University of Arkansas BS Ed. 1975, Magna Cum Laude; JD, 1978
Arkansas Law Review, Assoc. Editor & Member (1976-78)
Arkansas Bar Association
Women Lawyers Judicial Screening Panel (1980)
Reporter, American Bar Association Compilations on State Limited Liability Company and Partnership Laws and Limited Partnership Laws (1987-2002)
Reporters, Arkansas Bar Association revision of Arkansas Debtor-Creditor Relations Handbook (2002)
Professor of Law – University of Arkansas School of Law (1984-present)
Lowell Planning Commission, Chair (1979-1980)
Benton County Quorum Court, Justice of the Peace (1980)
Lifestyles Board of Directors (1988-1997)
Lifestyles Foundation Board of Directors
(1988-2003)
Advisory Board, Northwest Arkansas Junior League (2003-2004)
Earlene Scruggs Scholarship Board (2003-present)
Jones Center for Families (President 2001-2002, Board Member 2001-2004, Program Committee 2004-present)
Board of Directors, Arkansas Law Review and Association
Journal, Inc. (1990-present)
Board, Arkansas Lawyer (2005-present)
“Financial Instruments Issued by Agricultural Cooperatives” USDA, ACS Report No. 68 (1988)
“A Review of Limited Partnership Law in Arkansas,”
41 Arkansas Law Review 189 (1988)
“Corporate Statutes — Which One Applies?”
13 UALR L.J. 69 (1990)
“Recent Developments in the Law Regarding Agricultural Cooperatives,” 68 N.D.L. Rev. 273 (1992)
“Credit Cards – Authorized and Unauthorized Use,” 13 Annual Review of Banking Law, Boston U. School of Law 233 (1994)
“The Arkansas Limited Law Liability Company — A New Business Entity is Born,” 46 Ark. Law Rev. 791 (1994)
“Derivative Suits and the Similarly Situated Shareholder Requirement,” 8 Depaul Bus. L.J 1 (1995)
“Current Developments in the Law Regarding Agricultural Cooperatives,” 1 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law (1996)
“The Shareholder Derivative Suit in Arkansas,”
52 Ark. Law Rev. 353 (1999)
Steve H. Nickles & Mary Beth Matthews, Payments Law in a Nutshell (Thomson West) (2007)
Steven H. Nickles & Mary Beth Matthews, Black Letter Outlines – Payment Systems (Thomson West) (2007)