ASCS Appeals at the Southeastern United Farmers' Organization Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on January 18-19. John Copeland gave two papers concerning Pollution Liability and the Rural Agent at the 1991 Rural Agents Agribusiness Conference, sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa. Susan Schneider gave presentation tilled "Chapter 12 Ballkrllptcy" at the Southeastern United Farmers' Organ· ization Annual Conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 18-19. Terry Kirkpatrick spoke at Leverett Elementary School on the Criminal Justice System. Other faculty news. Rob Leflar recently taught a 7-week seminar on "Health, Human Rights and the Law" for fourth-year medical students at UAMS. RdY Guzmrln recently cut a series of videotapes for Harcourt Brace Jovanich on a number of topics including: Evidence, Criminal Law, Torts and How to Prepare for the Multi·State Bar Examination. The tapes are distributed nationally by Harcourt. Dr. Robert A. Leflar was cited as one of the "Twenty Most Important Citizens of Arkansas in the 20th Century" by the
ArkfllIsas Gazette in an article appearing on Sunday, February 10, 1991 in the Gazette. In January, John Watkins became Chair of the American Association of L.:1W Schools Section on Mass Communications Law. Howard Brill was recently appointed Chairman of a joint committee of the Arkansas Bar Association and the Arkansas Judicial Council to study the new Code of Judicial Conduct. Jake Looney was appointed to the Governor's Animal Waste Task Force. In addition, Looney was elected Treasurer by the Board of Ozark Legal Services and he was elected to the Scientific Committee of Unione Mondiale Degli Agraristi Universitari (the International Organization of Agricultural Law Professors). In December, Looney was presented with a "State Friend of Extension" award by Epsilon Sigma Phi, the national honorary extension fraternity in recognition of support of the educational programs of the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Terry Kirkpatrick reported on recent graduate employment statistics to the Committee on Women and Minorities at the Mid-Winter Meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association. Don Judges is working with the American Polarity Therapy Association to draft procedures for implementing rules
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of professional responsibility for its members. Rob Leflar was recently appointed State Government Co-Chair of the Arkansas Chapter of the Sierra Club. Mort Gitelman recently attended the Arkansas Bar Foundation dinner to honor scholarship recipients. John opeland wns interviewed concerning environmental problems and insurance coverage by TOP PRODUCER Journal. The interview was the source of hvo publications: "Wire" Liability Strikes," TOP PRODUCER 17 (Dec. 1990); and "Call Adequate Euv;rolJtneulal Liability 11lsumner Be BoIIgh,?," 1 Forward 5 (Winter 1990). From finals to the beginning of a new semester-that sums up life at the School of Law from December through April. ew students are beginning to feel like veterans after their first round of exams, and you can feel excitement in the air as the first spring breezes blow through the buildings reminding everyone that ,graduation is only a few months away. Student News The annual Henry Woods Trial Competition was held in the Old Courtroom on January 17, 1991. The competition, an ABOTA event, is held in conjunction with the mid-year meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association.
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