Structure of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission
The Commission consists of fifteen voting members, appointed as provided below. The initial voting members drew their initial terms by lot, so that five members will serve a one-year term, five will serve a two-year term, and five will serve a three-year term. All subsequent appointments of voting members shall be for a term of three years. A voting member may be appointed to serve no more than three successive three-year terms.

Should any vacancy in the term of a voting member occur, the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint a successor-voting member who will serve the remainder of the term. Any member whose term expires shall continue to serve until his or her successor is appointed.

The following is the structure of the commission as set forth by the Arkansas Supreme Court.

• The Arkansas Supreme Court appoints five members of the Commission as follows:
  • 1 justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
  • 2 circuit judges, one from a circuit with a total population of more than 100,000 and one from a circuit with a total population of less than 100,000
  • 2 full-time district court judge, and
  • 2 representative from the faculty of the University of Arkansas or University of Arkansas at Little Rock Schools of Law.
    
    
• The Arkansas Bar Association shall appoint five members of the Commission as follows:
  • the President of the Arkansas Bar Association or his/her designee
  • 1 attorney who is either employed as an in-house corporate counsel or whose practice is primarily focused on the representation of corporate clients
  • 1 non-attorney employed in a full time capacity as an advocate for the needs of low income Arkansans,
  • 2 attorneys active in the private practice of law who have demonstrated an interest in the provision of pro bono legal services.
    
    
• The Governor shall be entitled to appoint three members of the Commission as follows:
  • 1 non-attorney employed in a full time capacity by a non-profit agency which is dedicated to providing for the needs of low income Arkansans
  • 1 attorney employed in a full time capacity by the Center for Arkansas Legal Services or Legal Aid of Arkansas
  • 1 non-attorney representative of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce.
    
    
• The Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate shall each be entitled to appoint one member of their respective chambers to serve as members of the Commission.
  
  
• Each of the appointing authorities shall coordinate the appointments to insure that, at all times, the Commission reflects the diverse ethnic, gender and geographic communities of the state.
  
  
• In addition to the voting members set out herein, the Director of the Center for Arkansas Legal Services, the Director of Legal Aid of Arkansas, the Director of the Arkansas IOLTA Foundation and representatives of legal clinics at the state's two law schools [as appointed by their respective deans] shall serve as ex-officio members of the Commission.