About me
Glenn McClister is a Staff Attorney with DPA’s Education, Strategic Planning and Recruitment Division. Glenn received his J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1997, and for nine years worked as an Assistant Public Advocate in Somerset, Kentucky, handling over 400 cases per year. Prior to becoming an attorney, Glenn was a state champion in speech during high school and competed during college as well. After completing the requirements for an M.A. in philosophy, including teaching undergraduates for six years, he then spent two years as a professional actor, getting the chance to play the lead in "Two Gentlemen of Verona" on the stage of the Globe Theater in London, during a summer program there. After having secured a talent agent on 88th street in New York and spending a great deal of time unemployed, Glenn joined the 101st Airborne Division when Desert Storm began and served for two-and-a-half years as an infantryman. After digging ditches in Lake Cumberland State Resort Park for a year, Glenn went to law school where he directed a production of “Gone with the Wind” starring the law school faculty and students during his third year and won the UK College of Law Faculty Cup at graduation. After joining the education division, Glenn designed and revised the new attorney training portion of the Kentucky Public Defender College including district, juvenile and circuit court training. He has published twenty-four editions of the District Court Manual, seven editions of the DPA Trial Law Notebook, and has written and designed the original basic investigator training and the advanced training as well, including three different case problems for use during investigator training. Glenn has also trained public defenders in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Missouri.
