Professor Vu-Dinh and Dean cummings presented for the Elder Law section of the Arkansas Bar Association on resolving racial wealth & property gaps for Arkansas citizens. cummings described the historical discrimination visited on black Americans in the destruction of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, OK while Vu-Dinh described heirs property rights in AR

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Kim Vu-Dinh, assistant professor of clinical education and the director of the Business Innovations Legal Clinic at the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has been recognized for the work she and her students do with Arkansas small businesses and non-profit organizations. On Sept. 20, Vu-Dinh was awarded Little Rock Regional Minority Mentor of the Year by the Little Rock Regional Chamber.

Vu-Dinh was also a 2020 finalist for the award.

鈥淚 moved to Little Rock with no previous connections or family ties, so an award like this is incredibly flattering to me.  It makes me feel like that clinic I created and the relationships I鈥檝e made have had a positive impact on Arkansans trying to do something new.  I really couldn鈥檛 believe I got the award, and I am truly appreciative of the recognition.鈥�

The Business Innovations Legal Clinic provides high-quality, free transactional legal counsel to small businesses and non-profits working in economic development, many of which would not be able to obtain legal assistance otherwise.

Law students under Vu-Dinh鈥檚 supervision work closely with start-up businesses and nonprofits throughout Arkansas, either one-on-one or through community legal workshops. Their clients are based in Arkansas and are from the following sectors:  food and farm, affordable housing, health, music and arts, and more. The majority of the clinic鈥檚 clients are minority-owned businesses.

In 2019, Vu-Dinh was appointed as a Fulbright Specialist to the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj, Kosovo, where she provided consulting services to create an academic social enterprise that incubates local business while simultaneously giving students hands-on learning opportunities, and generating income for the newly-created academic institution.

This semester she is bringing her Fulbright experience to Bowen students as a co-professor in the course International Law: Self-Determination, Nation-Building, and Economic Development and the Case Study of Kosovo. Part of that course will be a virtual presentation from her Kosovar colleagues, as well as guest lecturers from justices of the Supreme Court of Kosovo, and also Arkansas native General Wesley Clark. Before arriving at Bowen, Vu-Dinh was a Eugene Ludwig/Robert M. Cover Fellow in Law in the Community and Economic Development Clinic at Yale Law School.

Vu-Dinh has studied in Budapest, Hungary and Hanoi, Vietnam, through her alma mater, the University of California at Berkeley, where she focused on economic development in nations transitioning from Soviet economics to free market capitalism.

Before teaching full-time, Vu-Dinh worked extensively in post-Katrina New Orleans with nonprofits and small, local businesses developing affordable housing and community-based commercial projects, first as non-profit staff, and later as a consultant through her firm Community Capacity Consulting.  In addition to her work on Bowen鈥檚 faculty, she is adjunct faculty at the Clinton School of Public Service where she teaches a course on social enterpreneurship.

The award was given during the Minority Business Awards Luncheon, which honors the diversity of the Little Rock regional business community and recognizes minority business leaders that excel in their field. The luncheon was part of the Chamber鈥檚 celebration of .

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In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), the U of A Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance, in collaboration with the Asian Pacific American Employee Impact Group and the School of Law, hosted a virtual panel highlighting remarkable APA professionals within the legal profession.

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Professor Vu-Dinh’s work founding and maintaining the Business Innovations Clinic is featured in Arkansas Business.

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Professor Vu-Dinh and two other Arkansas professors were interviewed by Casino.org, a national gaming industry publication. The topic concerned hate crimes and the recent attack of an Asian American man by a white male firefighter for the City of Bentonville outside Oaklawn Casino in Hot Springs.

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Professor Vu-Dinh hosted a panel on voter protection litigation in Arkansas at the Ben Altheimer Symposium hosted by the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Law Review. The panel featured State Senator Clarke Tucker, former Director of Elections Susan Inman, Preston Eldridge of ForARPeople.org, and John Tull and Christoph Keller of Quattlebaum, Grooms and Tull.

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In the wake of 2020 protests against systematic oppression of minority groups, the Editorial Board of Houston Business and Tax Law Journal established a quarterly note series featuring pieces illuminating these issues. Professor Vu-Dinh was invited to submit the prologue to her full article by the same name, slated for publication in 2021.

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Professor Vu-Dinh presented her article, 鈥淚nclusive Economics and Home Loan Policies for Informal Workers,鈥� recently published by George Washington School of Law. She argues for the development of inclusive economic policies to promote home ownership in regions with large populations of informal workers.

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Kimberly A. Vu-Dinh, an assistant professor at the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and the director of the law school鈥檚 Business Innovations Legal Clinic, was recently named a finalist for Little Rock Regional Minority Mentor of the Year.

Professor Vu-Dinh was recognized by the Little Rock Regional Chamber during Minority Enterprise Development Week.

鈥淚鈥檓 honored to have been a finalist,鈥� Vu-Dinh said. 鈥淭he creativity and spirit of Little Rock鈥檚 entrepreneurs are constant inspirations to me and my students.鈥�

The Business Innovations Legal Clinic provides high-quality, free transactional legal counsel to small businesses and non-profits working in economic development, many of which would not be able to obtain legal assistance otherwise.

Law students under Vu-Dinh鈥檚 supervision work closely with start-up businesses throughout Arkansas, either one-on-one, or through community legal workshops. Their clients are based in Arkansas and are from the following sectors:  food and farm, affordable housing, health, music and arts, and more. The majority of the clinic鈥檚 clients are minority-owned businesses.

This past year, Vu-Dinh was appointed as a Fulbright Specialist to the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj, Kosovo, where she provided consulting services to create an academic social enterprise that incubates local business while simultaneously giving students hands-on learning opportunities, and generating income for the newly-created academic institution.

Before teaching full-time, Vu-Dinh worked extensively in post-Katrina New Orleans with nonprofits and small, local businesses developing affordable housing and community-based commercial projects, first as non-profit staff, and later as a consultant through her firm Community Capacity Consulting.  In addition to her work on Bowen鈥檚 faculty, she is adjunct faculty at the Clinton School of Public Service where she teaches social enterprises in the Master鈥檚 Degree, and at Tulane University鈥檚 Sustainable Real Estate Development Program where she sometimes teaches real estate finance in the summers.

Before arriving at Bowen, Vu-Dinh was a Eugene Ludwig/Robert M. Cover Fellow in Law in the Community and Economic Development Clinic at Yale Law School.

Week and the successes of regional minority-owned businesses are celebrated each September by the Little Rock Regional Chamber.

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Professor Kim Vu-Dinh and Professor Dustin Marlan (UMass Dartmouth) were invited to present their work in progress entitled “Help Was Not on the Way: Good Samaritan Laws and Intellectual Property in a Pandemic Era.” They explore the challenges and propose solutions for Good Samaritans producing PPE during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

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