Arkansas Law Notes was first published in the mid-1980s as a paper-only journal of short articles written by the faculty of the University of Arkansas School of Law, and delivered to Arkansas lawyers. It has evolved over the years and is now the Arkansas Law Review’s exclusive online publication. Law Notes is positioned to deliver a quick publication turnaround for timely, relevant scholarship relating to current Arkansas and national legal issues. Arkansas Law Notes features short essays and responses by law professors, judges, practicing lawyers, scholars from other disciplines, and current law students. Submissions may respond to recent articles and essays published in the Arkansas Law Review or comment on topics ranging from emerging legal issues arising from litigation, recent court opinions or government policies and procedures.
Notes from 2024
Thanks for the Lyft: Optimizing Rideshare Safety in Arkansas, Addison A. Tucker
Notes from 2023
Legislative Update from the 94th General Assembly: Arkansas Bills Affecting Pregnant and Postpartum Mothers, Garrett Bannister
A Rising Tide: An Argument For Requiring Municipal Liability Insurance For Public Utility Services In Arkansas, Christopher Brown
To Meet or Not to Meet, That is the Question: An Analysis of the Meeting Requirement of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, Jerry L. Canfield
A New Wound for Old Scars: Why Act 1036 of 2021 is Unconstitutional and Why the Arkansas Retroactive-Legislation Doctrine Should Change, Bryce Jefferson
Notes from 2022
Race and the COVID-19 Eviction and Housing Crisis, Bradey Camille Baltz
Babe in the Woods: Why the Federal Rules of Evidence should Adopt a new Hearsay Exception to Protect Children, Marlee Rowe
Notes from 2021
When Justice Should Precede Generosity: The Case Against Charitable Immunity in Arkansas, Courtney Jane Baltz
The Arkansas Code and Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Daniel Bell
Heads up! Arkansas has a new LLC Act, Carol Goforth
Defending a Religious Institution using the Charitable Immunity and Ecclesiastical Doctrine Defenses to Tort Liability, Michael M. Harrison
A-Void-Able Consequences: Void Sales & Subsequent Purchasers Under Arkansas’s Statutory Foreclosure Act, Hannah Hungate
An Open Governor’s Seat, Open Constitutional Question, and the Need for an Answer, Samuel Steele McLelland and James R. Baxter
Notes from 2020
An Everyday Lawyer’s Shakespeare, Carl J. Circo
Notes from 2019
Crowdfunding in Arkansas? Yes, you can!, Carol Goforth
Say What You Mean! How Arkansas Courts Are Contradicting the Default Rule of Tenancy in Common, Joel Hutcheson