The University of Arkansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a state university. It has around 445 students enrolled in its Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Law (LL.M) programs and is home to the federally-funded National Agricultural Law Center and the nation's only LL.M in agricultural law program. The School of Law is one of two law schools in the state of Arkansas. (The other is the Univ...
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The University of Arkansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a state university. It has around 445 students enrolled in its Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Law (LL.M) programs and is home to the federally-funded National Agricultural Law Center and the nation's only LL.M in agricultural law program. The School of Law is one of two law schools in the state of Arkansas. (The other is the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law).
The 2009 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings placed the School of Law at 94st in the nation. U.S. News also ranked its Legal Research and Writing program as 22nd in the nation.
The School of Law was founded in 1924. The founding dean was Julian Waterman, a Dumas, Arkansas native and University of Chicago Law School graduate who led the school through its first 19 years, until his death in 1943.
The School met initially in the bottom floor of Old Main, and was approved by the American...
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