Robert L. Brown

During his time as an associate justice, Brown served as the court liaison to the Arkansas Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, the Criminal Practice Committee, the Civil Practice Committee, and the Board of Law Examiners. From 2002 to 2004, he served on the board of the Arkansas Judicial Council. From 2011 to 2012, he was appointed by the Arkansas Board of Governors and Arkansas Judicial Council as chair of the Task Force to Study Judicial Election Reform. He is a member of the American Bar Foundation and the Arkansas Bar Foundation.

He served on the board of trustees of the University of the South (Sewanee) from 1981 to 1989 and on the board of regents of the University of the South (Sewanee) from 1989 to 1995. He was president of the Overton Inn of Court from 1999 to 2000. He is a member of the board of directors for the Marie Foundation (To Honor Community Service) and serves on the advisory committee for the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series and on the selection committee for the Jefferson Scholars nominations for the University of Virginia. He currently serves on the University of Arkansas Medical Systems Foundation Fund Board and is co-chair of the Advocacy Committee. In 2017, Brown was appointed to the Central Arkansas Library System Board of Trustees.

He was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of the South (Sewanee) in 2006, the Col. Ransick Award for Excellence in the Profession from the Arkansas Bar Association in 2007, and in 2010 the first Community Support Award from the Arkansas Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, which was named in his honor. In 2013, he received an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws degree from the University of the South (Sewanee). In 2014, he received the Friend of Children Award from the Arkansas Advocates for Family and Children.

Legal Scholarship and articles by Robert L. Brown

"Judicial Recusal: It's Time to Take Another Look Post-Caperton," 38 University of Little Rock Law Review 63 (Fall 2015).

"A Judicial Retrospective: Significant Decisions by the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1991 Through 2011," 34 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 219 (Winter 2012).

"The Little Rock School District's Quest for Unitary Status," 30 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 219 (Winter 2008).

"Just a Matter of Time? Video Cameras at the United States Supreme Court and the State Supreme Courts," 9 The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process (Spring 2007).

"From Earl Warren to Wendell Griffen: A Study of Judicial Intimidation and Judicial Self-Restraint," UALR Law Review (2005).

"Expanded Rights Through State Law: The United States Supreme Court Shows State Courts the Way," The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process (Fall 2002).

"From Whence Cometh Our State Appellate Judges: Popular Election Versus the Missouri Plan", UALR Law Journal (Winter 1998).