ArkBar News 2020 Mid-Year Meeting
Mid-Year Chair Sarah Jewell and ArkBar President Brian Rosenthal
Barbara Womack Webb, ArkBar President Brian Rosenthal and Judge Morgan “Chip” Welch
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The Association held its Mid-Year Meeting in Little Rock February 6-7, 2020. Thank you to the sponsors, exhibitors, volunteer speakers, planners and the over 200 registrants who made the meeting a success! The meeting included two days of CLE seminars held at a new location—the Holiday Inn Airport in Little Rock. Sarah Jewell of McMath Woods, PA served as the chair of this year’s meeting. Association President Brian Rosenthal welcomed attorneys and judges at the Thursday afternoon reception where attendees had a chance to hear from the two Arkansas Supreme Court candidates Barbara Womack Webb and Judge Morgan “Chip” Welch. A big crowd joined the Young Lawyers Section for their evening reception at the Flying Saucer. ArkBar’s endorsed lawyer’s professional liability insurance agent, BXS Insurance, offered four hours of risk management seminars. For the first time two hours of evening CLE was offered on Thursday. The Association hosted the award-winning traveling exhibit, “100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future,” which celebrates the centennial of the 19th Amendment. The six-banner free-standing exhibit on loan from the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress features historic photos and artifacts, details the story of the battle for ratification and outlines the challenges that remain. In addition to being on display during the Mid-Year meeting, the exhibit spent time at each of the state’s law schools while it was in Arkansas. Sponsors of the exhibit include the Arkansas Bar Foundation, Brian Rosenthal, and the association’s Young Lawyers, Civil Rights and Labor & Employment Law Sections. See the list of sponsors and complete photo gallery at www.arkbar.com/midyearmeeting.
On the Cover
New Sculpture Celebrating 19th Amendment Centennial
As part of ArkBar’s continued celebration of the 19th Amendment Centennial, photographs of the new sculpture by Jane DeDecker titled “Every Word We Utter” are included in this issue and on the cover. The sculpture, located in the Little Rock River Market’s Vogel Schwartz Sculpture Garden, was dedicated on October 10, 2019. The base of the sculpture includes the names of Arkansas women’s suffrage leaders who worked between 1869 and 1919 along with some historical facts. Photos by Mike Pirnique, Pirnique Photography. Read more about the sculpture in AY’s January issue at https://issuu.com/ ayisaboutyou/docs/ayjan2020-allpagescropped/100.
