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Third-year law student Brandon Hartman has been selected as the inaugural Mary Beth Matthews Business Law Fellow. Mr. Hartman was selected based on his interest and commitment to commercial law, significant leadership potential, and previous research experience in the complex area of commercial law.
Hartman will serve as the student leader for the law school's business law concentration program and conduct research for business law faculty. She will also participate in the delivery of the program and will be involved in planning and research related to the program.
Hartman will coordinate his efforts with advice from Will Foster, a law professor at the Arkansas Bar Foundation. “Faculty members have been impressed with Brandon's success in a variety of business law classes,” Professor Foster said. “In his third year, Brandon is helping to build on Professor Matthews’ legacy by supporting research projects and initiatives to expand and improve the business law program.”
The Mary Beth Matthews Business Law Fellowship was established to recognize and support exemplary law students who are committed to the study of business law and are dedicated to promoting the program to other students and the larger business and legal community. doing. The family of retired faculty member Mary Beth Matthews established this fellowship to honor her more than 30 years of service to the law school. Through this fellowship, her dedication to students, research, and the School of Law will continue to have a profound impact on legal education and the practice of business law in our region, state, and nation.
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Hartman will serve as article editor for the Arkansas paper from 2023 to 2024. Food Law and Policy Journal He currently serves as an assistant to Judge Christy Beaumont in the Washington County Circuit Court. He currently ranks in the top 20% of his class and graduated. magna cum road He graduated from the Sam M. Walton College of Business with a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance. During his law school career, Hartman held positions at Gil Ragon Owen, Kutak Lok, and Walmart Inc.
About the University of Arkansas School of Law: The law school offers a competitive J.D. degree and produced the nation's first Master of Laws degree recipients. Agriculture and Food Law Program. Taught by nationally recognized faculty, the school offers students pro bono activities, live client clinics, public service fellowships, competitions, and more. Students also benefit from our location in one of the fastest growing, most livable and economically vibrant regions in the United States and our corporate internship partnerships with Fortune 500 companies. Our graduates have become judges, senators, and governors, and serve communities across the state and nation through programs such as the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative. Our long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion is exemplified by our Six Pioneers, the first black students to attend law schools in the South. Follow us at @urklaw.
