- University News Archive - ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock /news-archive/tag/william-h-bowen-school-of-law/ ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:20:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Graduating Student Finds Inspiration for Law Career at Bowen /news-archive/2022/12/09/johanna-wade-grad-story/ Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:20:19 +0000 /news/?p=84037 ... Graduating Student Finds Inspiration for Law Career at Bowen]]> First, this is where she met her husband, a student at Ouachita Baptist University at the time. “I was a Reddie, and he was an OBU tiger,” she said. “These schools are directly across the street from each other, so I married the enemy.” Second, she recalls a memorable mock classroom visit by the ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law that convinced her to go to law school. “The total nerd inside of me thought it was so fun,” she said. “Before then, I didn’t know much about being a lawyer. No one in my life has been a lawyer but my life has been affected by lawyers in a positive way. A lawyer is the reason my stepfather was able to adopt me. It took a lawyer advocating for us, to better my life. Coming to law school helped me understand how big a deal it really was. It has made me aware of how important it is to be a lawyer, to be ready to advocate and do good in the world.” The Magnolia, Arkansas native will graduate this month from the William H. Bowen School of Law. After graduation, her top priority is to study for and pass the bar exam. Inspired by her time as a law clerk in the Sixth Judicial District Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Baker Wake is planning to pursue prosecutorial work. “It has shocked me how much I have enjoyed being in the prosecuting attorney’s office,” she said. “I love transactional law, but I want to give litigation a shot by working in a prosecuting attorney’s office.” While at Bowen, Baker served as president of the Christian Legal Society and a senator with the Student Government Association. She was also a student mentor, assisting first-year law students in their clerk searches, as well as an academic fellow who mentored first-year law students. She is grateful to professors andre douglas pond cummings, Philip Oliver (retired), Jessie Burchfield, Aaron Schwabach, and others for inspiring her at law school. Throughout her time at Bowen, Baker has gained plenty of legal experience through clerkships at the Bowen Tax Clinic; Winburn, Wilson, Schader & Shram; and the Sixth Judicial District Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. “It is paying your dues as best as I can explain it,” she said. “I am very grateful for every clerkship I have done. For every attorney that was willing to tell me hard truths and give me feedback that was invaluable. I’ve learned what it really takes to work at a law firm and to be a lawyer. It’s not something you can learn just in a textbook. It’s been very eye opening in a good way.” As the end of the law school looms, Baker Wade recalls her time at Bowen with fondness and feels that she’s “accomplished something pretty cool.” “Law school is a great decision,” she said. “These past couple of weeks, I’ve realized how fast it’s gone by and how much I enjoyed my time here. It taught me a lot, and it’s an accomplishment I am really proud of.”]]> Bowen Grad Plan to Help Others Through Career as Civil Rights Lawyer /news-archive/2022/12/08/jacobi-malone-grad-story/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:28:16 +0000 /news/?p=84041 ... Bowen Grad Plan to Help Others Through Career as Civil Rights Lawyer]]> Eleven years later, the Little Rock native is understandably excited about his upcoming graduation from the ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. “I’m excited, blessed, thankful, and grateful,” Malone said. “I feel like I am crossing the finish line of this marathon I’ve been on for the last few years. I’m excited to close this chapter of my life and move on to the next.” After passing the bar exam, Malone plans to put his skills to work helping others by focusing on civil rights law in Little Rock. “I want to inform people of their rights and represent them in cases involving gender, race, or inequality of any sort,” Malone said. “Civil rights violations are not as archaic and antiquated as people believe. They are still there and dangerous, and that is what makes me want to go and fight against it.” Providing citizens with the information to empower themselves has been important to Malone for many years. Ever since starting work at Willard Proctor Jr. P.A. in 2011, Malone has been volunteering in a monthly educational program providing legal, political, financial, and health information to minorities at his church, Abundant Grace Apostolic Church. Since joining law school in 2020, Malone has also been an active volunteer with the W. Harold Flowers Law Society, assisting in providing continuing legal education seminars for local African American attorneys. He also served as the liaison between the society and the Black Law Students Association at Bowen, where he served on the association’s scholarship and event planning committees.

From Law Office to Law School

After graduating from John L. McClellan High School, Malone immediately started working as a claims adjustor for attorney Willard Proctor Jr., where he led correspondence regarding claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He was later promoted to a legal assistant, where he would work on preparation for jury trials. Malone, who had never intended to go to college, gained inspiration from his boss who encouraged him to pursue a law degree. “Willard Proctor Jr. really encouraged me to go to college,” Malone said. “He told me not to waste my education. He kept encouraging me to take that next step and go to college and then go on to law school. He’s been a big blessing in my life along with my pastor Linda Scott.” Malone would go on to earn an associate degree from ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝-Pulaski Tech and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock before going to law school. Additionally, Malone thanks his mother, Emma Malone, a 1984 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, for also making it possible for him to complete college and law school. Malone is paralyzed from the chest down, and his mother has been taking him to classes for years. “My mom has been my biggest blessing throughout all of this,” Malone said. “She’s driven me to my classes at ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock and Bowen. She’s been there every step of the way.” At the end of his law school journey, Malone cited faith and hard work as the key to his success. “I would encourage anyone that comes from a background growing up in southwest Little Rock that doesn’t have a lot of avenues of success to not let that stop you,” Malone said. “Don’t use that as an excuse. Use it as a stepping stone to go to the next level. Keep God first and continue to work hard, and you will be pretty well off.”]]> ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock Begins Search for Dean of William H. Bowen School of Law /news-archive/2022/10/24/bowen-dean-search/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:27:52 +0000 /news/?p=83745 ... ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock Begins Search for Dean of William H. Bowen School of Law]]> William H. Bowen School of Law. Established in 1975 by the Arkansas General Assembly, the Bowen School of Law offers an innovative, nationally respected, high-quality legal education focused on hands-on learning. Bowen is dedicated to core values of access to justice, public service, and professionalism. Bowen offers Arkansas’s only part-time law degree, the state’s only Master of Studies in Law, and the nation’s only concurrent JD/Master of Public Service in conjunction with the Clinton School of Public Service. It is also home to seven legal clinics that provide legal services to community residents in need as well as the Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform. Paula Casey, professor emeriti of Bowen and former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, will serve as chair of the search committee, which constitutes a variety of leaders from ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock and the legal community. “I am honored to be leading the search to fill this vital leadership role for the Bowen School of Law,” Casey said. “Bowen, with its talented and dedicated faculty, offers a strong doctrinal education and a broad array of clinical offerings. The dean is tasked with a critical job of educating the next generation of legal minds as well as guiding our extensive clinics that help so many Arkansans in need of legal advice.” Additional search committee members from ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock include Anastasia Boles, professor of law; Terrence Cain, professor of law; Rebecca Feldmann, director of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic; Shanna Fitzgerald, budget director; Rejena Grotjohn, assistant dean for student affairs and diversity initiatives; Wanda Hoover, assistant dean for external relations; Almas Khan, assistant professor of law; Joni Lee, vice chancellor for university affairs; Melissa Serfass, professor of law librarianship; and Kelly Terry, associate dean for experiential learning and clinical programs. Community search committee members include Mark Hayes, executive director of Arkansas Municipal League; Michelle Ator, partner at Friday, Eldredge & Clark; U.S. Magistrate Judge Joe Volpe; and Tasha Taylor, partner at Taylor & Taylor Law Firm. The new dean is expected to start over summer 2023 and will succeed Theresa Beiner, Bowen’s first permanent female dean who has served in that position since 2018. Beiner, who joined Bowen in 1994, is stepping down to return to faculty. The position is listed .]]> ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock welcomes CĂ©sar CuauhtĂ©moc GarcĂ­a Hernández /news-archive/2022/10/12/cesar-cuauhtemoc-garcia-hernandez/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:11:58 +0000 /news/?p=82371 ... ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock welcomes CĂ©sar CuauhtĂ©moc GarcĂ­a Hernández]]> The free event is open to the public and is part of Bowen’s Diversity Week. It is hosted by Bowen’s chapter of the Latin American Law Students Association, and co-sponsored by the ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock Office of the Chancellor: DEI Fellow Initiatives, the ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform, and the law school’s Student Bar Association. Registration is requested to ensure venue capacity. . For attorney attendees, continuing legal education credit is pending. Hernández is the Gregory Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at Ohio State University where he writes and teaches about the intersection of criminal and immigration law. He is recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on the history and legality of criminalizing immigration. His 2019 book, “,” examines the immigration prison system’s origins, how it currently operates, and why. In his 2015 book “,” Hernández tracks the legal developments that have created crimmigration law and highlights crimmigration law’s most salient features. A second edition of “Crimmigration Law” is scheduled for release later this month. His scholarly articles about the right to counsel for migrants in the criminal justice system, immigration imprisonment, and race-based immigration policing have appeared in the California Law Review, UCLA Law Review, BYU Law Review, Maryland Law Review, and Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, among others. He also publishes the blog crimmigration.com. In 2020, Hernández delivered the Buck Colbert Franklin Memorial Civil Rights Lecture at the University of Tulsa, named after the pioneering African-American lawyer who devoted countless hours to assisting victims of the Tulsa Race Riots. In 2019, the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center honored him with its . He is a past Fulbright Scholar and has been a scholar-in-residence at the University of California, Berkeley and Texas Southern University. He is also a past recipient of the Derrick A. Bell, Jr. Award by the Association of American Law Schools Section on Minority Groups, an honor issued to a “junior faculty member who, through activism, mentoring, colleagueship, teaching and scholarship, has made an extraordinary contribution to legal education, the legal system or social justice.” Hernández will be speaking in Bowen’s Friday Courtroom.]]> ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock welcomes Kristin Henning for Book Signing and Discussion /news-archive/2022/09/16/kristin-henning/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:05:01 +0000 /news/?p=82209 ... ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock welcomes Kristin Henning for Book Signing and Discussion]]> The free event, which is part of Bowen’s Faculty Colloquium Speaker Series, is co-sponsored by the ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock Office of the Chancellor: DEI Fellow Initiatives and is open to the public. The book draws upon Henning’s 25 years of experience representing Black youth in Washington, D.C.’s juvenile courts. She investigates the correlation between policing and the juvenile justice system’s treatment of Black children and adolescents. Her research also examines the criminalization of Black adolescent play and sexuality, and of Black fashion, hair, and music. Henning, who received her J.D. from Yale and her LL.M from Georgetown Law, is a nationally recognized trainer and consultant on the intersection of race, adolescence, and policing. She is the Blume Professor of Law and director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at the Georgetown University Law Center. She first joined the Georgetown faculty in 1995 as a Stuart-Stiller Fellow in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinics. After her fellowship, Henning joined the staff of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia where she continued to represent clients and helped organize a Juvenile Unit designed to meet the multi-disciplinary needs of children in the juvenile legal system. Professor Henning served as lead attorney for the Juvenile Unit from 1998 until she left the Public Defender Service to return to the Georgetown Law Center in 2001. Henning has trained state actors across the country on the nature and scope of racial bias and how it operates in the juvenile and criminal legal systems. Her workshops help stakeholders recognize their own biases and develop strategies to counter them and equip defenders to challenge racial injustice in their individual case advocacy and broader systemic reform efforts. Henning also worked closely with the McArthur Foundation’s Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network to develop a 41-volume Juvenile Training Immersion Program (JTIP), a national training curriculum for juvenile defenders. She now co-hosts, with the National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC), an annual week-long JTIP summer academy for defenders. In 2019, she partnered with NJDC to launch Racial Justice for Youth: A Toolkit for Defenders, and again in 2020 to launch the Ambassadors for Racial Justice program, a year-long program for defenders committed to challenging racial inequities in the juvenile legal system. Henning has received several honors for her work, including the Juvenile Law Center’s Leadership Prize, the Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense from NJDC, the Shanara Gilbert Award from the American Association of Law Schools for her commitment to justice on behalf of children, selection to the American Law Institute (ALI), and appointment as an adviser to ALI’s Restatement on Children and the Law project. Bowen’s Faculty Colloquium Speaker Series is part of the law school’s ongoing commitment to the professional development of its faculty. The monthly series brings national scholars to the law school to discuss their cutting-edge research and latest publications that are having an impact on the law both nationally and internationally. Henning will be speaking in Bowen’s Friday Courtroom. Her book will be available for purchase at the event, and a book signing will follow the discussion.]]> Law school welcomes two visiting writing faculty members /news-archive/2022/08/31/bowen-writing-faculty/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:42:26 +0000 /news/?p=82072 ... Law school welcomes two visiting writing faculty members]]> Laura E. Bates is beginning her career in legal academia at Bowen, but she has taught literature and writing courses in the U.S. and internationally. She completed her undergraduate work at Ouachita Baptist University and her graduate work at the University of Arkansas. She graduated with a JD from Harvard Law School. Prior to arriving at Bowen, Bates clerked for Judge Bobby E. Shepherd on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and then practiced law at Paul, Weiss in Washington, D.C. and at Wright. Lindsey & Jennings in Little Rock. She is an experienced litigation attorney dedicated to pro bono work and public service. Amy Fusting is a native Arkansan who is returning to the state after a career in the Washington D.C. area. While finishing law school at George Washington University Law School, she worked full-time as a staff assistant to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, where she participated in the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1990 and the confirmation hearings of Justice David Souter and Justice Clarence Thomas. After law school, Fusting worked as an assistant public defender for the State of Maryland, as a special assistant to Maryland’s Secretary of Labor, and as a program director for a non-profit organization seeking to end the death penalty in Maryland. She most recently served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland. “Professor Bates and Professor Fusting bring a wealth of experience that will strengthen our students’ practice skills and enhance their educational experiences,” said Dean Theresa Beiner. “We are excited that they are joining the faculty at Bowen.”]]> Gustafson to serve on editorial board for new legal education journal /news-archive/2022/08/19/gustafson-editor/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:45:30 +0000 /news/?p=82016 ... Gustafson to serve on editorial board for new legal education journal]]> Lindsey P. Gustafson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Arkansas Bar Association Professor of Law at the ĚÇĐÄVlog´«Ă˝ Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has been named to the editorial board of The Journal of Law Teaching and Learning. This new journal, which will focus on legal teaching methods and practice, has been launched by , of which Gustafson is a co-director and Bowen is a co-sponsor. The Institute plans to release one volume per year, beginning in fall 2023. The Institute was established in 1991 to help law schools provide a learning environment that helps students achieve the highest academic standards and prepares them to assume their responsibilities as effective and moral attorneys. It is the oldest and preeminent law school-based initiative aimed at improving law teaching and learning. The Institute hosts national teaching conferences and conducts private trainings for law schools across the country and throughout the world. “We are excited to start a peer-reviewed journal on legal pedagogy. Not many legal journals are peer reviewed, and we have assembled an all-star group of editors,” Gustafson said. “We hope authors really notice and appreciate the care we will give to articles, and that we can help build this critical area of scholarship.” The journal is dedicated to high-quality, full-length law review articles on law teaching. The vision for the journal is to publish science-based articles focused on theoretical or empirical studies of effective teaching and learning. Article topics will range from pedagogy specific to particular fields, like constitutional law, to assessment best practices applicable across all law school courses. An important goal of the new journal will be to publish articles that are driven by evidence rather than articles that report anecdotal experiences of law teachers. By promoting excellence in law teaching via the journal, the Institute hopes that law schools will better prepare students to succeed in practice and pass the bar exam. The Institute will send The Journal of Law Teaching and Learning by email to every law professor in the country and is now accepting submissions on . Scholars may also submit articles directly to the editor of the inaugural issue, Professor Michael Colatrella, by email at mcolatrella@pacific.edu.]]> Law School Welcomes Three New Faculty Members /news-archive/2022/08/12/law-school-welcomes-three-new-faculty-members/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:14:06 +0000 /news/?p=81967 ... Law School Welcomes Three New Faculty Members]]> Faraz Sanei joins the faculty as an assistant professor of law. He holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA. Sanei’s scholarship explores the dynamic normative framework surrounding religious freedom and its interaction with other fundamental rights such as equality, speech, and life (e.g., death penalty). He is also interested in the ways international human rights law informs and shapes civil rights advocacy at the national and local levels. Prior to joining the Bowen faculty, Sanei was an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at the New York University School of Law and the Telford Taylor Clinical Teaching Fellow at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Before that, he served as the Legal Advisor to Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (and, separately, the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran). From 2010 to 2015, Sanei was a researcher with the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch. He began his legal career as an associate at the law firm of Snell & Wilmer in Phoenix, AZ. Jordan Wallace-Wolf also joins the faculty as an assistant professor of law. He is a graduate of the law and philosophy programs at UCLA, where he earned a J.D. from the law school and a Ph.D. from the philosophy department. His main area of research concerns the distinction between what is private and what is public and the significance of this distinction for law and morality. His dissertation, Mental Privacy, argues that persons have an important privacy interest in their thoughts that warrants legal recognition. Wallace-Wolf’s recent scholarship discusses the protection of anonymity under the First Amendment and the justification for the principle that no one may be punished for their thoughts. In teaching, he focuses on giving students the tools to untangle difficult legal problems and find enjoyment in earnest intellectual effort. Harry Lah joins the faculty as an assistant professor of law librarianship. He is the library’s Collections Management Librarian. He joined the law library staff in 2019 while pursuing his J.D. Prior to entering law school, Lah gained extensive experience in librarianship and archiving during his employment with the Arkansas State Library, the Arkansas State Archives, and the Riley-Hickingbotham Library at Ouachita Baptist University. He also played an active and contributing role in the re-establishment and rededication of the archiving and organization of the papers of the late Senator John L. McClellan at Ouachita Baptist University. He served as a panelist at the 2018 conference of the American Society of Archivists in Washington, D.C., highlighting his work on the digitization and historical preservation of the Rohwer Japanese Internment Camp in McGehee, Arkansas. “We are excited to welcome these new professors,” said Dean Theresa Beiner. “They will have a positive impact on our students’ experiences at Bowen and their future legal careers.”  ]]> Law school concludes judicial listening series /news-archive/2022/08/02/law-school-concludes-judicial-listening-series/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:14:51 +0000 /news/?p=81940 ... Law school concludes judicial listening series]]> Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform together with the hosted a Judicial Listening Series from March 28 through April 14. Events were held in each corner of the state and Little Rock, bringing together communities in these areas and the judges serving them. Samantha Alexander, Philip Hood, Elizabeth Kimble, and Zoya Miller, all community engagement fellows at the Center, planned, coordinated, and moderated the events with the assistance of local judges, under the light supervision of Center co-directors, Anastasia Boles and andrĂ© douglas pond cummings. “Everyone came to listen,” said Alexander. “There was a lot of conversation between the participating judges and the community. I believe each group walked away with a deeper understanding and broader perspective.” In many cases, community members discussed their experiences or those of loved ones and/or friends, how they believed the system had operated unjustly, and how that influenced their perception of the judiciary. In response, judges were able to explain their roles in the justice system and how factors such as funding and legislation can impact the judicial process. “For example, one concern was that the judges were an extension of law enforcement and that judges, prosecutors, and police officers all work together,” said Hood. “The judges were able to address that concern and explain that the judiciary is the last line of defense for justice, including remedying any bias that might be present.” Another topic was how advocates, such as those for mental health or veterans’ services, might be involved to provide better outcomes for defendants and keep them out of the court system. “Community advocates and pastors encouraged the judiciary to look at the cycle and see the person, not necessarily the recurring behavior,” said Kimble. A common thread in each session was the use of technology in the courts. Attendees discussed how Zoom hearings and virtual attendance had improved access to justice in their communities and what changes they hope will stay in place after Covid restrictions end. “The series was a great opportunity to open a channel that can lead to real change,” said Miller. At each event, the Center gathered data on individuals’ experiences with the Arkansas judiciary. The fellows will use this data to produce a final report that stakeholders can use to assess needs in the areas of racial justice and criminal justice. The Arkansas Judicial Council will continue its ongoing project, through the Center, by conducting future listening series events every few years.  Community members and judges are eager to see the listening events continue and expand. The fellows echo that hope. “With this series, the judiciary is really doing something out of the box and continuing to restore public trust in the judiciary,” said Kimble. “This is needed and a benefit for the state.” The Judicial Listening Series was created in partnership with the Arkansas Judicial Council and the . The series was funded by a grant from the .]]> Law students named to national executive board /news-archive/2022/07/05/law-students-executive-board/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:15:36 +0000 /news/?p=81782 ... Law students named to national executive board]]> Vanegas, a rising third-year student at Bowen, has been elected to serve as the NLLSA Director of Community Service. Her responsibilities include organizing the community service event at the NLLSA annual conference. Vanegas will serve as a liaison with the host school to research and plan a community service/pro-bono opportunity for conference attendees. Vanegas is a first-generation college graduate from Sedalia, Missouri, who completed her undergraduate degree at Rockhurst University in 2018 with majors in communication studies, Spanish, and psychology. Prior to law school, she was employed as a paralegal—assisting victims of domestic violence in filing protection orders and working on various other family law matters. In addition to the NLLSA position, Vanegas serves as the president of Bowen’s Latin American Law Students Association, and a member of Bowen’s National Trial Competition Team, the Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers student chapter, and the Phi Alpha Delta Robinson Chapter. She is also on the Hispanic National Bar Association Region XII’s planning committee, helping organize their first Summit this fall. Lastly, she is on the Board of Directors for El Zocalo, Central Arkansas’s largest immigrant resource center. Her legal interests include immigration, employment, family, and criminal law. Wallace, a rising second-year student at Bowen, has been elected to serve as NLLSA South Atlantic Regional Director. In this position, she will be communicating, advocating, and requesting resources for LALSA chapters from law schools in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Wallace is a first-generation college graduate from San Antonio, Texas. She completed her undergraduate studies at Regis University in Denver in 2020, earning an undergraduate degree in neuroscience. Wallace minored in Spanish and peace and justice, discovering that she was drawn more toward her minor studies rather than her major courses. Her legal interests include social justice advocacy and criminal justice reform. In addition to the NLLSA position, Wallace is the vice president of Bowen’s Latin American Law Students Association and is serving as a student observer in Court Observation Arkansas, a project of Bowen’s Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform. She is also a member of the Bowen chapter of the Black Law Students Association.]]>