- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/rural-practice-incubator-project/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 30 May 2019 16:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Terry named new associate dean for experimental learning and clinical programs at Bowen Law School /news-archive/2019/05/30/terry-associate-dean-bowen/ Thu, 30 May 2019 16:01:33 +0000 /news/?p=74459 ... Terry named new associate dean for experimental learning and clinical programs at Bowen Law School]]> 鈥淭his is a new deanship at Bowen,鈥 said Theresa Beiner, dean of the law school. 鈥淲hile our clinical and experiential programs have always been vital to the law school, this new position strengthens Bowen鈥檚 commitment to our students, the legal community, and our core values of public service, professionalism, and access to justice.鈥 The legal clinic at Bowen is one of the most visible aspects of the law school鈥檚 commitment to access to justice and public service. In addition to the Public Service Externship Program, there are seven legal clinics, two practica courses for part-time students, and the Rural Practice Incubator Project. Experiential learning programs include Professionalism and the Work of Lawyers and the law school鈥檚 award-winning lawyering skills program. 鈥淏owen has a rich history of providing its students with rigorous and meaningful learning opportunities to prepare them for the practice of law,鈥 said Terry, who began the new position on May 1.聽鈥淚 look forward to working with my colleagues to build on that well-established foundation and enhance our existing experiential-learning programs so that our graduates enter the profession ready to serve their clients with the utmost proficiency, skill, and professionalism.鈥 Terry, who previously served as director of the Public Service Externship Program and pro bono opportunities, teaches the Public Service Externship course, which places students to work for a semester with federal, state, and local government agencies and judges, as well as local non-profit organizations.聽She also co-teaches Professionalism and the Work of Lawyers, a required class for first-year law students that is designed to develop their skills in a range of areas relating to the day-to-day practice of law. Terry also serves as co-director of the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, a national organization focused on best practices in law teaching, curriculum design, and assessment. Bowen, along with the law school at Washburn University, sponsors the organization. Her expertise includes legal education, externship pedagogy, assessment, and access to justice.聽She is a co-editor of聽鈥淓xperiential Education in the Law School Curriculum鈥 and has three upcoming publications. Terry has also published articles in the聽Clinical Law Review, the聽Journal of Legal Education, and the聽Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy. Prior to becoming a law professor, Terry practiced law for 12 years in a variety of settings, including private practice and state and federal government.聽She started her legal career as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. After that, she served as an assistant attorney general in the Criminal and Civil Departments of the Arkansas Attorney General鈥檚 Office.聽Terry was also a partner in a mid-sized commercial law firm in Little Rock, where she focused on business litigation and supervised associate attorneys. 鈥淭hroughout her career at Bowen, Dean Terry has been dedicated to training students in what it鈥檚 like to be a lawyer and to improving their learning experiences,鈥 Beiner said. 鈥淪he has been an active member of the faculty and has worked with fellow professors to improve assessment and outcomes for law students as a whole. She will make an excellent associate dean.鈥漖]> From Colonel to Counsel: Air Force veteran starts second career in law /news-archive/2019/01/22/colonel-to-counsel/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:24:08 +0000 /news/?p=73167 ... From Colonel to Counsel: Air Force veteran starts second career in law]]> Lawyering runs in William 鈥淕oose鈥 Changose鈥檚 family. His grandfather was an attorney, and his father went to law school. Changose liked law too, but law school would have to wait a few years. 鈥淎fter high school, I wanted to fly planes,鈥 he said. In 1983 he graduated from the Air Force Academy, was commissioned as an officer, and then went to pilot training. For the next 23 years, he moved 16 times to bases across the U.S. and overseas. He spent lots of time in Little Rock, Japan, and the Philippines as well as Saudi Arabia and Iraq. He retired in 2006 as a colonel and commander of Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. Along the way, he earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from the U.S. Air Force Academy, an MBA from Golden Gate University, and a Master of Science in strategic planning from the Air War College. While law school still intrigued him, it was never the right time or place. 鈥淚 was always in places where either the tuition was too high or the scheduling was impossible,鈥 he said. 鈥淚n 2005, my daughter started eighth grade in Hawaii. It was her sixth school, and she asked if she could go to the same high school for four years in a row.鈥 聽 He told her 鈥淵es,鈥 and knew it was time to retire from the military. The New York native was fortunate to get a job at Alltel Wireless and moved his family to Little Rock, where he discovered the William H. Bowen School of Law. Bowen has the state鈥檚 only part-time Juris Doctor program, which allows students to attend evening classes Monday through Thursday.  

William “Goose” Changose, Jennifer Glover, and Jarred Kibbey were classmates in William H. Bowen School of Law’s part-time program, and now they work together at Natural State Law in Little Rock.

Changose enrolled in fall 2011, attending classes at night and working during the day as chief executive officer of Westrock Coffee Roasting. 鈥淲hile I was working for Westrock Coffee, tidbits of law would show up,鈥 he said. 鈥淎s CEO, I looked at contracts. My legal education was handy long before I even became a full-fledged lawyer.鈥 Changose completed his law degree in 2015. 鈥淏owen was a great experience for me,鈥 he said. 鈥淔rom the first day I walked in, I liked it.鈥 After law school, he continued working at Westrock, and fellow Bowen grad Jarred Kibbey was there too. 鈥淚n the summer of 2017, we were working long days and producing a lot of coffee,鈥 Changose recalled. 鈥淚t was rewarding, but it didn鈥檛 fit with my long-term plan. One night I said to Jarred, 鈥榃e have law degrees. Why don鈥檛 we open up a law firm?鈥 And Jarred said 鈥極k.鈥欌 That was the start of , which opened on May 1, 2018, with offices at 900 S. Shackleford Road in Little Rock. Changose and Kibbey were friends with Jennifer Glover, another Bowen classmate. She was already working at another law firm, but they convinced her to join them. As non-traditional students, each of the three attorneys had significant professional experience in diverse areas and have developed expertise in diverse areas of law. Changose focuses his practice on business law, veterans鈥 benefits, real estate zoning, aviation, and firearms law. Kibbey鈥檚 practice areas also include business law, veterans鈥 benefits, and firearms law as well as insurance, employment law, and HIPAA-related issues. Before law school, Kibbey had served as the senior policy advisor to the Arkansas Department of Health and as senior healthcare advisor to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. He has a Bachelor of Science in political science from UCA, a certificate in bioethics and health policy from Loyola University Chicago, and a Master of Public Health from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Glover had worked eight years as a paralegal for a family law firm before law school. She also had been a caseworker for the Division of Children and Family Services, where she experienced firsthand the value of competent legal representation for children and families. Her practice areas include family law, probate, adoption, guardianship, estate planning, and small business-related issues. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock before attending Bowen School of Law. All three attorneys are members of the Arkansas Bar Association and the Pulaski County Bar Association. The team is already putting into practice one of Bowen鈥檚 core values of creating access to justice. Most of the state鈥檚 lawyers work in Pulaski County and in Washington County in northwest Arkansas while rural state residents often lack convenient access to a lawyer. Kibbey applied for and was accepted into Bowen鈥檚 Rural Practice Incubator Project, which provides support to Bowen alumni who start law practices in rural, underserved Arkansas communities. Kibbey had grown up in Glenwood, a small town of about 2,500 residents south of Hot Springs. Natural State Law now has an office in Glenwood, and the three attorneys take turns staffing the office two days a week. 鈥淲e鈥檙e getting more and more clients,鈥 Changose said. 鈥淧eople come to us with problems, and we鈥檙e finding that we鈥檙e able to do a lot of good.鈥 For Changose, the timing was perfect for the new venture. 鈥淭he coffee business was running smoothly with record revenue and profits, and both of my daughters had graduated from college,鈥 he said. 鈥淭here are very few times in life when you get a chance to make a big change without the risk of ruin. This was a chance to do something I鈥檇 always wanted to do.鈥 Top photo right: William “Goose” Changose found a second career as an attorney after his 23-year military career. Photos by Benjamin Krain]]>