Remembering Judge Richard Arnold

I was blessed, after law school, with the opportunity to work for a brilliant and decent man, Judge Richard S. Arnold of the United States Court of Appeals.  Judge Arnold died a little over two years ago, on September 23, 2004.  (Here is a blog post I did, right after learning about his death.)

The University of Arkansas-Little Rock's Bowen School of Law now hosts an annual Arnold Lecture, honoring Judge Arnold and his brother, Judge Morris S. Arnold.  Last night, Justice Thomas -- who came to know Judge Arnold well, in connection with his assignment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit -- gave that Arnold lecture.  Here is a report.

Here's a bit from a post I did, the day after Judge Arnold's death:

The Judge was humane, wise, and devout. . . .  There are few like him. In terms of the law, he was an old-school liberal who admired both Justice Black and Justice Brennan, and a textualist with originalist leanings who loved and respected Justice Scalia; he was a "strict separationist" who really did believe that such a legal regime was essential to preserving religious freedom; he was passionately committed to fairness and to the dignity and rights of litigants and defendants; he knew that the law should be just, yet knew also that judges cannot right every wrong. His writing was at the same time elegant and simple, clear and memorable. . . .

Judge Arnold was a great judge, and a deeply good man.  Thanks to the Bowen School of Law, and to Justice Thomas, for honoring him.