The State's First Promise of Justice Conference

The Arkansas Access to Justice Commission invites you to the state's first Promise of Justice Conference:

Friday, November 13, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Peabody Hotel and Conference Center
Three Statehouse Plaza
Little Rock, AR 72201

Featured Presentations

The one-day event will feature presentations by:

Discussion Groups

The conference will also have four discussion groups:

• Family Law and Low-Income Arkansans
• Consumer Law and Low-Income Arkansans
• Housing Law and Low-Income Arkansans
• Public Benefits Law and Low-Income Arkansans

Each discussion group will be divided into two sessions. During the morning session, participants will hear from Access to Justice Commissioners and legal aid attorneys about problems that low-income Arkansans face within their areas of poverty law. During the afternoon session, participants will reconvene and develop solutions to these problems. The Commission will compile these discussions and solutions into a report and submit it to the state’s two law reviews.

Conference attendees are asked to participate in both sessions of only one discussion group. You do not need to know anything about these areas of poverty law. When you register, we simply ask you to pick the discussion group that sounds most interesting to you.

Lunch, CLE Credit, and Fee

Lunch will be provided, as will three hours of CLE credit (including one hour of Ethics). If you want CLE credit, there is a $100.00 registration fee. If you do not want CLE credit, the conference is free.

Hotel Rooms

Conference attendees can reserve a standard hotel room at the Peabody for $109.00. (That's $100.00 off its regular price). To take advantage of this discount, please reserve your room before Saturday, Oct. 17.

The Peabody Little Rock does require a first night's deposit equal to one night's guestroom and tax to be submitted with each reservation. This deposit will be refunded if the reservation is cancelled prior to 24 hours before arrival, after which time, this deposit is non-refundable. To reserve your room, please call the Peabody at (501) 906-4000.

Registration and More Information

We hope you can participate. For registration and other information, please see the links below.

• Registration (link no longer active)
• Agenda
• Speaker Bios
• Brochure

Please join us in making Arkansas’s first Promise of Justice Conference a success. We look forward to seeing you there, and we look forward to your active participation.