🏇 YLS Keeneland Tailgate 🏇

This is a true tailgate—so bring your chairs, your favorite tailgate dish to share, and your best dip for our Dip Competition!

Come hungry, get competitive, and enjoy a great day at Keeneland with the Young Lawyers Section.

📅 Saturday, October 3

🥘 Potluck Tailgate

🏆 Dip Competition

🎟️ YLS Members: $25 | Non-YLS Members: $40

Think your dip has what it takes to win? Bring it on!

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Visit the FCBA Centennial Celebration page on our website to explore a growing collection of oral histories celebrating both the FCBA’s 80th Anniversary and upcoming Centennial Celebration. These recordings preserve the stories, memories, and experiences of members of our legal community who have helped shape the Fayette County Bar Association over the decades. We are continuing to add new oral histories, so be sure to stay tuned and check back often as this important historical archive continues to grow.

As part of our Centennial celebration, we are proud to introduce the Centennial Oral History Project—an initiative dedicated to preserving the voices and experiences of FCBA members. Through recorded interviews with FCBA members, we are capturing personal reflections, professional milestones, and meaningful moments that have shaped the Association over the past 100 years. This project honors the legacy of our membership while creating a lasting archive that will inspire and inform future generations of leaders. We are honored to share our Centennial Oral History Interview with Barbara Edelman!

Join us for a unique opportunity to hear directly from three distinguished federal judges as they share their collective wisdom and experience from the bench. Gain practical insight into judicial expectations, effective advocacy, courtroom preparation, and professionalism—all while earning one hour of FREE CLE credit. Then, keep the conversation going with post-CLE networking at The Melroy immediately following the session.

Calling all domestic relations attorneys!

Join us for a practical one-hour CLE exploring the often-confused roles of Friends of the Court and Guardians ad Litem in Kentucky family court proceedings. Learn when each may be appointed, how their duties differ, and what attorneys need to know about investigations, interviews, reports, recommendations, and testimony.

This session will offer useful guidance for working effectively with FoCs and GALs—and for helping your clients understand what the FoC is going on!

Go Back to School with the Transy Book Heist On-Demand CLE!

The Transy Book Heist: Inside Lexington's Most Infamous Rare Book Theft, is an in-depth look at one of the most unusual and widely publicized crimes in Lexington history. In 2004, priceless rare books were stolen from the special collections library at Transylvania University, bringing national attention to the Lexington community and its historic university.

Join defense attorneys Fred Peters, Pat Nash, Adele Burt Brown, and Mike Mazzoli; prosecutor David Marye, for a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation, prosecution, defense strategy, and courtroom dynamics surrounding this extraordinary case. Presented from both the defense and prosecution perspectives, the session will provide unique insight into the legal and personal challenges faced by those involved. The panel will also discuss the case's lasting cultural impact, including its portrayal in the movie American Animals, and how the events continue to resonate in Kentucky legal history and popular culture.

The Transy Book Heist CLE has been accredited by the KBA CLE Commission for 1.5 hours of CLE until June 30, 2027.

Join us for the WLA Judicial Candidate Forum in the Fayette Circuit Courthouse Multipurpose Room. This forum will offer members an opportunity to hear directly from the judicial candidates before the November election.

New Law*gic podcast is live! Discussion of SB 50 with Bethany Davenport of Kinkead & Stilz.

You can find Law*gic on all major podcast platforms like Apple, Google, and Spotify. Check out our library of past episodes on our website.

September 17

Centennial Celebration

Limestone Hall

5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

September 21

Federal Practice Section

FREE CLE

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Federal Courthouse

September 22

Domestic Relations Practice Section CLE

Frank & Dino's

11:30 - 1 p.m.

October 1

Bourbon Law - Distilled Spirits

UK CLE

Castle and Key

October 3

FCBA YLS Keeneland Tailgate

Time TBD

October 20

FCBA Women Lawyers Association Judicial Candidate Forum

Become a part of our public service lawyer referral program, where we’ll connect you with clients in need of your expertise. Join us in making a difference and expanding your practice!

We understand how challenging it can be to balance work, family, and personal life, while also dealing with the stresses of the job. It's important to prioritize your health and well-being, so you can serve our clients to the best of your abilities. FCBA is excited to share with you the Attorney Wellness Program, which can help address these challenges and improve overall resilience. And, it is completely free and confidential.

By taking care of ourselves, we can better serve our clients and communities.

Fayette Circuit and

Family Dockets are online

CLICK HERE

to access these dockets.

Click the docket you would like to download. The dockets are updated every Wednesday afternoon. Add this page to your favorites for easier access in the future.

The FCBA has partnered with the Louisville Bar Association and Shepherd Insurance (formerly Logan Lavelle Hunt) to offer group health insurance as a member benefit.

For more information or to see if this plan is right for you and your employees, please contact

 Kater Riddle at kriddle@shepherdins.com or (502) 499-6880.

Check out The Lexington Lawyer Magazine!