Arkansas Bar Foundation

09/24/2026

Please be sure to save this date for the 2027 Annual Fellows' Dinner. New Fellows, a highlight of the Foundation mission, and Annual Award recipients will be recognized. The Foundation looks forward to our long-standing partnership in co-presenting these awards that evening with the Arkansas Bar Association, a tradition that began in 1960.

09/18/2026

Congratulations to this year’s honorees of Arkansas Access to Justice Free Legal Answers program. Your many hours of volunteer service to assist clients in need is applauded and greatly appreciated. The Arkansas Bar Foundation is proud to support Free Legal Answers and looks forward to celebrating you during the Pro Bono Kick Off Event on October 2nd.

09/18/2026

Please be sure to share this invaluable tool with any young adults in your life! Thank you to the Arkansas Bar Association Young Lawyers' Section for your tireless efforts in updating 18 and Life to Go - a helpful and most informative resource on a myriad of topics for young Arkansans. The Arkansas Bar Foundation is pleased to have provided a grant to help offset the cost of printing this handbook. A link to download the handbook is also provided in the Arkansas Bar Association's post below..

The newly revised 18 & Life to Go: A Legal Handbook for Young Arkansans is here!

Created by the Arkansas Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, this free resource helps young Arkansans understand the laws, rights and responsibilities they may encounter as they enter adulthood.

The Revised Edition • 2026 is now available as a free digital download. Whether you’re a young adult, parent, educator or someone who works with young people, we hope you’ll use it—and share it!

🔗 View & download the free handbook:

https://www.arkbar.com/?pg=legal-pamphlets

A special thank you to the Young Lawyers Section members and volunteers who gave their time and expertise to update this important resource: Eli Cummins, Grace Wewers Fletcher, Amanda Kennedy, Eric Brown, Marcus A. Priest, Sydney Rasch, Brittany Hawkins, Hayley Ferguson, Lindsey Roy, Samuel W. Mason and Beau Duty.

We also thank the Arkansas Bar Foundation for providing grant funding to support this publication and help us get it into the hands of young Arkansans.

Watch for more information about availability and our efforts to connect schools and other organizations across Arkansas with this resource.

09/17/2026

09/17/2026

Cheers to a successful and fun evening Friday at the Arkansas Bar Foundation's Raising the Bar fundraiser at Native Brew Works in Jonesboro. Thank you to all who attended - we had a wonderful turnout! Thank you to our generous Sponsors - during this ninth year in hosting this fundraiser, 2026 marked a milestone breaking all records for the most funds raised for the Foundation from this event and the largest number of sponsors - we could not have done this without you!

Photographer: James Bickham Visuals

09/17/2026

The photos have arrived! First thank you to Robert and Mary Kay Jones Mary Kay Pace Jones for serving as Hosts for this year's successful event and a great amount of gratitude to this year's Raising the Bar Committee for your excellent work! Please see photos from throughout the evening in the post that will soon follow.
Photographer: James Bickham Visuals

09/15/2026

Thank you to our VIP Sponsors of last Friday evening's 2026 Raising the Bar! We appreciate your support. A special shoutout to VIP Sponsors who served on the Raising the Bar Committee for their hard work: Mark Mayfield, Brant Perkins and Robert Thompson. Please watch for photos of those in attendance later this week,

09/15/2026

Thank you to our Partner Sponsors of the 2026 Raising the Bar event last Friday. We look forward to sharing photos later this week of those in attendance.

09/15/2026

Thank you to our generous Scholar Sponsors of the 2026 Raising the Bar event last Friday. We look forward to sharing photos later this week of those in attendance.
John N. Fogleman Nancy Norris Fogleman PPGMR Law, PLLC Mayer LLP The Wilson Law Group Rose Law Firm Landmark CPAs Rainwater Holt & Sexton Fuqua Campbell Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP Hall Estill