Join attorney Arkie Byrd for a lunchtime presentation hosted by the U of A School of Law, the Black Graduate Student Association and Enrollment Services. "75 Years of Progress: The Lasting Legacy of Silas Hunt" will take place in the E.J. Ball Courtroom at the School of Law from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, the 75th anniversary since Silas Hunt's admission to the law school. A reception in the school's Six Pioneers room will follow the presentation.
Byrd, an alumna of the U of A, received her bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor from Fayetteville. Her talk, based on her personal experiences, will address the challenges many first-generation students encounter in their higher education journeys and provide ways students may work to overcome those challenges.
Byrd is a partner with the Little Rock-based law firm of Mays, Byrd and O'Guinn PLLC. She is also a former fellow of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Prior to joining Mays, Byrd and O'Guinn PLLC, Byrd served as a staff attorney for the National Partnership for Women & Families (formerly the Women's Legal Defense Fund). In that position, she was involved in the development of national public policy in the areas of gender and race equity—which emphasized advocacy and constituency representation before the administrative, judicial and executive branches of the federal government. She has advised corporate, governmental and individual clients in Equal...
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