Morris Sheppard Arnold spent two years at Yale before graduating with a B.S. from the University of Arkansas in 1965. He then attended the University of Arkansas Law School where he received his LL.B. in 1968. He received an LL.M. in 1969 and an S.J.D. in 1971 from Harvard Law School. He served as Indiana University (IU) School of Law’s twelfth Dean, in 1985. Arnold joined the IU faculty in 1971 and remained until 1977 when he accepted a position at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. In 1981 he became a faculty member at the University of Arkansas School of Law, remaining there until 1984. In 1985, Arnold returned to IU to become Dean of the Law School. Soon after arriving at IU, Arnold was nominated and ultimately confirmed, to become Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. In 1992 he became a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit and assumed senior status in 2006. Arnold earned the title of Foskett Professor Law from IU in 1985.