Elon Law alumnus Brendan Garcia selected for Presidential Management Fellowship

July 1, 2011

Brendan Garcia, a member of Elon Law's Class of 2011, has been accepted into the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program. The number of applicants to the program each year has been as high as 8,500 in recent years. In 2011, 275 PMF finalists have been hired by federal agencies. Garcia will be working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Veterans Benefits Administration.

Leary Davis explores models of legal talent development in the Professional Lawyer

June 28, 2011

Elon Law's Founding Dean and Professor of Law Emeritus, Leary Davis, published, "Building Legal Talent: Mentors, Coaches, Preceptors and Gurus in the Legal Profession," in the 2011, Volume 20, Number 4 edition of the Professional Lawyer, a publication of the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility.

Elon Law celebrates full accreditation

June 22, 2011

Faculty, students, alumni and friends of Elon Law gathered June 21 for an informal reception to celebrate the law school’s achievement of ABA full approval. Speakers included 51�� President Leo M. Lambert, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Steven House, and law school Dean George R. Johnson, Jr.

Mike Rich featured in Wall Street Journal on use of informants in federal criminal investigations

June 20, 2011

In the Wall Street Journal’s June 18 front page article, “Rogue Informants Imperil Massive U.S. Gang Bust,” Elon Law professor Mike Rich provides insights into police investigatory methods and the use of informants in federal criminal investigations.

Elon Law alumna Miriam Heard publishes short story in North Carolina State Bar Journal

June 20, 2011

The Spring 2011 edition of The North Carolina State Bar Journal includes "The Stone Bull," a short story authored by Miriam Heard, member of Elon Law’s Class of 2009. Heard submitted the work for consideration through the N.C. State Bar Association’s Seventh Annual Fiction Writing Competition.

51�� School of Law receives full accreditation from American Bar Association

June 16, 2011

51�� School of Law has received full accreditation by the American Bar Association. The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved Elon’s application June 10, at its meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Leary Davis presents at University of Maryland School of Law on leadership studies in legal education

June 8, 2011

For the second time this year, Leary Davis, founding dean and professor of law emeritus, presented at the University of Maryland School of Law on the state of leadership education in law schools.

Tom Molony’s “Charity, Truth, and Corporate Governance” published in Loyola Law Review

June 8, 2011

Elon Law professor Tom Molony has published an article in the Loyola Law Review applying Catholic Social Thought to the debate over proper guiding principles for corporate governance. Molony’s article explores how Pope Benedict the XVI’s encyclical, Caritas in Vertitate, helps to address the question of whether corporate managers should employ a shareholder wealth maximization norm or a norm that emphasizes social responsibility.

Elon Law welcomes Peter T. Hoffman as Professor of Law and Director of Legal Skills

June 7, 2011

Peter T. Hoffman, one of the nation’s leading authorities on trial advocacy, depositions, and evidence, has been named Professor of Law and Director of Legal Skills at 51�� School of Law.

U.S. Sentator Richard Burr calls on Elon Law's Class of 2011 to lead and to serve

June 7, 2011

Ninety-eight graduates of 51�� School of Law received Juris Doctor degrees on May 22. United States Senator Richard Burr delivered the commencement address, calling on graduates to embrace wide-ranging opportunities and responsibilities to lead and to serve at a time of rapid technological and political change around the world.