Faculty Spotlight: Terri Day

Terri Day teaches Civil Procedure I & II, Professional Responsibility, and courses on the First Amendment at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. With nearly three decades of academic service and international experience, she brings deep expertise in constitutional law, legal ethics, and interdisciplinary approaches to justice.

Day served for 29 years at Barry University School of Law, where she was a founding faculty member, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and Faculty Director of Moot Court. She later retired with emerita status. A non-traditional law student, she transitioned into law after a career in social work, earning her J.D. from the University of Florida and her LL.M. from Yale Law School.

Her research has focused on the Free Speech and Religion Clauses of the First Amendment, as well as restorative justice and the intersection of law and psychiatry. Her international teaching includes appointments in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, and China, and she has served twice as a Fulbright Professor at the University of Sarajevo.

Day came to Bowen to be near family in Arkansas, but she has found something uniquely fulfilling in the law school community. “The students, professors, administration and staff have been so kind and welcoming, which I did not necessarily expect as a visitor,” she says.

She sees her teaching as a direct extension of Bowen’s mission. “I have been privileged to teach Professional Responsibility at Bowen and reinforce Bowen’s strong commitment to professionalism.”

Day holds a B.A. in Psychology and Social Work from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, an MSSA (Master of Science in Social Administration) from Case Western Reserve University, a J.D. from the University of Florida, and an LL.M. from Yale Law School.