Associate Dean Cain’s Scholarship & Service

UA Little Rock annually celebrates the achievements of the top professors of the year who are making a difference in the community through their contributions in teaching, research and creative works, and public service. This is the highest honor UA Little Rock awards its faculty members. Created in 1989, the Faculty Excellence Awards have provided … Bowen honors Faculty Excellence recipients

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

United States Magistrate Judge Beth Deere selected Professor Terrence Cain to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Civil Jury Instructions Subcommittee for the 2019-2020 term.

Cain, Terrence.  Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard. Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas (October 25, 2019). Materials This presentation discussed implementing the disparate impact standard under the Fair Housing Act. It included a discussion of Tex. Dep’t of Hous. & Cmty. Affairs v. Inclusive Cmtys. Project, 135 S. Ct. 2507 … Professor Cain presented at the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission’s 2019 Legal Updates Continuing Legal Education Program

Darryl Lunon v. Kathy Botsford, et al., Argued for the Appellee, 18-3314, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (September 24, 2019). The question before the Eighth Circuit is, if an animal control officer finds a pet at large and the identity of the pet’s owner is knowable, does the Due Process Clause … Professor Cain argued a case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Cain, Terrence.  Stop Filing Ugly Documents: The Importance of Typography in Briefs and Other Papers. Cleburne County Bar Association, Heber Springs, Arkansas (Sept. 19, 2019). This presentation is about making your briefs typographically superior, which can improve your chances of prevailing. It will not make your arguments better, but it will ensure that judges grasp … Professor Cain presented at the Cleburne County Bar Association Meeting

Cain, Terrence.  Stop Filing Ugly Documents: The Importance of Typography in Briefs and Other Papers. Pulaski County Bar Association 2019 Last Chance CLE, Little Rock, Arkansas (June 17, 2019). This presentation is about making your briefs typographically superior, which can improve your chances of prevailing. It will not make your arguments better, but it will … Professor Cain presented at the Pulaski County Bar Association 2019 Last Chance CLE

Cain, Terrence.  Effective Legal Writing. W. Harold Flowers Law Society, Little Rock, Arkansas (February 23, 2019). Presentation on writing more effective briefs and motions, including being cognizant of what judges and their clerks like and dislike in what they see in legal writing the encounter on a daily basis.

Allen Dale Bradley v. State of Arkansas, The State did not adduce sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction, CR-18-326, Arkansas Court of Appeals (December 5, 2018). A Pulaski County Circuit Court convicted Allen Dale Bradley of unlawful possession of a firearm based on the theory that he constructively possessed the weapon. The Arkansas Court of … Professor Cain obtained the reversal of his client’s firearm conviction

Eric Benard Rounds v. State of Arkansas, The Arkansas Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s order denying a motion to suppress and ordered that the State is barred from using the illegally obtained evidence., CR-17-708, Arkansas Court of Appeals (April 25, 2018). Professor Cain convinced the Arkansas Court of Appeals to reverse a trial … Professor Cain convinced the Arkansas Court of Appeals to suppress evidence discovered during an unconstitutional traffic stop