Program Summary

Designed to engaged students throughout all three years of instruction using the best practices of leadership education to enhance legal education
Emphasis on total student development, exceptional legal knowledge and skills, engaged learning, leadership and civic involvement
Small school, emphasizing close relationships among students and faculty
Outstanding faculty members recruited nationwide for their exceptional abilities, values and commitment to the vision of the school
Top students recruited for their demonstrated aptitude, achievement and interest in civic engagement and leadership
Access to learning opportunities through experiences with the area’s leading law firms, federal and state courts, businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations
Winter Term opportunities for leadership studies, innovative courses, and community involvement

Elon Law students teach at high schools in Street Law course: For the fifth consecutive year, Elon Law students taught at public high schools through an innovative Street Law course offered in the spring semester.

Michael Mukasey urges stronger U.S. policies to quell Islamic terrorism at Elon Law forum: The former U.S. Attorney General said, “it is not even the end of the beginning” with regard to United States engagement with “Islamism.”

Elon hosts third Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition: Thirty-five teams of law students representing 24 law schools participated in the third annual Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition at Elon University School of Law on April 5 and 6.

Elon Law Review publishes issue on terrorism’s impact on criminal justice: Volume 4, Issue 2 of the Elon Law Review includes articles analyzing how the detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal activity has changed since 9/11.

Elder Law Clinic featured in NCBA publication: Gray Matters, the official publication of the Elder Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA), highlights Elon’s Elder Law Clinic in the March 2013 edition.

Australian law professor teaches mediation at Elon: Legal scholar Judd Epstein, from Monash Law School in Melbourne, Australia, recently visited Elon Law to provide an international perspective on mediation and alternative dispute resolution for third-year law students.

Engaging global commerce in Southeast Asia: Elon Law and MBA students traveled to Vietnam and Singapore in January to explore the dynamics of modern global trade.

Elon hosts trade secrets law works-in-progress workshop: Featuring scholars from seven United States law schools, the Nov. 16 forum, which was planned to be the first in an ongoing series of works-in-progress workshops and conferences, supported the development of scholarship in an increasingly significant area of intellectual property law.

Hot Topics Panel on Affirmative Action - Sept. 27: Elon Law Professor Robert Parrish will lead a discussion among law faculty and students on Thursday, September 27, in Room 206 of the law school on the following topic: "Fisher v. Texas and the Future of Race as a Criterion in University Admissions."

Intramural Moot Court Competition - Sept. 24-Oct. 1: The Intramural Moot Court Competition at Elon University School of Law will be held between September 24 and October 1.