Yearly Archives: 2012

December 18, 2012

UA Professor, School of Law Grad Pens Fantasy Books

By day, Honors College professor Christopher Shields teaches criminal justice courses, manages the Terrorism Research Center in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and mentors students. At night, he channels a plucky Cuban-Irish teenager, Maggie O’Shea, who…

December 5, 2012

Race Judicata NWA Raises $7,200 for Legal Aid of Arkansas

Race Judicata Northwest Arkansas, held on Oct. 20 in conjunction with the University of Arkansas School of Law alumni weekend, raised $7,211 for Legal Aid of Arkansas. More than 200 people participated in the race, including 33 law school faculty…

December 3, 2012

New Law Professor Directs Civil Clinic

Annie Smith, who joined the University of Arkansas this fall as an assistant professor at the School of Law, will direct the Civil Clinic beginning with the spring 2013 semester. The clinic, which has provided practical training to law students…

November 29, 2012

Food safety lawyer speaks at School of Law

On Friday, November 9th, food safety attorney, Bill Marler delivered a special public forum on food safety titled, “Rocky Ford Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak — The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — How a Fruit Killed 33 Americans.” His presentation…

November 27, 2012

Oil and Gas Law Students Take Field Trip

Dean Stacy Leeds, Professor Phillip Norvell, and University of Arkansas School of Law students took a field trip supported by the generosity of Chesapeake Energy and hosted by Southwestern Energy Company. Students from the law school’s three oil and gas…

November 27, 2012

Expert on Social and Economic Inequality to Speak at Law School

UCLA law professor Richard Sander, author of a controversial, comprehensive study of affirmative action in law schools, will speak at noon on Thursday, Nov. 29, in the E.J. Ball Courtroom at the University of Arkansas School of Law. The presentation…

November 20, 2012

University of Arkansas Mourns Death of Civil Rights Activist Christopher Mercer

Christopher C. Mercer, one of the six students who integrated the University of Arkansas School of Law, died Tuesday morning, Nov. 20, in Little Rock. “Jane and I are saddened by the news of C.C. Mercer’s death,” said U of…

November 20, 2012

Faculty Update: Prof. Nance

On November 23, Prof. Cyndi Nance participated in a discussion over the role of the judicial branch in our democracy, which is hosted by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation and will evaluate how lawyers shape democracies. This discussion is part…

November 20, 2012

Faculty Update: Prof. Ewelukwa speaks in Tanzania

On December 3rd and 4th, Professor Uche Ewelukwa will be in Arusha, Tanzania, to participate in a specially designed International Investment Law /Arbitration workshop. This workshop was specifically requested by the Government of Botswana and is tailored for officials from…

November 20, 2012

Faculty Update: Killenbeck lecture published

Professor Mark Killenbeck‘s 2012 Silverman lecture at the U.S. Supreme Court will be published as “A Prudent Regard to Our Own Good? The Commerce Clause, in Nation and States” in the Journal of Supreme Court History in 2013. That journal…