Johnson Joins School of Legislation Leadership





Whit Pruitt, College Relations
Greneda Johnson
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Dean Cynthia Nance and the College of Arkansas College of Regulation faculty and personnel welcome Greneda Johnson to the school’s administrative staff. Johnson joined the university as director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging on July 11. She will be accountable for the enhancement, coordination and administrative oversight of courses designed to advertise variety inside of the legislation school local community and guarantee equity and inclusion of all faculty constituents. She will also serve as the key liaison to the school’s 31 pupil companies.
“We are energized to have Greneda back in the Faculty of Legislation as section of our leadership staff,” Nance said. “The expertise, dedication and expertise she delivers from her lawful career and her activities in this article as a law student will allow for her to be incredibly productive in this posture.”
Most a short while ago, Johnson served as pro bono director for Authorized Assist of Arkansas, an firm devoted to championing equivalent justice for very low-cash flow men and women and communities. She has also labored as an legal professional specialist or staff lawyer for Legal Help of Arkansas and the Arkansas Section of Human Products and services. At ADHS, she investigated state and federal legislation linked to existing legal problems and recommended administrators on issues impacting the company in addition to getting ready lawful briefs, motions and other pleadings to aid the working day-to-working day work of the company. Johnson’s initial lawful position was as a licensing and compliance regulation clerk at Walmart.
A native of Fort Smith, Johnson is a two-time graduate of the University of Arkansas. In 2004 she been given a Bachelor of Arts in political science and legal reports from the Fulbright Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and she is a 2007 graduate of the College of Law. Johnson has a passion for encouraging others and for improving upon variety in the lawful job. In 2019 she, along with fellow 2007 Faculty of Law graduates Cornelius Boone, Tea’ Boone, Efrem Neely and Angela Wilson, developed and funded a scholarship to stimulate various pupils to opt for regulation as a job. The scholarship will be awarded for a 3rd time this slide. Johnson has also been an active alumna who supported the college by mentoring students and coordinating alumni activities.
About the University of Regulation: The regulation faculty presents a competitive J.D. as well as an superior LL.M. system, which are taught by nationally acknowledged school. The university presents exclusive opportunities for pupils to participate in professional bono do the job, externships, live shopper clinics, competitions, and foods and agriculture initiatives. The school strives to identify, go over, and challenge challenges of race, colour, ethnicity, and the impression(s) they have on learners, college, and employees users to accomplish a diverse, inclusive, and equitable group. From admitting the Six Pioneers who had been the to start with African American learners to attend regulation school in the South without a court get to graduating governors, judges, prosecutors, and faculty who went on to become president of the United States and secretary of condition, the regulation university has a prosperous heritage and culture. Follows us at @uarklaw.
