http://blog.law.uark.edu Written by the faculty and dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:57:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Valentine’s Day I felt a little blue. That happens pretty much every Valentine’s Day when you don’t have something special to do with a special someone. Fortunately, Baxter Sharp and Rick Pruitt were in Northwest Arkansas for a basketball game and Baxter called and invited me to dinner with ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2332 [caption id="attachment_2330" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="David Johnson, Charlie Coleman, Ike Scott and myself"][/caption] The next day I attended the Pulaski County Bar Association meeting which was held on the top floor (30th floor) of the Regions Bank Center and the speaker that day was David Johnson who happens to be one of ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2328 [caption id="attachment_2324" align="alignleft" width="307" caption="Little Rock Main Library"][/caption] Thursday I had a quiet morning to myself (or so I thought).  I walked over to Little Rock’s main library to catch up on work while playing phone tag with John Jasik who was trying to make my travel arrangements to the Ukraine.  ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2323 [caption id="attachment_2317" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Razorback Day at the Capitol"][/caption] Why was I returning to Little Rock you might ask, after having been there the week before? Well, it was Razorback Day at the Capitol! It began at 11:00 a.m. which meant a bright and early departure time. I had several events ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2316 [caption id="attachment_2312" align="alignright" width="175" caption="Prof. Guzman"][/caption] Monday was a very, very busy day.  It started (as usual) with Pilates with Claudia at Studio Pilates followed by an early morning meeting to plan a reception for Prof. Guzman.  As many of you know, Prof. Guzman retired as of last year.  However, this ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2309 [caption id="attachment_2340" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Denise Hoggard and myself"][/caption]     Saturday, February 7, Denise Hoggard, who has been featured in the blog before and who is a wonderful friend, cooked me breakfast.  It was fantastic!  I felt very loved.  She cooked hashbrowns, ham, bacon, eggs, biscuits, mocha and fruit.  It was fantastic (did ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2245 On Friday, February 6, I started out at 9:00 a.m. and met with Tom Carpenter who is our alum and City Attorney for Little Rock.  We had not met before but had a fabulous conversation.  It was very enjoyable.  We talked about everything from race, to the tasks of city ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2243 [caption id="attachment_2257" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Women Featured in AY Magazine"][/caption] Bright and early at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday I had to show up at Jason Masters Studio on Main Street which is located in the Block Two Loft, for the photo shoot for AY Magazine.  As you know, 8:30 a.m. is early ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2241 [caption id="attachment_2254" align="alignright" width="170" caption="Amy Bower of AY Magazine"][/caption] Wednesday, February 4, started with a request for information from a legislator and we scrambled to get that information in on time.  It was some pretty detailed budget information about the law school.  Once we got that out, I had an interview ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2239 [caption id="attachment_2251" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Provost McMath"][/caption] The next day, Tuesday, February 3, started out with my monthly meeting with Provost McMath.  It was a brief meeting.  We just had a little bit of business to visit about, but it's always good to touch base with your boss and let him know ... http://blog.law.uark.edu/?p=2237