Prof. Charles Goldner, Commission Chair

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law

B.A., 1971, DePauw University
J.D., 1973, University of Oklahoma
LL.M., 1987, Georgetown University 

Prof. Goldner serves as the Chair of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission.  During the 2005 legislative session, he was instrumental in the Commission’s initiative to establish the Public Legal Aid Fund, the first state mechanism to provide funding for civil legal services.   In 2006, he moderated the Commission’s Town Hall meetings in each of the state’s four Congressional districts.  Prof. Goldner also currently presents the Commission’s CLE course “Justice: The Pro Bono Component.” 

Prof. Goldner was appointed Dean of the Bowen School in July 2000, and he returned to full-time teaching in 2008.  He joined the law faculty in 1988 after 14 years of private practice in Dallas and Washington, D.C. specializing in municipal finance and commercial real estate law.   He teaches Local Government, Property, Real Estate Transactions and Legal Profession. His published articles in the area of local government have resulted in efforts to reform municipal law in Arkansas.