Blacks Eye Seats on Appellate Courts
A Black candidate has never been elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court. A group of plaintiffs hopes to change that with a federal lawsuit. read more >
A Black candidate has never been elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court. A group of plaintiffs hopes to change that with a federal lawsuit. read more >
Noncompete contract clauses draw scrutiny, but often prevail. read more >
She's a Yale-educated law professor whose research has focused on health policy and critical feminist theory. read more >
He's one of the youngest managing members in the firm's history. read more >
An interim dean will be named and Interim Provost Terry Martin will convene a committee to search for the new permanent dean. read more >
Unique digital assets fuel market that exploded to $2 billion in Q1 of this year. read more >
Law professors at the UA School of Law and the UA Little Rock’s Bowen School of Law spent their summer vacations preparing for both in-person and online classes, a trend that could continue after the pandemic fades. read more >
A $500,000 planned gift from Michael Hollomon and Eric Wailes of Fayetteville will create the Richard B. Atkinson Law and Sexuality Fund in the University of Arkansas’ School of Law. read more >
The Arkansas Bar Association is initiating a Public Service Academy for member lawyers who seek to serve in any capacity, including on school boards and city councils, with volunteer organizations or in the legislative, judicial or executive branch. read more >
Margaret Sova McCabe, the new dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, wants to help law students who want to help others. read more >
A $1 million judgment awarded to the widow of a man who died cleaning up debris following the 2014 Mayflower tornado could be the subject of an Arkansas Supreme Court review of decades of legal precedent. read more >
Both of Arkansas’ law schools will have new deans when the 2018-19 academic year begins July 1. read more >
Howard Brill, the renowned University of Arkansas School of Law professor, told a group of attorneys last week that he was troubled by a case involving a Little Rock lawyer who started a GoFundMe campaign to fund a lawsuit. read more >
Cynthia Nance of Fayetteville has been chosen to receive the American Bar Association’s 2018 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. read more >
A Lonoke County Circuit judge recently sanctioned K.B.X. Inc. of Benton, which is being sued by farmers who allegedly lost millions dealing with Turner Grain Inc., finding that K.B.X. intentionally deleted employees’ text messages. read more >
Generally, student loans aren’t discharged in bankruptcy, leaving borrowers with the debt after they’ve gone through the process. That could be a problem for the growing number of borrowers. read more >
Even if Arkansas voters approve the use of medical marijuana in November, the drug still will be considered an illegal controlled substance by the federal government. And that could cause legal problems for users and sellers of marijuana, according to law professors. read more >
Stacy Leeds has been dean and professor at the UA School of Law since 2011. read more >
The bar exam passage rates increased slightly in Arkansas in 2015, bucking a national trend. read more >
Paulette Brown, president of the American Bar Association, is the scheduled keynote speaker for the University of Arkansas School of Law class of 2018 orientation. read more >
