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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Lindsey Gustafson has been recognized for excellence in public service. Gustafson has recently completed two terms as the editor of The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, a highly regarded, peer-edited journal. She also now serves as a co-director of the Institute of Law Teaching and Learning, of which the law school is a co-sponsor.

In 2021, Gustafson was the co-organizer of the symposia for the Legal Writing Institute and the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning. She is the current president of the Pulaski County Special School District Board of Education. In the past, she has served on several school district advisory boards and committees. Her nominators describe Gustafson as someone “who unselfishly uses her knowledge and abilities to serve and better her community.”

Gustafson has been recognized for excellence in teaching three times. This is her first recognition for excellence in public service. “I’m surrounded by faculty members, staff, and students who serve in such amazing, varied ways,” she said. “My legal education has been a gift in my life, and I’m grateful for the chance to use it to serve where I can.”

Professor Joshua Silverstein has been recognized for excellence in teaching. A former student, in her nomination letter, calls him “the best teacher I have ever had.” She cites his enthusiasm, organization, knowledge, and compassion. Those traits are repeated in former students’ letters of endorsement. They discuss Silverstein’s passion for teaching, his engaging presentation of complex topics, and his commitment to ensuring they fully comprehend the material. This includes his extensive use of visual aids.

In 2021, Silverstein was chosen by Bowen students as the first law school recipient of the We HEART Faculty Award. This is the second time he has been recognized for excellence in teaching.

“Teaching is the heart of a professor’s job,” Silverstein said. “As a result, I am deeply honored to receive the award for teaching excellence.”

Professor Robert Steinbuch has been recognized for excellence in research and creative endeavors. He is the sole author of a treatise entitled The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (7th ed. 2022), a major revision of the 6th edition, which he co-authored. In addition, between 2016 and 2020, he published four scholarly articles in law reviews. He has four additional articles forthcoming, including an article in the Journal of Legal Education and the law review of top-tiered Pepperdine Law School.

In addition to transparency law, Steinbuch’s scholarship focuses on matters such as evidence law, federal securities law, immigration law, and legal education. He is also a frequent contributor and provides media interviews related to national, state, and local legal matters.  “Professor Steinbuch’s works have been cited by other academics, courts, and practitioners,” said his nominator. “His efforts have contributed to the expansion of knowledge in the law, as well as encouraged additional research.”

Steinbuch said, “I’m deeply honored to receive this recognition. The law can be used to help people or misused to oppress them. Reflecting this basic maxim, my research builds on the core tenet that wrongdoings by public officials need to be both exposed and justly excised. My work employs transparency tools essential to an effective and accountable democracy to achieve these goals. It’s a long haul, but I believe we’re making progress.”

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“The City’s actions demonstrate that it believes that it is above the law and exempt from the mandates of the state,” Steinbuch wrote in his 10-page petition. Any rights the city can claim are provided by the lawmakers at the state Legislature, Steinbuch stated.

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Robert Steinbuch, a professor of law at the , will serve another term on Arkansas’s Freedom of Information Act Task Force.

The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act Coalition voted this month to re-appoint Steinbuch as the coalition’s representative to the task force. The coalition is a group of journalists, educators, government officials, and advocates committed to protecting the state’s open records and open meetings laws.

The FOIA Task Force has nine members and is responsible for making recommendations to the Arkansas General Assembly about potential legislation that would amend or impact the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

“My parents taught me that citizen involvement is the first check on tyranny, and that begins in Arkansas with the Freedom of Information Act,” Steinbuch said. “It’s, therefore, an honor and privilege to be reappointed to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act Task Force.  I will continue to zealously advocate for the fine citizens of the great state of Arkansas and the people’s law – the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.”

Steinbuch has participated in numerous informational panels on FOIA, is a coauthor of the definitive treatise on the Arkansas FOIA, and has advised legislators and staff on proposed revisions to the Arkansas and federal FOIA laws. The coalition first appointed Steinbuch to the position when the Arkansas Legislature established the state FOIA Task Force in 2017.

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Robert Steinbuch, a professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and an expert on free-speech issues, said he wasn’t a fan of school administrators censoring students or faculty.

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It is legal for officials to deny body camera footage because of an ongoing criminal investigation, Robert Steinbuch, professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and co-author of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, said Thursday.

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“It sounds like basic fraud to me,” said Robert Steinbuch, a law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “It doesn’t sound like a major intellectual property lawsuit. It just sounds like a simple transparent scam that might be able to fool someone for a day or two.”

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He described the practice as “a real problem,” and said he was willing to work with the Arkansas Legislature during the next legislative session to address it.

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Professor Steinbuch discusses the legality of the fundraiser and Barnett’s case in general.

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