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Commencement 2018 Watch the 2018 Law School Graduation Ceremony → -- School of Law Upcoming Events March 7 Free Winter CLE March 13 Hartman Hotz Lecture Series The Comparative Landscape of Educational Pluralism more events → Register Now for Alumni Reunion Weekend Each year, the University of Arkansas School of Law, in conjunction with the Law Alumni Society, hosts Alumni Reunion Weekend. The event is a time for all alumni to come to campus and reunite as well as to make new friends and connections. find out more → -- Featured Story Law School Transactional Clinic Helps Create, Sustain Hundreds of Nonprofits Since its founding in 2006, students enrolled in the University of Arkansas School of Law Transactional Clinic have assisted roughly 200 community groups across Arkansas to achieve and maintain their status as nonprofit organizations. more info → Upcoming -- Academic Programs J.D. Program Established in 1924, the school prepares students for success through a challenging curriculum taught by nationally recognized faculty. The program has produced alumni in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, two territories and 20 countries with successful careers in the legal profession as well as other fields. Program Information How to Apply Costs and Financial Aid LL.M. Program in Food & Agricultural Law The first advanced law degree in agricultural and food law was founded here more than 30 years ago. The LL.M. program was also the first to offer a fully integrated opportunity for face-to-face and distance education options. With its support, the School of Law publishes the nation’s first student-edited specialized journal devoted to food law and policy issues and sustains outreach efforts that connect academic scholarship with critical legal and policy issues. Program Information How to Apply Costs and Financial Aid Accelerated J.D. Program for Foreign Lawyers Up to 10 graduates of foreign law schools are accepted to this program each year. Qualified applicants may receive up to 30 hours of credit for completion of a degree from an accredited law school that would qualify them to practice law in the country where the degree was conferred. Graduation will satisfy the degree requirement for eligibility to sit for the bar examination in any state in the U.S. Program Information How to Apply Costs and Financial Aid School of Law Publications Arkansas Law Review A student-run journal, the Arkansas Law Review publishes relevant scholarship on notable domestic and international issues to elicit informed discussions and provide intellectual and practical assistance to members of the legal community. Journal of Food Law & Policy The Journal of Food Law & Policy is the first student-edited legal journal in the country devoted to the study of food law and its impact on society.The Journal has long been recognized as a leader in publishing articles and essays on food law and its impact on society. Arkansas Law Notes Arkansas Law Notes features articles and current research from School of Law faculty. Law Notes is a tradition of the School of Law, dedicated to providing timely and insightful research on a variety of subjects to members of the Arkansas bar. School of Law News School of Law NEWS more news → Dean's Message Welcome from Dean Stacy Leeds Welcome to the University of Arkansas School of Law, a community that includes world leaders in law, business, education, and public service. Wherever you go from here, your University of Arkansas law school education will prepare you well for success. read more → -- Make a Gift to the School of Law ABA Required Disclosures SPOTLIGHT Student Spotlight Celina Walker and Ryan Smith Third year law students Celina Walker and Ryan Smith uncovered a need for their developing professional skills and burgeoning legal networks while sorting donations and stocking shelves at Fayetteville’s 7Hills Homeless Center. read more → Alumni Spotlight Katherine Shurlds The enduring and comprehensive career of Katherine Shurlds (J.D. ’94) is the confluence of life-long passions, influences and experiences. Although primarily a practically-seasoned professor of journalism, with a flair for the dramatic, Shurlds also enjoyed the experience of earning a degree at the University of Arkansas School of Law. read more → Scholar Spotlight Professor Annie Smith Annie Smith is an associate professor of law and directs the law school’s Civil Litigation and Advocacy Clinic. Committed to community legal education, Professor Smith has led trainings for workers and organizers, conducted outreach to farmworkers and day laborers, and authored know-your-rights publications. read more about Prof. Smith→ read more about our Faculty → through tags if you don't need a content cell, or comment them out -- School of Law 1045 W. 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