Faculty Committees and Service

andré douglas pond cummings, a professor of law at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, together with Executive Director John Dacey, has accepted a $5,000 NFL Social Justice Grant on behalf of Abolish Private Prisons. Abolish Private Prisons is a non-profit organization that fights to end the practice of locking people … Bowen professor accepts NFL Social Justice Grant on Behalf of Abolish Private Prisons

Kimberly A. Vu-Dinh, an assistant professor at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and the director of the law school’s 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 … Vu-Dinh recognized as mentor for minority-owned businesses

Professor Browe-Olson has been appointed to Arkansas Parent Counsel Commission for the 2020-2021 term. Professor Browe-Olson has served on the Arkansas Parent Counsel Commission for several years. She was appointed to the Commission by Governor Asa Hutchinson. Earlier this year she was elected to be the Chair of the Commission for 2020-2021.

Professor cummings, in his capacity as President of the Board of Abolish Private Prisons. received the NFL Social Justice Grant from the National Football League. Professor cummings accepted along with Executive Director John Dacey, an NFL Social Justice Grant. Through retired player Tank Johnson, the NFL recognized the important work of Abolish Private Prisons. Abolish … Professor cummings, on behalf of Abolish Private Prisons, receives NFL Social Justice Grant

Professor DiPippa has been appointed to Little Rock Police Department Review Committee for the 2020- term. The nine-member committee will conduct an independent review of the Little Rock Police Department and highlighted several ongoing policy changes in the agency.

Three years ago, Professor Kim Vu-Dinh left a teaching fellowship at Yale Law School to serve as the inaugural director of, and create the programming for, the Business Innovations Legal Clinic at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Since then, she and her students have been providing transactional legal services to … To Kosovo, by way of Arkansas – social enterprise and cultural exchange

Mildred Crowder v. City of Manila, Attorney for the Appellant, Mildred Crowder; the appeals court reversed the trial court’s order dismissing the case, 19-1527, The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (March 6, 2020). The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court order dismissing a Fourth … Professor Cain obtained a reversal of a federal district court order dismissing a Fourth Amendment deadly force case

Aaron Schwabach, Associate Professor, has been invited to join the editorial board of the Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law for a three-year term (2020-2022), under the leadership of Justice Péter Kovács of the International Criminal Court. The Yearbook provides a forum for scholarship on Hungarian, international, and EU law.

Robert Steinbuch, a law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, will serve as chair of the Arkansas Advisory Committee of a federal organization dedicated to advancing civil rights through investigation, research, and analysis. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent bipartisan federal agency, first appointed … Robert Steinbuch appointed chair of commission on Civil Rights Committee

Deborah L. Borman has been appointed to AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education for the 2020-2021 term. Following a successful year as Secretary and Program Chair of the AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education, where she curated and moderated two sessions on Inequity and the effect on well-being in legal education and law … Professor Borman Elected Chair-Elect, AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education