Allie K. Barnes

Allie earned her J.D. from the University of Arkansas William H. Bowen School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2024. While in law school, she served as an extern for Magistrate Judge Patricia S. Harris at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Allie is a member of the Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations.

Allie was raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Before attending law school, Allie earned her Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Sociology with minors in Psychology and Honors Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA), where she graduated magna cum laude in 2021. While in Conway, Allie was a member of the Norbert O. Schedler Honors College. She also received the Edwin Sutherland Outstanding Criminology Student and C. Wright Mills Outstanding Sociology Student Awards, and she was a recipient of the 2021 Purple Society Purple Star Award for being one of three outstanding campus leaders.

“A State-Level Analysis of Gender Inequality on Male & Female Homicide” | Co-authored with M.D. Moore and M.H. Heirigs. Published in Crime & Delinquency, Volume 62, Issue 12 (January 2021).

“Social Disorganization & Violence in Arkansas in 2018” | Published in the College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Journal, Volume 8 (2020).

Allie received a Certificate of Recognition for Providing Extraordinary Service from the Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology for logging over 1,300 community service hours while attending UCA.