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On September 25 and 26, Professors Bram Elias and Kate Melloy Goettel took five clinic students to St. Louis, Missouri, to watch oral arguments in Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird and United States v. Iowa

Wednesday, October 2, 2024
This was a pair of cases addressing the legality of Iowa's illegal reentry bill, SF 2340. While there, the students met with Eighth Circuit Judges Duane Benton, Morris Arnold, and Jonathan Kobes, and District Judges Catherine Perry and Henry Autrey.

On September 26th, Professor Kate Melloy Goettel was a panelist on a webinar hosted by the American Immigration Council titled, "Unpacking the Supreme Court Immigration Cases in the '23-'24 Term and Looking Forward to What's Ahead."

Wednesday, October 2, 2024
The Supreme Court had a significant impact on immigration law during its last term. What do the rulings mean for immigration law and policy, both now and moving forward? And what do this term’s non-immigration cases tell us about the future of immigration cases before the High Court?

Dean Adrien Wing participated in Expert Roundtable: Gender Justice, The Way Forward. The event is hosted by the Open Society Justice Initiative and co-convened by the American Society of International Law and the Malala Fund.

Tuesday, October 1, 2024
The Open Society Justice Initiative strives to ensure that the law, too often an instrument of power alone, is shaped and employed in the service of justice. The mission of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) is to foster the study of international law and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law and justice

Dean Adrien Wing spoke on Distance Education linked to her role as a member of the ABA Council on the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar at the Arkansas Law Review Symposium

Tuesday, October 1, 2024
This was a part of the Arkansas Law Review Symposium on Embracing the Past, Enhancing the Future: Exploring the Evolution of Legal Education. Dean Wing proposed updates to the accreditation standards on distance/remote education.

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