Yearly Archives: 2012

November 19, 2012

Faculty Update: Dean to receive ABA award

In February 2013, the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession will honor Dean Stacy Leeds with its Spirit of Excellence Award.

November 14, 2012

School of Law Negotiation Team Advances to Final Round in Regional Competition

Second-year University of Arkansas School of Law students Kelly Comer and Matt Kezhaya advanced to the final round of the Region VIII tournament of the American Bar Association Negotiation Competition. The School of Law team finished third in the tournament,…

November 13, 2012

Class Explores Legal Issues of Social Media in the Workplace

Business professionals will learn to use social media in the workplace without legal entanglements during a Monday, Dec. 10, class at the Global Campus facility in Rogers. “Social Media in the Workplace: the Gift that Keeps on Giving” is presented…

November 8, 2012

Moot Court Championship, Nov. 8 at noon

The Championship Round of the 2012 Ben J. Altheimer Moot Court Competition will be held this Thursday, November 8, at noon in the E.J. Ball Courtroom, and all members of the law school community are invited to attend. Charles Cunningham…

November 7, 2012

Experts to Examine the Effects and Lessons of the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis

With almost 9 million homes lost to foreclosure since 2007, the mortgage foreclosure crisis has devastated the economy and the American dream. The Arkansas Law Review will host a symposium of experts on mortgage and foreclosure law to examine the…

November 7, 2012

Brown and Sawyer Capture Trial Competition Title

University of Arkansas School of Law students Jon Brown and Donavon Sawyer won the 2012 William H. Sutton Barristers’ Union Trial Competition. A total of 32 teams competed in the two-week, tournament-style event that was open to all second- and…

November 5, 2012

Faculty Update: Chris Kelly in Lithuania

Professor Christopher Kelley was in Lithuania on October 15 to teach at Vytautas Magnus University and for meetings in Kaunas and Vilnius. On October 20, he participated in the Section Council meeting of the ABA Section of International Law in…

November 5, 2012

Faculty Update: Ann Killenbeck project

Professor Ann Killenbeck is currently working on her project, A Longitudinal Study Measuring the Effect of Cross-Race Interaction on the Educational Outcomes of Law Students and Law Graduates, which seeks “to explore the extent to which cross-race interaction and classroom…

November 1, 2012

Faculty Update: Leflar presents in Tokyo

On October 10, Professor Robert Leflar gave a presentation titled “The Reform of the American Health Care System” to the Tokyo Fulbright Association, an organization of Japanese who have studied in the U.S. as recipients of Fulbright grants.

November 1, 2012

Faculty Update: Don Judges speaks in London

During the week of October 7, Professor Don Judges traveled to the Notre Dame Law School’s London Programme to speak during a CLE event covering Challenges to a Sustainable Practice.