Yearly Archives: 2011

December 21, 2011

Howard Walter Brill: Game for Law

from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for November 20, 2011 By Rich Polikoff Howard Brill was an unusually curious boy. He mourned the end of each school year, wishing that fall wasn’t so far away. When reading Time magazine, he’d circle words he…

December 9, 2011

American Bar Association to Honor Cynthia Nance for Advancing Diversity in Law

The former dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law will receive the American Bar Association Spirit of Excellence Award for promoting a more racially and ethnically diverse legal profession. Cynthia E. Nance, who now serves as the Nathan…

December 7, 2011

Law School Dean Named to National Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar named University of Arkansas School of Law Dean Stacy L. Leeds to a national commission that will undertake a forward-looking, comprehensive evaluation of Interior’s trust management of nearly $4 billion in Native American…

November 17, 2011

School of Law Recognizes Student Pro Bono Volunteers

The University of Arkansas School of Law’s Pro Bono Program will host its fifth annual awards ceremony to honor students who are making a positive difference in the community. The event is scheduled for Monday, April 25, in the Bobby…

November 17, 2011

School of Law Named 18th Best Value in Legal Education

The National Jurist ranked the University of Arkansas School of Law the 18th “Best Value” among American law schools. The School of Law is one of only 20 law schools to earn a grade of “A” for offering a quality…

May 1, 2011

Leeds Named Dean of University of Arkansas School of Law

First female American Indian law dean to assume duties July 1 Stacy L. Leeds, interim associate dean for academic affairs, professor of law and director of the Tribal Law and Government Center at the University of Kansas School of Law,…

April 13, 2011

Law alum to discuss his battle with the Yankees

Jason Browning, a 1997 graduate of the School of Law, will discuss his battle with the New York Yankees with the law school’s Baseball and the Law class on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. His presentation will be in room 339…

April 11, 2011

Lawyer in the Library: Deborah Groom

Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, Deborah Groom, will speak at 12:10pm Thursday April 14, in the Jim Blair Library Commons in the University of Arkansas School of Law as part of the Lawyer in the Library…

April 9, 2011

Law students to honor alumna, benefactor Debbie Dudley Branson

The Women’s Law Student Association will honor University of Arkansas School of Law graduate Debbie Dudley Branson with its highest honor at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the Wine Cellar in Fayetteville. The event is free and open…

March 31, 2011

Offering Solutions to the Baffling Problems of History

Professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto will discuss “Change: Why History Happens and What Might Happen Next” on Monday, April 4, at 4 p.m. in Giffels Auditorium, Old Main, at the University of Arkansas. His talk, sponsored by the Hartman Hotz Lecture Series…