H.R. 4028 is a bill to designate the courthouse located at 600 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas as the Richard S. Arnold United States Courthouse. Judge Arnold's career in public service spans over four decades. He was born in Texas and educated in New England. Richard Arnold attended high school at Phillips Exeter Academy, undergraduate studies at Yale, and law school at Harvard. He was a superior student and scholar. While at Yale he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was president of the Yale Debating Society. Harvard Law School awarded him the Sears Prize for the best grades, and the Fay Diploma for graduating first in his class. He clerked for Justice William Brennan and worked for our former colleague, Dale Bumpers, when Bumpers was governor and U.S. Senator. Judge Arnold's resume is filled with awards and honors, including receiving honorary law degrees from the University of Arkansas and the University of Richmond. He was the Madison lecturer at New York University Law School in 1996. In 1999 he received the Meador-Rosenberg Award given by the American Bar Association. Judge Arnold is a prolific writer. His publications are included in the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Arkansas Law Review, Washington University Law Quarterly, St. Louis University Law Journal, and the New York University Law Review.
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Discussing H.R. 4028 to designate a courthouse in honor of Judge Richard S. Arnold.
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