Assistant Professor of Law
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Faculty Assistant: Sam Smith | Room 524 | (501) 916-5440 | [email protected]
Christine Buamah is an Assistant Professor of Law at University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law William H. Bowen School of Law. She teaches International Law, Human Rights, Disability Law, Torts and Criminal Procedure Pretrial Process. She is interested in identifying synergies between international human rights domestication and conflict of laws. Her current research focuses on domestication of international human rights in legal pluralistic contexts. She also writes in the area of Disability Law. Prior to entering academia, she worked with Fears Nachawati Law Firm in Dallas, Texas (Mass Torts department), Aduboffour Law Firm in Dallas, Texas, and Atuguba & Associates / Law and Development Associates in Ghana. From 2010-2012, she served as Counsel / and Associate Researcher for the Constitution Review Commission of Ghana.
Education
- S.J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2018
- LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2014
- B.L., Ghana School of Law, 2010
- LL.B., University of Ghana, 2008
- B.A., University of Ghana, 2005
Courses
- Torts I and II
- International Human Rights Law
- Criminal Procedure: Pretrial Process
- Disability Law
- Introduction to International Law
Areas of Expertise
- Torts
- Criminal procedure
- Disability law
- International human rights law
- International law
- Global law and governance
Featured Scholarship
The Pluralism Gap: Rethinking State Conformity Theory Through the CRPD in Ghana and Kenya, Intercultural Human Rights Law Review (forthcoming spring 2027).
Beyond State-Centered Implementation: Indigenous Knowledge Systems as Tools for Domesticating International Human Rights in Africa, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law (forthcoming 2026).
Honors & Awards
- SEALS New Scholars Program Nominee, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, 2026
- Rising Faculty Nominee, UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, 2025-26
- Summer Research Grant, UA Little Rock, 2025
- Commendation, Dean of the University of Kansas School of Law, Central States Law Schools Association Annual Scholarship Conference, 2025
Selected Service & Leadership
- Founding Consultant Vice Dean, University for Development Studies Faculty of Law, 2024-25
- Volunteer Director, Florence Youth Development Program, 2018-19
- First Elected President and Founding Member, Catholic Law Students’ Guild, Ghana School of Law, 2008-10
- Judicial Committee Member, Mensah Sarbah Hall, University of Ghana, 2007-08
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