Theresa Beiner, J.D.
Dean/Nadine Baum Distinguished Professor of Law
William H. Bowen School of Law
Theresa M. Beiner is the first permanent female Dean at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law. During her first three years as Dean, she helped fund and start the law school’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic and Pro Bono Services Center as well as successfully sought approval and funding of the Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform at the school.
Dean Beiner has served as the law school’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Dean for Faculty Development. A graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A.) and the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Dean Beiner teaches and researches in the areas of Employment Discrimination, diversity in the judiciary, Constitutional Law, and Civil Procedure. Bowen has awarded Dean Beiner its faculty excellence awards for scholarship and teaching.