Diversity Day at Elon Law set for February 7, 2009, with featured speaker Elaine R. Jones

February 3, 2009

Elaine R. Jones, who served as the first woman president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) from 1993 to 2004 and championed a number of groundbreaking civil rights cases over a career spanning three decades, will deliver the keynote address at 51�� School of Law’s second annual Diversity Day, presented in partnership with DiscoverLaw.org, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009.

Law students assist local nonprofits in winter course

January 30, 2009

Students in the Winter Term course “Public Law & Leadership” made a series of presentations this month to the leaders of four Greensboro nonprofits who sought advice on legal questions involving their work.

Elon Law hosts trial advocacy training class for regional faculty

January 29, 2009

Elon Law and Wake Forest Law School co-hosted a National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) faculty training course on Saturday, January 24 at the 51�� School of Law.

Andrew Haile publishes article for the American Bar Association Supreme Court Preview

January 29, 2009

Assistant Professor Andrew Haile has published an article for the American Bar Association Supreme Court Preview about the pending case of Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi.

Elon Law Students Participate in Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

January 23, 2009

51�� School of Law students participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service Jan. 19 by volunteering at the Welfare Reform Liaison Project (WRLP) in Greensboro.

Philip Craft named director of communications for 51�� School of Law

January 22, 2009

Philip A. Craft has been named director of communications for 51�� School of Law. He joins Elon Law after serving seven years as deputy chief of staff and press secretary for U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (N.Y.) and three years as director of communications and marketing for City Parks Foundation in New York City.

N.C. Bar Association president speaks on MLK Jr.

January 19, 2009

As he encouraged students to use their future profession to “right the wrongs of injustice,” Charles Becton, president of the North Carolina Bar Association, examined the visions of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Jan. 14 keynote address at Elon Law in a commemorative program sponsored by the Black Law Students Association.

Steve Friedland offers comments on criminal bonds for WFMY News 2

January 13, 2009

Steve Friedland, Senior Scholar and Professor of Law of the Elon University School of Law, provided analysis for WFMY News 2 in Greensboro, N.C., for a Jan. 12 segment on the bond amounts set for defendants charged with driving while impaired in wrecks that end with fatalities.

“Constitutions and Cultures” course brings acclaimed lawyers to Elon

January 12, 2009

Legal minds from the United States, Japan, Scotland and Germany will share their expertise with Elon Law students this winter in “Constitutions and Cultures: The Idea of a Constitution,” a course taught by noted constitutional law expert A.E. Dick Howard.

Woodlief publishes N.C. treatise supplements

January 12, 2009

Associate dean and associate professor of law Alan Woodlief recently authored annual supplements to two North Carolina treatises, Shuford North Carolina Civil Practice and Procedure and North Carolina Law of Damages.