Anna Cunningham and T. Austin Simmons
Third-year law students Anna Cunningham and T. Austin Simmons have been selected as the 2022-23 Ron and Cassondra LeMay Business Law Fellows. They are selected based on their interest and commitment to business law, significant leadership potential, and prior performance in a business law program.
Cunningham & Simon serve as student leaders for the Law School’s Business Law Concentration Program and the Business Law Association, both advised by Arkansas Bar Foundation Professor of Law, Will Foster and University Professor and Clayton N. Little Professor of Law, Carol Goforth. . Participate in work events with other law students, participate in program offerings, assist in recruiting law students to the business law program, maintain the program’s social media presence, and participate in program-related planning and research. Each will receive a $1,000 stipend.
“I am pleased that Anna and Austin have received this recognition for their valuable work with the Business Law Program,” said Foster. “I look forward to working with them and the business law faculty as we continue to create opportunities for students to develop a deeper understanding of representing businesses and entrepreneurs.”
The Ron and Cassondra LeMay Business Law Fellowship was established to recognize and support exemplary law students devoted to business law. He also wants to promote the commercial law program to all law students.
Anna Cunningham
“I am honored to have the opportunity to work with Austin, Professor Goforth and Professor Foster as a LeMay Business Law Fellow,” said Cunningham. “I look forward to serving our students by expanding our school’s business law programs and creating more opportunities for growth and learning.”
Cunningham is president of the Business Law Society, articles editor. Journal of Food Law and PolicyCommunity Service Chair of the Women’s Law Students Association and member of the Bar Board. She is also the recipient of the Louis L. Petit Chancellor’s Law Fellowship and the 2022 Caitlin Labuda Award. The Caitlin Labuda Award is given annually to a member of the Editorial Board Journal of Food law and policy To identify happy and positive leadership.
T. Austin Simmons
“I am very excited to be able to work with Anna and Professors Will Foster and Carol Goforth this school year,” Simmons said. “The LeMay Business Law Fellowship allows me to communicate with both faculty and students about our business law program. My goal is that these relationships lead to the continued promotion of our business law opportunities and innovative solutions that create long-term growth for the business law program.”
Simmons, Business Law Association Vice President, Symposium Editor b Arkansas Law Review, and is active in the Christian Law Society. Simmons will hold the Certified Public Accountant designation until he meets the work experience requirements upon graduation.
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