Professor Steinbuch’s Scholarship & Service

Moritz, John. No right in constitution for Arkansans to sue government, justices decide. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Jan. 19, 2018). This is a discussion related to a recent Arkansas Supreme Court ruling in Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas v. Matthew Andrews and the overall impact of the decision. Read the article here.

Professor Steinbuch has served on the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission, a Commission of the United Stated Department of State and Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, from 2015-present.  He evaluates applicants for Polish-U.S. Fulbright Awards.

Professor Steinbuch has served on the Arkansas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 2016-present. He assists the Commission with fact-finding, investigative, and dissemination functions.

Professor Steinbuch has served on to Arkansas Freedom of Information Task Force from 2017-present. This statutorily created body advises the legislature on FOIA amendments.

Professor Steinbuch has served on the U.S. Fulbright Commission, Council for International Exchange of Scholars from 2017-present.  He is a Reviewer in Law on the committee that grants Fulbright Scholar awards in law.

Steinbuch, Robert and Joshua Silverstein. Free Speech on Campus and Academic Freedom Under Attack in Arkansas. The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal (Nov. 21, 2017). “The state of Arkansas is facing an existential threat to academic freedom. That threat, however, is of a type that normally doesn’t receive public attention. In our state, … Professors Steinbuch and Silverstein co-authored an article on Free Speech on Campus

Silverstein, Joshua M. and Robert E. Steinbuch. An Awful Policy. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Nov. 9, 2017): B9. “Tenure and academic freedom are designed to protect freedom of speech, thought, and expression on top of the limited remedies universally available in the law, so that learning and knowledge can flourish.”

Vladimirov, Nikita. Profs Blast Proposal to Weaken Tenure at U of Arkansas. Campus Reform (Oct. 31, 2017). Professor Steinbuch discusses a proposal being considered by the U of A Board of Trustees.

Vladimirov, Nikita. STUDY: Credentials, not race, determine bar passage rates. Campus Reform (Oct. 23, 2017). Read the article here. In their working paper published last week, professor Robert Steinbuch and University of California-Los Angeles law professor Richard Sander argue that some race-based admission preference policies may put students at a disadvantage when it comes to … Professor Steinbuch’s recent work is highlighted in this post from Campus Reform

Steinbuch, Robert. Another Good Value in Arkansas. The Arkansas Project (Oct. 20, 2017). Richard Sander and I just released the first working draft of our article on the “mismatch phenomenon.” Therein, we specifically show, for the first time using individual-level data, the negative effect on bar-exam success for those students going to a law school … Professor Steinbuch authors article on the “mismatch phenomenon”