Professor of Law

(501) 916-5408 | Room 522
Email: [email protected]
Faculty Assistant: Sam Smith | Room 524 | (501) 916-5440 | [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae

Terrence Cain joined the faculty in 2007. Between 2004 and 2007, he taught Employment Discrimination and Civil Liberties as an adjunct instructor. He currently teaches Civil Liberties; Conflict of Laws; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Employment Discrimination; Research, Writing, and Analysis; and Remedies. While a law student, Professor Cain served as the associate notes editor of the UA Little Rock Law Review and graduated with honors.

After graduation, he began a solo appellate practice, primarily before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the Supreme Court of Arkansas, and the Arkansas Court of Appeals. His practice areas consisted chiefly of employment discrimination, domestic relations, and criminal defense.

Education

  • J.D., with honors, UA Little Rock School of Law
  • B.S.B.A., cum laude, University of Arkansas

Courses

  • Civil Rights
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Constitutional Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Legal Research and Writing
  • Remedies

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil rights
  • Constitutional law
  • Criminal law and criminal procedure
  • Employment discrimination
  • Appellate advocacy
  • Remedies

Featured Scholarship

Ending Arkansas’s First Appearance Crisis, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center (May 2024) (with Malia N. Brink, Pamela R. Metzger and Claire Buetow).

Actually, You Don’t Have to Show Your Work: The Arkansas Court of Appeals Tells Trial Courts That When They Award Attorneys’ Fees in Domestic Relations Cases, They Need Not Explain the Basis for the Awards or the Basis for the Amount of the Awards, 45 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 651 (2023).

Cause for Celebration or Cause for Concern?: Did Bostock v. Clayton County Establish a New Mixed Motive Theory for Title VII Cases and Make It Easier for Plaintiffs to Prove Discrimination Claims?, 45 Seattle University Law Review 463 (2022).

Honors & Awards

  • Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, UA Little Rock, college level, 2020
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, Student Bar Association, 2018
  • Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service, UA Little Rock, college level, 2018
  • President’s Faculty Appreciation Award, Student Bar Association, 2017
  • Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, UA Little Rock, college level, 2015

Selected Service & Leadership

  • Associate Dean for Faculty Development, UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, 2016-21
  • Executive Committee Member, Association of American Law Schools Remedies Section
  • Member, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Civil Jury Instructions Subcommittee
  • Advisory Council Member, Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding

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