ARKBAR NEWS Applications for the Next Leadership Academy due August 31, 2014
2014-2015 Arkansas Bar Association Committee Chairs President Brian H. Ratcliff appointed the following volunteer members to serve as committee and task force chairs. Thank you to all committee members who volunteer their time, talent and expertise to the Association.
Members of the 2013-2014 Leadership Class at their January meeting at the Bar Center Take Leadership to the next level with ArkBar’s Leadership Academy. The Academy is an exciting program designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of participating attorneys and produce higher level leaders with skills that can transform the community and revolutionize the legal profession. Applications for the next class are due August 31, 2014. Go to www.arkbar.com/pages/LeadershipAcademy.aspx for more information. Congratulations to the 2013-2014 graduating class: Brian Wade Albright, Sarah Baber, Ryan P. Blue, Misty Wilson Borkowski, Joel B. Carter, Carl F. Cooper III, Tony Anthony DiCarlo III, Matthew L. Fryar, Frank Stewart Headlee, Samuel S. High, Kathleen Marie McDonald, Becky A. McHughes, Joseph Wayne Price II, John Rainwater, Sara Rogers, Ginger M. Stuart, Jordan B. Tinsley
Visitors from Kosovo Gathered at the Bar Center
Visitors from Kosovo met at the Arkansas Bar Center on June 26 as part of their Open World Program tour of Little Rock that focused on justice policy and legislation. Chief Justice Jim Hannah, Association Director Karen Hutchins and Past President Fred Ursery spoke to the group about the Arkansas Bar Association and its role in the legal community and the Arkansas judiciary. 4
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