Little Rock, Arkansas
UALR William H. Bowen School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1969
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 153
- Median GPA
- 3.41
- Resident tuition
- $13,770
- First-year class
- 154
- Bar-required jobs
- 75%
- First-time bar passage
- 78.9%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Joint and dual degrees
A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (6)
- Business Innovations Legal ClinicSchool page for Business Innovations Legal Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Delta Divorce ClinicSchool page for Delta Divorce Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Family Law ClinicSchool page for Family Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Low Income Taxpayer ClinicSchool page for Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Mediation ClinicSchool page for Mediation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Veterans Legal Services ClinicSchool page for Veterans Legal Services Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (2)
- Public Service ExternshipSchool page for Public Service Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Summer Public Defender ExternshipSchool page for Summer Public Defender Externship (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
75
Clinic positions available
112
88 filled
Field placements filled
50
Simulation course seats
272
Co-curricular offerings
36
Full-time faculty
32
70 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
