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UALR William H. Bowen School of Law
Dean's Welcome


What is the best way to experience what our school has to offer?  Visit us.  Through this website, we try to capture what makes the William H. Bowen School of Law at UALR special and worthy of your serious consideration.  However, words and pictures are a poor substitute for actually experiencing what goes on here.  Your visit can include:

  • a tour of the building;
  • attending a class of your choice;
  • meeting a faculty member who teaches in an area of particular interest to you;
  • asking the Assistant Dean questions about financial aid and scholarships;
  • discussing the application process with the Assistant Dean for Admissions.

Some things that you should expect at any law school you are considering are:

  • a faculty which recognizes that a professor's primary responsibility is teaching;
  • a faculty engaged in important scholarly and service activities locally, nationally, and globally;
  • a modern, attractive building with facilities that provide an exceptional learning and study environment;
  • a comprehensive curriculum, with courses taught primarily by full-time faculty, supplemented where appropriate by judges and attorneys who lend their expertise in specialized areas of the law; and
  • a student-edited law review which hosts major symposia bringing in distinguished national speakers.
The William H. Bowen School of Law has all of these.

What sets this law school apart?  Our excellent student-faculty ratio allows you to interact with faculty members.  Our five clinics make it possible for every student to represent actual clients or serve in a public service externship while in law school.  Integration of theory and practice is one of our hallmarks.  Our students are encouraged to engage in service and can acquire a notation of outstanding public service on their transcripts.  Finally, the most pleasant surprise will be your classmates.  They come from diverse backgrounds, work hard and want to do well, but not at the expense of their peers.

I hope you will join us and experience for yourself the unique educational experience that the William H. Bowen School of Law has to offer.

John DiPippa
Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law
and Public Policy

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Revised: 10/11/2006