2024 - 2025

Schedule of Events

All meetings will be located at:

US Marshals Museum

1789 Room

789 Riverfront Drive

Fort Smith, AR 72901

Lunch begins at

11:30 AM

Meetings & CLE presentations from

12pm to 1pm

September 9, 2024

Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood (Petition to Review Process)

September 23, 2024

Behind the Scenes: Everything Attorneys Need to Know About the Inner-Workings of Sebastian County Courts - Panel Discussion with the Sebastian County Court Administration & Clerk’s Offices

October 7, 2024

Chiropractic Runners and the Unauthorized Practice of Law : What You Don’t Know Should Scare You

October 21, 2024

Dean Cynthia Nance – UA School of Law (Employment Law Topic)

**UA Law School Centennial Reception**

Evening of October 21, 2024

Time & Location: TBA

November 4, 2024

Judge’s Roundtable (Interactive Discussion for Lawyers & Judges)

November 18, 2024

Dr. Jennifer Forsyth– AR State Crime Lab (Crime Lab Procedures)

December 2, 2024

Melissa Hatfield – McMath Trial Strategies (Psychology of Jury SelectionStrategies)

**December 11, 2024**

Sebastian County Bar Association Christmas Party - Location & Time TBA

January 13, 2025

Jim Tilley – Watts, Donovan, Tilley, & Carson (Negotiations &Mediations Strategies)

January 27, 2025

Circuit Court Judge Greg Magness – Arkansas Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions

(Effective & Strategic Use of Jury Instructions)

February 10, 2025

Professor Howard Brill – UA School of Law (Update on Ethical Issues)

March 3, 2025

Arkansas Inspector General Allison Bragg & Chief Deputy Samantha Blassingame

(Introduction to the AR Department of Inspector General)

March 10, 2025

Professor Danny Bousquet -  UA School of Law (Evidence)

April 7, 2025

Kristin Pawlik – President of the AR Bar Assoc. & Miller, Butler,Schneider, Pawlik, & Rozzell (Use of AI and Best Practices)

April 21, 2025

Prosecuting Attorney Dan Shue (Criminal Law Update)