--updated 4/13/2008
Committee Co-Chair, Events Planner, Malcolm Gladwell, University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Committee, April 29, 2008.
Committee Co-Chair, Events Planner, Apollo Ohno, University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Committee, April 1, 2008.
Committee Co-Chair, Events Planner, Anderson Cooper, University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Series, March 7, 2008.
Editor, Faculty Advisor, United States v. Jessica Spano (2008 Altheimer Moot Court Record and Bench Brief) (statutory construction of "use" in federal drug firearm statute and Fifth Amendment analysis of pre-Miranda silence) (student authors and Ben J. Altheimer Chairs: Kaycee Wolf and Ashley Henry).
The Legal News Portfolio: Building Professionalism through Student Engagement in "Off-Topic" Course Content, Vol. 15, No. 3, Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing (Spring 2007).
Editor, Faculty Advisor, United States v. Addison Montgomery (2007 Altheimer Moot Court Record and Bench Brief) ( (psychiatrist-patient privilege, Sixth Amendment confrontation clause analysis)) (student authors and Ben J. Altheimer Chairs: Caleb Patterson, with Ashley Welch).
Invited lecture, Research Integrity, Dr. Navam Hettiarachchy, Honors Thesis Development Class (Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas), presentation on legal writing, plagiarism, and attribution (January 29, 2007) (with colleague Karen Koch).
A Sabbatical Approach to Rejuvenation on Your Home Campus, presentation at the 2006 Legal Writing Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2006.
Committee Co-Chair, Events Planner, Public Policy Forum, James Carville and Mary Matalin (program coordination with Mary Coonley, Office for Student Involvement Leadership, and student co-chairs Justine Middleton and Dwayne Bensing), University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Series, March 2006.
Committee Co-Chair, Events Planner, Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures Series, Billy Collins, (program coordination with Tom Lavoie, University of Arkansas Press), February 2006.
Editor, Faculty Advisor, Arklatex Board of Education v. Girsh (2006 Altheimer Moot Court Record and Bench Brief) (free exercise and establishment clause analysis of intelligent design) (student authors and Ben J. Altheimer Chairs: Ali Brady, Hope Goins).
Public recognition for the work of the Distinguished Lectures Committee:
Committee Member, Robert Redford, University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Series (program coordination by Dr. Dub Ashton, School of Business), May 2005.
Editor, Faculty Advisor, Bearden v. State of Arklatex (2005 Altheimer Moot Court Record and Bench Brief) (Eighth Amendment, forced medication of death row inmate) (student authors and Ben J. Altheimer Chairs: Cassandra Baldwin, Lauren Pratchard).
Committee Co-Chair, Events Planner, Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series, Isabel Allende, (program coordination with Dr. Steve Bell, Latin American Studies), October 2004.
Committee Co-Chair, Events Planner, Dave Barry, University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Series, (program coordination with Dr. Doug Adams, Sociology), April 1, 2004.
A Virtual Twist on Journal Writing, presentation at the 2004 Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, March 6, 2004 (TWEN Message Board, Children's On-Line Privacy Protection Act, State Defamation Law).
Editor, Faculty Advisor, Patel v. State of Arklatex (2004 Altheimer Moot Court Record and Bench Brief) (Fourth & Fifth Amendment, anti-terrorism search and interrogation) (student authors and Ben J. Altheimer Chairs: Lisa-Marie France, Shawn Johnson).
Committee Co-Chair, Events Planner, Public Policy Forum: Al Franken and Ben Stein, University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Series, (program coordination with Stoney Rawlins, ASG President and Dr. Doug Adams, Sociology), November 23, 2003.
Committee Chair, Events Planner, Public Interest Forum: James Earl Jones, University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Series (program coordination with Martin Luther King Committee and Kabin Thomas), February 2003.
Committee Chair, Events Planner, Public Policy Forum: Ehud Barak and Benazir Bhutto, University of Arkansas Distinguished Lectures Series (program coordination with Dr. Doug Adams, Sociology and Professor Steve Sheppard, School of Law), October 24, 2002.
Federal Administrative Law, The Case Study Approach to Teaching State, Federal and International Sources Using Traditional and Computerized Media, presentation delivered at the 2002 Legal Writing Institute, Knoxville, Tennessee (with Sharon E. Foster and Sharon A. Pocock) (IDEA Regulations)
Committee Chair, Events Planner, Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures Series, Buzz Aldrin (program coordination with Dr. Dub Ashton, School of Business and Development Officers from College of Engineering and School of Business), April 30, 2002.
Editor, Faculty Advisor, Mason v. State of Venice (2002 student briefs based on original record written by Caroline Curry, Ben J. Altheimer Student Chair) (Eighth Amendment and religious based preemptory challenges regarding capital punishment of mentally incapacitated inmate).
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Mounting a Legal Argument for Application of the Bona Fide Error Defense to Interpretations of State Collections Law, 2001 Ark. L. Notes 105 (2001).
Editor, Student Authors, Sample Arguments: The FDCPA's Bona Fide Error Defense Should Be Applied to Mistakes in Interpretation of State Collections Law, 2001 Ark. L. Notes 117 (2001).
The Mouse in the Annotated Bibliography: An Insurance Law Primer, 2000 Ark. L. Notes 75 (2000).
Synthesis and Synergy: Building Your Case and Your Credibility with the Help of Adverse Authority, 35 FALL-Ark. Law. 17 (2000).
Chair, Events Planner, Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures Series, Howard Zinn (PDF) (in conjunction with command performance of Zinn's play, Emma) (program coordination with Ozark Stageworks), March 31, 2000.
Chair, Events Planner, Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series, Daniel Janzen (program coordination with Dr. James Whitfield and Dr. Sydney Cameron, Department of Entomology), October 1999.
Rationales and Methods for Using Adverse Authority to Strengthen Legal Argument, 1999 Ark. L. Notes 93 (1999).
Ideals, Obstacles and Achievements, keynote address to Psi Chapter Initiates to Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, University of Northern Iowa (1999).
Disclosing and Confronting Adverse Authority, materials prepared for Twenty-First Century Advocacy Skills, Continuing Legal Education Seminar sponsored by the University of Arkansas School of Law (1998).
Legal Research and Writing, Sampson -- resource page, published on the world wide web at: http://comp.uark.edu/~ksampson (since August 1998) (Jurist's Dean's List Award October 1998).
Professionalism through Integrated Teaching: A Pragmatic View of Educational Theory, presentation delivered at 1998 Legal Writing Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan (with Coleen M. Barger).
A Philosophy and Practical Guide for Building a Strong Advocacy Competition Program, presentation delivered at 1998 Legal Writing Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan (with Frank J. Bozzo and Kim Flanery Coats).
Arkansas's Putative Father Registry and Related Adoption Code Provisions: Inadequate Protection for Thwarted Putative Fathers, 1997 Ark. L. Notes 49 (1997) (lead author, with Kim Flanery Coats and Coleen M. Barger).
Burden Shifting in Will Contest Cases: An Examination and a Proposal that the Arkansas Supreme Court Reconcile Arkansas Rules of Evidence Rule 301 with its Undue Influence Case Law, 1996 Ark. L. Notes 93 (1996).
Mastering the Delete Key: Sculpting a Piece of Writing to fit within a Mandated Page Length, workshop delivered at the 1996 Legal Writing Institute, Seattle, Washington. (with Kevin G. Shelley).
Analytical Assignments for Integrating Legal Research and Writing (Adams & Ambrose Publishing Co. 1996, 1995) (with Jan M. Levine).
Advice to a Beginning Legal Writing Teacher, The Second Draft: Newsletter of the Legal Writing Institute, March 1994.
The Constitutionality of Single-Sex Institutions, seminar presented at Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, Spring 1992 (with Laura Gardner Webster).
Negotiating a Slippery Slope: Voluntary Affirmative Action after Johnson, 14 J. Corp. L. 201 (1988) (student work).