The third dean candidate for the School of Law, Colin Crawford, will hold an open forum for the campus community Nov. 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the E.J. Ball Courtroom in the School of Law.

During the open forum, Crawford will describe the University of Arkansas School of Law as he envisions it in five years, including its public engagement and service to Arkansas, partnerships with business and industry, student outcomes and scholarly profile. He will also speak to what may remain the same and what may change as part of his vision and identify the key leadership skills he will leverage to achieve it. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

The campus community can attend in person or virtually through Zoom using the following information:

• Zoom Link
• Passcode: *54FUrk0

A recording will be available after the presentation at this link for those who are unable to attend in person. The recording will only be accessible to individuals with a U of A email address and credentials.

The campus community can provide feedback on the third dean candidate by completing this evaluation form by Nov. 26. Individuals may need to sign in with their university credentials to access the form.

About Colin Crawford

Crawford is the dean and a professor of law at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Prior to his current role, he served as dean and a professor of law at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco and the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Before becoming an academic administrator, Crawford held faculty positions at Tulane University and Georgia State University College of Law. During his time at Georgia State, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and received a four-year grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to improve the teaching of environmental law in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Crawford's teaching and scholarship focuses on real property law and land use and environmental law. He has taught and conducted research at many international universities, including the Carlos III University School of Law in Madrid, the Chuo University in Tokyo and the Institute for Applied Economics in Rio de Janeiro, among others. In addition, he has designed and directed many foreign study programs in Brazil, Cuba, Panama and Switzerland. 

He holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, a master's degree from Cambridge University and a bachelor's degree in history from Columbia University. For more information on Crawford, view his curriculum vitae or visit the School of Law dean search website.

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