Third-year law student Brandon Hartman has been selected as the inaugural Mary Beth Matthews Business Law Fellow. Hartman was selected based on his interest in and commitment to business law, significant leadership potential and prior research experience in complex areas of business law.

Hartman will serve as a student leader of the law school's Business Law Concentration Program and perform research for business law faculty members. He will also participate in program offerings and engage in planning and research related to the program.

Hartman will coordinate his efforts under the advisement of Will Foster, Arkansas Bar Foundation professor of law. "The faculty were impressed with Brandon's success in a range of business law classes," Foster said. "During his third year, Brandon is helping us build on Professor Matthews' legacy by assisting with research projects and initiatives to expand and refine the business law program."

The Mary Beth Matthews Business Law Fellowship was established to recognize and support exemplary law students committed to research in business law and are dedicated to promoting the program to fellow students and the greater business and legal communities. The family of retired faculty member Mary Beth Matthews created the fellowship to honor her service of more than 30 years to the School of Law. Through this fellowship, her dedication to students, research and the law school will continue to have a great impact on legal education and the practice of business law in this community, state and country.

BRANDON HARTMAN

Hartman is the 2023-24 articles editor of the Arkansas Journal of Food Law and Policy and is currently serving as a judicial extern for Washington County Circuit Judge Cristi Beaumont. He is currently ranked in the top 20% of his class and graduated magna cum laude from the Sam M. Walton College of Business receiving his bachelor's degree in accounting and finance. During his law school career, Hartman has held positions with Gill Ragon Owen, Kutak Rock and Walmart Inc.

About the University of Arkansas School of Law: The law school offers a competitive J.D. and is home to the nation's first LL.M. program in agriculture and food law. Led by nationally recognized faculty, the school offers students pro bono work, live client clinics, public service fellowships, competitions, and much more. Students also benefit from our location in one of the fastest growing, most livable, and economically vibrant regions in the U.S., and from our corporate externship partnerships with Fortune 500 companies. Our alumni have gone on to become judges, senators, and governors, and we serve communities throughout our state and nation through programs such as the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative. Our longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion is exemplified by the Six Pioneers, the first Black students to attend law school in the South. Follow us at @uarklaw.