Smith, a professor of law and director of two legal clinics at the U of A School of Law, was honored with the award by the Arkansas Bar Foundation and the Arkansas Bar Association.

Carl Circo of the U of A School of Law developed an open-access website for professors and students of construction law on the legal aspects of the design and construction industries.

Based on her leaderships skills, second-year U of A School of Law student Kathryn Totty has been selected to serve as editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Law Review for the coming 2025-26 academic year.

Online Programs in professional areas with the largest enrollments are evaluated annually by U.S. News, based on criteria such as employment outcomes of graduates.