Law Professor Named A Woman Of Distinction For 2003

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Professor Cynthia E. Nance of the University of Arkansas School of Law was recently named a recipient of a 2003 Woman of Distinction Award. Along with the other selected recipients, Nance will be honored at the Second Annual Women of Distinction breakfast, which is slated for 7:30 a.m., July 29 at the Clarion Inn in Fayetteville. Nance is being recognized as this year's recipient of the Women Strengthening Our Communities for Tomorrow Award.

The event is sponsored by NOARK Girl Scouts, Executive Women International, Altrusa of Fayetteville, and Altrusa of Bella Vista/Bentonville.

"I am thankful to all those who were involved in selecting me, " Nance said. "It is an honor and a privilege to be recognized."

A co-chair of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission Advisory Committee, Nance is the incoming chair of the Law School Admissions Council's Finance and Legal Affairs Committee and volunteers with Community Emergency Outreach, a local food pantry, as well as with the Northwest Arkansas Workers Center. She also serves as a board member of the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice.

Nance holds a juris doctor degree and Master of Arts in finance from the University of Iowa. Her teaching and research areas include labor and employment law, as well as torts. She is the sponsor of the Labor and Employment Law Society and the Black Law Student Association and a member of Phi Delta Phi legal and Beta Gamma Sigma business honor societies. She is past president of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Employment Discrimination and Labor and Employment Law Sections.

Nance is a member of the Iowa Bar and the Arkansas Bar Association. She serves on the Arkansas Bar Association’s Jurisprudence & Law Reform, Lawyer Assistance committees, and the Commission on Diversity. She recently was appointed as Plaintiff Co-chair of the American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section's Ethics and Professionalism Committee. Her article on the federal plant closing law was cited by the 4th Circuit.