In December 2013, the Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law (HIIL) recognized the Courthouse Dogs Foundation as a finalist in the competition for the Successful Innovating Justice award [REF].
In April 2015 the Courthouse Dogs Foundation team was invited to attend Governor Asa Hutchinson's signing of the "Courthouse Dogs Child Witness Support Act" allowing child witnesses to be accompanied by a certified facility dog while testifying in criminal trials [REF].