- University News Archive - ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

Bowen law professors to discuss Supreme Court cases to watch

��Vlog��ý Little Rock — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:18:19 +0000

Theresa Beiner, dean of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, and John DiPippa, dean emeritus, will give an��on the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Sept. 30.

The event is part of the Clinton School Speaker Series from the Clinton School of Public Service. It will begin at noon in Clinton School’s Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.

In celebration of the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, which begins on the first Monday of every October, Beiner and DiPippa will review the most important cases from last year’s term and highlight the most interesting cases to watch in the new term.

The event is free and open to the public.��Reserve your seats by emailing��publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu��or by calling 501-683-5239. The event also will be streamed live at.

DiPippa to discuss court ruling on Affordable Care Act

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:13:51 +0000

John DiPippa, dean emeritus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, will discuss the most recent court ruling declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional during a talk on Wednesday, Jan. 23.�� The event is part of the Clinton School Speaker Series from the Clinton School of Public Service. It will begin at noon in Clinton School’s Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. In December, a federal judge in Texas said that the Affordable Care Act’s individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law therefore cannot stand. The ruling throws into doubt the future of health coverage for millions of Americans and sets up another cliffhanger in which the fate of the law will likely once again lie with the Supreme Court. DiPippa is a constitutional law scholar who served as a William J. Clinton Distinguished Lecturer at the Clinton School and dean emeritus and distinguished professor of law and public policy at Bowen. He is an inaugural professor of public service at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and teaches two core courses: The Foundations of Public Service and The Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Public Service. The event is free and open to the public. Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or by calling 501-683-5239.

Bowen law professors to discuss Supreme Court cases to watch

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:02:29 +0000

Theresa Beiner, dean of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, and John DiPippa, dean emeritus, will give an on the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Sept. 24.�� The event is part of the Clinton School Speaker Series from the Clinton School of Public Service. It will begin at noon in Clinton School’s Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. In celebration of the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, which begins on the first Monday of every October, Beiner and DiPippa will review the most important cases from last year’s team and highlight the most interesting cases to watch in the new term. The event is free and open to the public. Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or by calling 501-683-5239. The event also will be streamed live at.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen School of Law named among Best Schools for Public Service

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:32:56 +0000

The University of Arkansas Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has been ranked a 2018 Best School for Public Service by National Jurist preLaw Magazine.�� Using job placement data, curricula offerings, student debt, and loan repayment data, the magazine determined the top 20 best schools for public service in the categories of public interest, government, and prosecutors/public defenders. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock ranked 17th in the government category. The ranking appears in . The article points out that, overall, a quarter of all law school graduates have their first job in public service, including public interest lawyers, public defenders and prosecutors, government jobs, and state and federal clerkships. The location of a law school aids in students finding government jobs. “Public service is one of our core values,” Bowen Dean John DiPippa said. “Many of our students come to law school because they want meaningful careers that can make a positive change. Our location in Little Rock gives students opportunities for that kind of career they might not have elsewhere.” At Bowen, students are required to complete an experiential learning course prior to graduation. With public service externships, a judicial practicum course, and seven legal clinics, students can explore almost any type of public service law career. This recognition comes on the heels of Bowen being named a 2017 Best Value Law School by National Jurist prelaw for the seventh year in a row and a 2017 Top Ten Law School with Lowest Alumni Debt by U.S. News & World Report for the second year in a row.

Bowen School of Law to host Discover Law Day

Janea Snyder — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:58:18 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law is hosting Discover Law Day on Wednesday, Feb. 21, to share information about the law school and legal profession. The event will be 6-8 p.m. at the law school, located at 1201 McMath Ave., Little Rock. The program includes panel discussions from current law school students, Bowen faculty, and practicing attorneys. Participants will learn about skills needed for success on the LSAT and in law school. “Research shows that students who apply to law school make their decisions much earlier than with other professional programs,” said John DiPippa, dean of the law school. “This event is designed to give participants a head start in that decision.” The purpose of the event is to educate young students in high school, community college, or the early years of undergraduate school and from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the legal profession about the possibilities of a legal career. Anyone interested in a legal career, however, is invited to attend. Registration is available online. This event is sponsored by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) as part of its Diversity Matters initiative. As one of LSAC’s 221 member law schools, the Bowen School of Law shares the organization’s commitment to increasing diversity in the legal profession. For more information, call (501) 324-9973 or visit the��.

Flannery named associate dean for academic affairs at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School

Ajani Oyindamola — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:50:55 +0000

Professor Michael Flannery has been named the associate dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.�� “I view the opportunity to serve in the capacity of associate dean for Academic Affairs at the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law as a privilege,” Flannery said. “I have learned so much from my former deans, and I am fortunate to be able to serve with Theresa Beiner as my new dean and with a faculty so devoted to its students. Mostly, I look forward to working closely with every student to maximize their personal and educational experience at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock and to help them be willing and able to serve others in their personal and professional lives. I am so grateful that the university has afforded me this opportunity.” Professor Flannery joined the law school in 2003 and was named the Judge George Howard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law in 2010. He served as associate dean for faculty development from 2014 to 2016. He will begin his tenure in this new position on May 15. “Michael is an excellent colleague, and he is committed to Bowen’s success,” said John DiPippa, dean of the law school. “He will be an outstanding associate dean.” Flannery earned the Faculty Excellence Award for Research in 2017, 2010, and 2006, and earned the Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching in 2012. He also won the 2016 John M. DiPippa Scholarship Award for his casebook entitled, “The Sexual Exploitation of Children.” In addition to his teaching and research accomplishments, Flannery served as a special judge for the 20th Judicial District of the State of Arkansas from 2008 to 2011. He also serves as a legislative expert liaison for the Arkansas Bar Association’s Legislative Committee on Family Law, and was featured on National Public Radio as an “Agent of Change.” He is the author of 14 books, two book chapters, 13 law review articles, and 12 expert commentaries. Flannery writes as an expert commentator for the Trusts and Estates division of Matthew Bender’s LexisNexis Expert Commentaries.

American Bar Association awards reaccreditation to ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:23:57 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has been awarded reaccreditation by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.�� ABA accreditation is a rigorous process that ensures a level of national uniformity and excellence in legal education. Students graduating from a school approved by the ABA are eligible to sit for the bar exam in any state. Bowen’s reaccreditation status will last 7-10 years. The decision comes after a highly descriptive self-study report, site evaluation, and site visit by the ABA committee from Feb. 26 to March 1, 2017. “Often law schools must report back to the committee and provide additional information, but Bowen has no further requirement to do so,” said John DiPippa, interim dean of the law school. It is the first time, in his recollection, that the law school has had such a clean report. DiPippa gives much of the credit to the Bowen community for all their hard work, especially the faculty members who worked on the internal self-study report and the self-evaluation questionnaire committees, which were chaired by Professors J. Lyn Entrikin and Lynn Foster.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock racial disparities research project earns Community Philanthropy Advancing Equity Award

Ajani Oyindamola — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:28:44 +0000

The��University of Arkansas at Little Rock Racial Disparities in the Arkansas Criminal Justice System Research Project��has been selected as one of the Community Philanthropy Advancing Equity Award recipients.�� The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Center on Community Philanthropy presented the awards Jan. 23 as part of its National Day of Healing celebration. This award is given to organizations that are using innovative solutions to address racial inequalities in their communities and advance progress toward inclusion. “We are pleased to be a part of this project,” Bowen Dean John DiPippa said. “Bowen’s core values of access to justice, public service, and professionalism, require us to help bridge the gap between the criminal justice system and all Arkansans.” The research project, ran through the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, seeks to reduce racial disparities and combat implicit racial bias in the criminal justice system through outreach and education. It began in 2011 under the leadership of Adjoa Aiyetoro, the inaugural director of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Institute on Race and Ethnicity, and Dr. Charles Montague, director of eLearning & Scholarly Technology & Resources and professor of Criminal Justice. More than 70 people from throughout the state make up the project’s steering committee. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock also received a $5,000 stipend, which will be used to continue outreach and education efforts and to develop concrete strategies for combating implicit racial bias in the trial process.�� “The project is honored to be named a recipient of the Advancing Equity Award,” said Anastasia Boles, Bowen law school professor and member of the project’s steering committee. “We are especially excited to be a part of the important and continuing work the Center on Community Philanthropy is doing to advance racial equality in Arkansas and beyond.” Arkansas’s population is only 15 percent African American, yet African Americans make up 42 percent of the state’s prison population. In its initial research, the project sought to determine whether race was a driving factor in this disparity or whether there was another explanation. In 2015, the project released its finding that race is a determining factor in the charge and sentence a defendant will receive. Since its inception, the project has placed high importance on community guidance and outreach. It has hosted two conferences and at least 16 community forums throughout the state. In addition to sharing the message, these forums have also served as a way to collect stories from community members regarding how racial disparities in the criminal justice system have impacted their lives and the lives of their families. The project has also completed outreach to groups working in the criminal justice system, with presentations to public defenders, prosecutors, judges and bar associations. Continuing outreach efforts are focused on training and education on the topic of implicit racial bias. Additional recipients of the Community Philanthropy Advancing Equity Award include Immigration Arkansas, Inc., an organization with the goal to end racial division due to cultural and language barriers and misinformation in the community, and Give Us the Ballot, an educational platform designed around the civic theme of voting, particularly focused on youth. In the upper right photo,��Anastasia Boles, assistant professor of William H. Bowen School of Law, and Malik Saafir, president and founder of Janus Institute For Justice, accept the��Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy Advancing Equity Award on behalf of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Racial Disparities in the Arkansas Criminal Justice System Research Project.��Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/��Vlog��ý Little Rock Communications.��

��Vlog��ý Little Rock selects first female dean of Bowen Law School

Janea Snyder — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:32:27 +0000

Theresa Beiner, a nationally recognized law professor for innovative teaching and scholarship, has been selected after a national search as the first permanent female dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Velmer Burton today announced the appointment of Beiner, who is currently serving as associate dean for academic affairs at Bowen. She will assume the deanship July 1, 2018, succeeding John DiPippa, who will step down as interim dean on June 30. “The central Arkansas community is fortunate to have an accomplished teacher-scholar agree to lead our Bowen Law School,” said Provost Burton. “She brings a wealth of insight and experience to her new role at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock that will prove valuable to Bowen’s students, faculty, alumni, and the legal community.” Beiner has worked in numerous capacities at the law school since 1994, including associate dean for faculty development and as the Nadine H. Baum Distinguished Professor of Law. She received a Juris Doctor in 1989 from Northwestern University School of Law, graduating cum laude, and earned a B.A. with highest distinction from the University of Virginia in 1986. “Terri Beiner is the epitome of a scholar, teacher, servant, and colleague,” said DiPippa. “Her research garners national attention, and her teaching is innovative. She is devoted to her students and spends hours meeting with them outside of class. She is also a wonderful colleague.” Beiner, who became the school’s first associate dean for faculty development in 2010, worked with her colleagues to help each of them become the best teachers, scholars, and public servants they could be, DiPippa said. “I’m very excited to have the opportunity to help Bowen build on its strengths as a law school that is committed to creating a cutting edge curriculum that incorporates our core values of professionalism, public service, and access to justice,” Beiner said. Before becoming a professor, Beiner practiced civil litigation as an associate attorney for a San Francisco law firm after passing the bar in 1991. She is the author of numerous publications of subjects including diversity, gender equality and justice, employment discrimination, and civil procedure. She has presented at Continuing Legal Education seminars for the Arkansas Bar Association, the Wisconsin Law Review Symposium, and the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conferences, among many other venues. She was awarded the university’s William H. Bowen School of Law’s Faculty Excellence Award for Scholarship in 1998, 2005, 2009 and 2016. She has served on the Arkansas Bar Association Task Force on Maintaining a Fair and Impartial Judiciary and is a past board president of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She was an Arkansas delegate to the Infinity Project, an organization working to appoint more women to the bench in the Eighth Circuit. DiPippa, who joined the Bowen faculty in 1983, began serving as interim dean on July 1, 2017. He was Bowen dean from 2008 to 2012 before returning to the classroom as Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy.

$1.1 million donation to ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School��will create a wider pathway for future lawyers

Ajani Oyindamola — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:29:16 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has received more than $1 million that will create a more affordable pathway to a law degree for Pulaski County residents and future law students who want to practice law in the county.�� The money is part of the charitable component left over in a $45 million cigarette settlement fund. The charitable distribution ends a 14-year false advertising lawsuit against Marlboro Lights manufacturer Philip Morris USA. The funds will be split evenly between the Dean R. Morley Pulaski County Bar Foundation Scholarship Fund at the Bowen Law School and the Public Interest Litigation Scholarship Program Fund at the University of Arkansas Law School. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock’s donation of $1,091,148 is expected to generate around $40,000 annually for the Morley Scholarship endowment, said John DiPippa, interim dean of Bowen Law School. The additional funds for the Morley endowment make this one of the largest scholarship funds at Bowen and will help many more students achieve a law school education. “The Morley Scholarship is a need-based award available to students who want to practice in Pulaski County,” DiPippa said. “Need-based scholarships have dwindled at many law schools, but the Morley Scholarship will allow us to reduce costs to our students, many of whom come from central Arkansas and want to practice here. Our goal is to use it in a way that makes law school affordable for as many people as possible.” Approximately 10 percent of the 2016-17 applicants to Bowen Law School were from the central Arkansas area, including Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville, Sherwood and Maumelle. Graduating with a high student loan debt is often a barrier to lawyers who wish to serve in the public sector. In May, Bowen was named to U.S. News and World Report’s. The scholarship will allow its recipients to graduate with low debt so they can pursue legal careers in public-service fields that will help Arkansas residents, DiPippa said. “Students who graduate with less debt have more job choices,” he said. “This lets students opt for lower-paying law jobs that serve the public, like prosecuting attorneys, public defenders, and legal aid.” The average salary for someone who does legal aid work is around $40,000, he said, while the average starting salary in private firms is considerably higher. “If students have a lot of debt, public jobs might not be economically feasible, even though that is where they would love to practice.,” DiPippa said. “There is always a need for well-educated lawyers to fill in gaps in public sectors to ensure that the rule of law is followed.” “If you have good attorneys in prosecutors and public defenders, the public benefits from having the law fairly enforced and having the rule of law upheld,” DiPippa said.

More about the Dean R. Morley Scholarship

The Dean R. Morley Pulaski County Bar Foundation Scholarship is awarded every year to a ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law student in good standing who is a resident of Pulaski County and/or demonstrates a commitment to practicing law in Pulaski County upon graduation. Financial need is strongly considered. Brothers Judge Randy Morley and Steve Morley established this scholarship in 2007 to honor their father’s legacy of serving others. Dean Morley served as a North Little Rock district judge during his career and was also the president of the Pulaski County Bar Association. Steve Morley earned his Juris Doctor from Bowen in 1978 and held the same judgeship as his father during the 1990s. Randy Morley, who earned his undergraduate and law degrees from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock in 1979 and 1982, currently sits on the bench where both his father and brother served. “I know my dad is looking down from heaven with a smile,” said Steve Morley, who now runs his own law firm in North Little Rock. “He would love to know that the Bowen School of Law received such a wonderful gift. When my brother and I set up the scholarship several years ago, we hoped we could build it into something that would be beneficial to our alma mater. With this gift, we have far exceeded anything we ever dreamed of. We are grateful to all the people who have put in work on the Morley Scholarship.” The Pulaski County Bar Foundation has made the Morley Scholarship one of its principal goals. The organization sponsors an annual fish fry and auction to benefit the scholarship fund that is attended and supported by hundreds of lawyers, judges, and lay people affiliated with the legal field in Pulaski County.

- University News Archive - ����Vlog��ý Little Rock

Bowen law professors to discuss Supreme Court cases to watch

DiPippa to discuss court ruling on Affordable Care Act

Bowen law professors to discuss Supreme Court cases to watch

����Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen School of Law named among Best Schools for Public Service

Bowen School of Law to host Discover Law Day

Flannery named associate dean for academic affairs at ����Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School

American Bar Association awards reaccreditation to ����Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School

����Vlog��ý Little Rock racial disparities research project earns Community Philanthropy Advancing Equity Award

����Vlog��ý Little Rock selects first female dean of Bowen Law School

$1.1 million donation to ����Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School��will create a wider pathway for future lawyers

- University News Archive - ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen School of Law named among Best Schools for Public Service

Flannery named associate dean for academic affairs at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School

American Bar Association awards reaccreditation to ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School

��Vlog��ý Little Rock racial disparities research project earns Community Philanthropy Advancing Equity Award

��Vlog��ý Little Rock selects first female dean of Bowen Law School

$1.1 million donation to ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Bowen Law School��will create a wider pathway for future lawyers