, as the new director of the Office of Continuing Legal Education on July 28. Forester previously served as the legal director of the Monuments Workshop at UK. Forester also teaches as a visiting professor of politics at Centre College. She previously served as a decision writer and attorney adjudicator with the Social Security Administration Office of Hearings Operations in Lexington, Kentucky, and served for many years as the director of Con tinuing Legal Education for the Kentucky Bar Association. Before beginning her work in public service, Forester was in private prac tice with Johnson, Judy, True & Guarnieri in Frankfort, and McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland in Lexington, focusing primarily on health care, employment, administrative, and real property law, as well as gen eral civil litigation. She is also a certified mediator. Forester earned her J.D. from the University of Kentucky and her B.A. in Philosophy and English from Centre College. Forester Mary Beth College Welcomes New CLE Director

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CLE Director Mary Beth Forester