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The UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law will welcome two new professors to the faculty for fall 2021. Dr. Almas Khan joins the faculty as an assistant professor of law. She will be teaching Research, Writing & Analysis I and II. She holds an M.A. from the University of California, Irvine, a … Bowen welcomes new faculty members

Bowen, Bill. Sections Sign in Subscribe ADVERTISEMENT 2-page timeline is torn from Bigelow school yearbooks. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Aug. 10, 2021): . Robert Steinbuch, a professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and an expert on free-speech issues, said he wasn’t a fan of school administrators censoring students or faculty.

Professor andré douglas pond cummings has been named the next associate dean for faculty development at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. He succeeds Professor Terrence Cain, who has served as associate dean since 2018. cummings joined the law school faculty in 2018 and was recently named the Charles C. Baum … cummings named associate dean for faculty development

cummings, andré douglas pond, Meek Mill’s Trauma: Brutal Policing as an Adverse Childhood Experience, 33 St. Thomas Law Review 158 (2021). Abstract Associate Dean andré cummings, together with Bowen Law alums Caleb Conrad and Judge Amy Johnson with Todd Clark, have published an article that examines Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma through the lens of … Dean cummings publishes article with the St. Thomas Law Review

Eley, Ashton and Teresa Moss. Video still withheld after Lonoke County deputy’s fatal shooting of teen. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Aug. 1, 2021) It is legal for officials to deny body camera footage because of an ongoing criminal investigation, Robert Steinbuch, professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of … Professor Steinbuch discusses fatal shooting video

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has appointed three full-time faculty members to named professorships. The overall criteria for these awards, as adopted by the Bowen faculty, includes any donor criteria and furthering the mission of the law school, providing recognition for meritorious work, and stimulating continued and … Bowen announces named professorship appointments

Owens, Nathan. Murphy USA sues Benton County firm over name. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (June 26, 2021). “It sounds like basic fraud to me,” said Robert Steinbuch, a law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “It doesn’t sound like a major intellectual property lawsuit. It just sounds like a simple transparent scam that might … Professor Steinbuch interviewed re: trademark lawsuit

Flaherty, Joseph. City of Little Rock’s email-retention policy allows deletion within 30 days. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (June 27, 2021). He described the practice as “a real problem,” and said he was willing to work with the Arkansas Legislature during the next legislative session to address it.

Burchfield, Jessie, Tomorrow’s Law Libraries: Academic Law Librarians Forging the Way to the Future in the New World of Legal Education, 113 Law Library Journal 5 (2021). Traditionally, the value of an academic law library was measured largely by its physical collection. This article considers the future of law libraries in light of two “drivers … Burchfield Article Envisions the Modern Academic Law Library

Cain, Terrence. Federal Case Law Update. Continuing Legal Education Live Webinar, Little Rock, Arkansas (June 23, 2021). Discussed Ford Motor Co. v. Mont. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 141 S. Ct. 1017, 1017-1039 (2021); Jones v. Mississippi, 141 S. Ct. 1307, 1307-1341 (2021); Edwards v. Vannoy, 141 S. Ct. 1547, 1547-1582 (2021); and Caniglia v. Strom, … Professor Cain presented a federal case law update and a Pulaski County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Live Webinar