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This year the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law will celebrate 45 years since the Arkansas General Assembly enacted legislation making it the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. This also marks the law school’s 55th year as the night program of the University of Arkansas Law School. Event … Law School set to celebrate 45th anniversary

Each year, the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law Student Affairs Office selects a Student Organization of the Year. Selection is based on the organization’s community involvement, on-campus engagement, and volunteerism. The 2020 Student Organization of the Year is the Bowen chapter of the Black Law Students Association (“BLSA”). As an affiliate … Black Law Students Association recognized as 2020 Student Organization of the Year

UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law students have recognized Professor Josh Silverstein, a faculty member at Bowen, for his positive impact on their lives. He is their recipient of the 2021 We Heart Our Faculty award. Silverstein joined Bowen’s faculty nearly 17 years ago. In addition to his teaching and scholarship responsibilities, … Bowen students honor Silverstein for his positive impact

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

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE) will welcome Professor Meera Deo, J.D., Ph.D., on March 29 at 12:05 p.m. The event, which is co-sponsored by ATLE and the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law Diversity and Excellence Committee, is open to all UA Little … Scholar to speak on race and gender bias in legal academia

The Black Law Student Association chapter at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law recently competed in the National Black Law Student Association‘s Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition. The competition took place Jan. 10-23 and was part of the southwest region of the Black Law Student Association’s Regional Convention. Bowen’s team … Bowen’s BLSA chapter finishes strong in trial competition

Kalen Coleman, a third-year student in Bowen’s part-time division, recently published an article in the University of California Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal. Coleman’s article, “Wake Up or Get Woke: The Paradox of America’s Diplomatic Export of Hip Hop,” was written as part of Professor andré cummings’ Hip Hop & the American Constitution course. Coleman was … Coleman research on hip-hop and U.S. soft diplomacy published

Shyteria Dunlap, a second-year law student in the evening division at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has received the 2020-21 Jennifer Carson Single Parent Scholarship. “I had applied previously, and I am extremely happy to be this year’s award recipient,” Shyteria said. Shyteria is from Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to law … Shyteria Dunlap receives Jennifer Carson Single Parent Scholarship

Nathan Johnson, a third-year law student at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has made the most of his “COVID summer”:  he’s just been selected to join the United States Air Force JAG Corps. Nate began law school at Bowen with no idea what he wanted to do. However, as he … Nathan Johnson looks forward to a military career after law school

The Rural Practice Incubator Project Committee at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has selected its 2020 cohort. Bowen graduates Cynthia Aikman and Abraham “Sam” Keefer will benefit from the project’s training, support, and resources for the next 18 months as they build their own small-town law practices. … Bowen announces 2020 Rural Practice Incubator Project cohort