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The law school was established, with Waterman serving as its first dean. He later served as vice president of the University of Arkansas from 1937 to 1943. [1] On September 18, 1943, Waterman died of a ruptured appendix. [3] In 1953, the university named Waterman Hall in his memory. [1]
The School of Law is one of two law schools in the state of Arkansas; the other is the William H. Bowen School of Law (University of Arkansas at Little Rock). According to the University of Arkansas School of Law's 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 68% of the Class of 2013 had obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after ...
Silas Herbert Hunt: [15] First African American male admitted to the University of Arkansas School of Law (1948) Chris Mercer and George W.B. Haley: [16] Among the "six pioneers" who integrated the University of Arkansas School of Law (1949) Joseph Wood: [17] First African American male judge in Washington County, Arkansas (2016)
The first law school established in Arkansas was in Little Rock. However, politics caused the school faculty to reform themselves as a private law school in the 1910s. Subsequently, the state law school in Fayetteville was established. The private law school disbanded in the 1960s.
Howard is named as one of the "Six Pioneers," the first six African-American students to attend to University of Arkansas School of Law. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Howard then returned to Pine Bluff and established a law practice, which he operated from 1954 to 1977, and in 1979. [ 2 ]
He had been taking law classes at Howard University but believed the University of Arkansas would be less expensive. His application was turned down, the Arkansas School of Law reported, because his admission materials were incomplete. Davis determined to reapply in 1948, letting the dean of the School of Law, Robert A. Leflar, know of his ...
The History of the University of Arkansas began with its establishment in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1871 under the Morrill Act, as the Arkansas Industrial College. Over the period of its nearly 140-year history, the school has grown from two small buildings on a hilltop to a university with diverse colleges and prominent graduate programs.
“The Fight for School Consolidation in Arkansas, 1946-1948.” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 65#1 (2006), pp. 45–57. online; Leflar, Robert A. “Legal Education in Arkansas: A Brief History of the Law School.” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 21#2 (1962) pp. 99–131. online; Penton, Emily. "Typical Women's Schools in Arkansas before the ...