Career Services

Scholarships

The Arkansas Bar Foundation offers a number of law scholarships every year. Criteria vary, but financial need, scholarship, and probability of success at the School of Law are most important. The foundation's scholarships are identified by the individuals and/or firms whom the scholarships honor. The following foundation scholarships are offered:

Judge John E. Miller

- established in honor of Senior Judge John E. Miller, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas.

R.A. Eilbott Jr.

- established in memory of the distinguished Pine Bluff lawyer.

Judge John Fogleman

- honors the well-known lawyer and former justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Henry Woods

- honors the Little Rock lawyer and former senior U.S. district judge.

Edward Lester

- established in memory of the Little Rock lawyer and one of the founders of the Arkansas Law Center.

Henry P. Warner

- established in memory of this respected Fort Smith lawyer.

Cecil R. Warner

- established in memory of the respected Fort Smith lawyer.

Bud & Bernard Whetstone

- established by the Whetstones for law students from Arkansas.

Judge J. Smith Henley Scholarship Fund

- established in honor of the late judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Judge George Rose Smith

- established in honor of the late justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Judge Frank Holt

- established in memory of the former justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.

M. Jeff Starling Jr. Labor Law Award

- established by the Starling family in memory of this respected Pine Bluff lawyer.

Smith, Stroud, McClerkin, Dunn & Nutter Scholarship

- established by this Texarkana firm in memory of deceased members of the firm: Willis B. Smith, Charles M. Conway, and James N. Nutt.

Shackleford Scholarship

- established by the El Dorado firm Shackleford, Shackleford & Phillips in memory of John Dennis Shackleford, John M. Shackleford, John M. Shackleford Jr., and Dennis L. Shackleford.

Thomas Clark Trimble Memorial Scholarship

- established in memory of outstanding U.S. District Judge Thomas Clark Trimble III and distinguished lawyers Thomas Clark Trimble I, Thomas Clark Trimble II, and Thomas Clark Trimble IV.

Rather, Beyer & Harper

- established by the Little Rock insurance firm.

Sharp-Bogle Memorial Scholarship

- established in memory of Arkansas Bar Association President William Wilson Sharp and Arkansas Lt. Gov. G. Otis Bogle, who were law partners in Brinkley, Ark.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark Scholarship

- established by the firm to honor deceased members of the firm Jerry T. Light and Boyce R. Love. The scholarship amount is based upon individual contributions to the Boyce R. Love Memorial Fund.

Joe C. Barrett Scholarship

- established by a bequest from Joe C. Barrett, a prominent Jonesboro attorney and one of the authors of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Colonel C. E. Ransick Scholarship

- established in honor of Colonel C. E. Ransick upon his retirement as executive director of the Arkansas Bar Association.

Arkansas Bar Foundation

- The lawyers of the state have been very sensitive to the financial problems of law students and very generous to the School of Law. In addition to the individual scholarships herein, the Arkansas Bar Foundation annually supports other scholarships in its name.

Vincent W. Foster Jr. Scholarship

- established in memory of Vincent W. Foster Jr. by his family and friends.

Horace H. McKenzie Scholarship

- established in memory of Horace H. McKenzie by the law firm of McKenzie, McRae, Vasser & Barber and the James McKenzie family.

Judge William R. Overton Scholarship

- established in memory of Judge William R. Overton by his friends and family.

David Solomon Scholarship

- established in honor of David Solomon by his family.

Guy Amsler Jr. Scholarship

- established in honor of Guy Amsler Jr. by the law firm of Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale.

Wilson & Associates Ethics Scholarship

- awarded to the most outstanding student in the professional responsibility course.