Access to Justice Foundation and Commission Joint Meeting
June 3rd, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
Agenda & Materials
9:30 AM– Breakfast
10:00 AM–Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform Report (CLE Accreditation Pending)
Speaker: andre douglas pond cummings–Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Charles Baum Distinguished Professor of Law, William H. Bowen School of Law
11:00 AM–Break
11:15 AM–How Courts Can Use Technology to Improve Access to Justice (CLE Accreditation Pending)
Moderator: Hon. Amy Dunn Johnson–Circuit Court Judge, 6th Judicial District
Panelists:
Hon. Tommy Fowler–State District Court Judge, Craighead County
Grace Gault–District Court Clerk, Sherwood District Court
Sharon Blount-Baker–Circuit Clerk & Ex-officio Recorder, Crawford County
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12:15 PM–Lunch
1:00 PM–Winthrop Rockefeller Staff Welcome
1:10 PM–Small Group Sessions
2:00 PM–Fines & Fees Panel (CLE Accreditation Pending)
Moderator: Hon. Carlton Jones–Circuit Judge, 8th-South Judicial Circuit
Panelists:
Rachael Borné–Director of Career Services, Our House
Josh Jackson–Attorney, Beyond Opioids Project
Hakim Malik, Little Rock Resident & Advocate
Hon. Tommy Fowler–State District Court Judge, Craighead County
3:00 PM–Business Meeting
- Welcome–Mr. Mayfield & Mr. McKinney
- Elections (For approval–Foundation Board)
- Eddie Walker for election to the board.
- John Thomas Shepherd for re-election to the board.
- Officer Elections
- President-Cliff McKinney
- Vice President-Sainabou Sonko
- Treasurer-Hillis Schild
- Secretary-Brian Clary
- Approval of Minutes
- Commission Meeting Minutes–Mr. Mayfield
- Foundation Meeting Minutes–Mr. McKinney
- Governance Committee Report (For approval–Foundation Board)–Mr. Glover & Mr. McKinney
- Executive Director’s Report–Mr. Bates-Rogers
- Tameka is transitioning into the IOLTA Program Manager position.
- Please help us find a new Executive Assistant by sharing this job post.
- Ginny Greer is this summer’s Fendler Fellow.
- IOLTA Update
- CLE Update
- Statewide Pro Bono Portal
- Finance Committee Report–Ms. Schild
- Financial Statements (For approval–Foundation Board)
- Budget Amendment-Statewide Pro Bono Portal (For approval–Foundation Board)
- Proposed Amended 2022 Budget
- Funds would come from a previously pledged gift from the Rose Law Firm.
- Initial funds from Rose Law Firm are sufficient to fund set up and the first two years of operation.
- Paladin Proposal
- Similar site built by Paladin for the Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation: www.okprobono.org.
- Investment Policy/Bank of America Excess Funds
- Investment Statements (For information)
- Account Signer Resolution (For approval–Foundation Board)
- Scholarship Committee Report (For information)–Ms. Lee
- Partner Reports
- Jean Carter–Executive Director, Center for Arkansas Legal Services
- Lee Richardson–Executive Director, Legal Aid of Arkansas
4:00 PM–Adjourn
Meeting Location
1 Rockefeller Drive
Morrilton, Arkansas