The 2012 Symposium of the Elon Law Review will examine, “Emerging Issues in First Amendment Jurisprudence: Interpreting the Relationship Between Religion and the State in the Modern Age." Proposals for participation in the October 26 symposium should be submitted by July 15.
Thirty-three teams of law students representing 21 law schools participated in the second annual Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition at Elon University School of Law on March 30 and 31. North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Paul Martin Newby delivered the keynote address at the competition banquet.
Elon Law student Ben Snyder and his Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic client Lynn Knul had cause to celebrate on February 24, when Knul, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States, becoming one of the nation's newest citizens.
The 2012 Conference on International Law at Elon University School of Law will focus on "War Crimes, Human Rights, and Immigration."
Location: Elon University School of Law, Greensboro, N.C. Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sponsors: Elon Law, Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa and The Fund for Excellence, International Studies, the Department of History and Geography, Department of Political Science, Prelaw and AAASE
Contact Person: Dr. David Crowe, School of Law / Department of History and Geography.
Marking the ten-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the 27-member editorial board of the Elon Law Review welcomed law scholars and criminal law enforcement experts from across the country on Oct. 21 to participate in a symposium titled, "Terrorism's Impact on Criminal Justice: How the Detection, Investigation, and Prosecution of Criminal Activity Has Changed Since 9/11."
At the Fourth Annual Elon Law Intramural Moot Court Competition, held Nov. 2-7, twenty law students earned an invitation to join the law school's Moot Court Board. Grant Buckner and Chantelle Lytle were the competition champions.
Elon University School of Law and the Elon Law Review are major sponsors of a jointly presented conference scheduled for Nov. 4 in Raleigh, NC, titled, "A Radical Notion of Democracy: Law, Race, and Albion Tourgée, 1865-1905."
On Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, Elon University School of Law and the Elon Law Review will present a symposium to discuss criminal law issues emerging in the decade since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden spoke with Elon law students Sept. 16 and with undergraduate students Sept. 15 on a range of subjects including political appointments, the evolving priorities of the Department of Justice and the role of attorneys as advocates.
At Elon Law's Sept. 2011 Reception with the Legal Community, faculty members presented Strongest Comprehensive Performance awards to recognize outstanding overall performance by a student in each of the school's required courses of the 2010-11 academic year.
Volume three, issue one of the Elon Law Review includes four articles by scholars and teachers of law who are experts in legal education pedagogy. The authors explore enhancements to casebooks, testing techniques, teaching methods, teacher evaluation, and other aspects of law school instruction to improve learning in legal education.
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 Elon University President Leo M. Lambert, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Steven House, and law school Dean George R. Johnson, Jr.
Elon University 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.
A two-day seminar organized by the faculty, staff and students of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic at Elon Law featured presentations by immigration law scholars and practitioners, law enforcement officials, and leaders of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. Dozens of non-profit immigration service providers and attorneys specializing in immigration law attended the event.
Law scholars William M. Carter, Jr. of Temple University Beasley School of Law, Jacqueline D. Lipton of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and Frank Pasquale of Seton Hall Law spoke at Elon University School of Law this year through the law school's faculty development lecture series.
On October 21, 2011, the Elon Law Review will present a symposium to discuss criminal law issues emerging in the decade since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Details about the symposium and the Law Review's Request for Proposals are noted in this article.
At Elon Law's sixth Reception with the Legal Community this year, The Honorable John C. Martin, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, spoke as the event's special guest judge.
Concluding Elon Law's year-long series of Receptions with the Legal Community on April 14, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Catherine Dunham expressed appreciation to 53 lawyers who mentor law students through the school's Preceptor Program. Eloise Hassell received the Preceptor Outstanding Service to Students award from the Student Bar Association.
Volume 2, Issue 1 of the Elon Law Review explores "Emerging Frameworks for International Business Transactions." Issue 2 explores issues in contract interpretation, the foreign intelligence exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement, property rights, and judicial discretion in the application of domestic violence protective orders.
The faculty at Elon Law held the first in a series of Hot Topics forums on April 5, exploring a range of legal and societal implications of WikiLeaks. The Hop Topics series is designed to engage the law school community in regular analysis and conversation about prominent issues in legal current affairs.
Seventeen law schools and 31 teams of law students participated in the inaugural Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition at Elon University School of Law on April 1 and 2. David Gergen, chair of Elon Law's national advisory board, former adviser to four U.S. presidents, CNN senior political analyst, and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, delivered the keynote address at the competition banquet.
The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 said that the agency's top priority had changed dramatically since 2001, from detection and prosecution of crime to prevention of terrorism.
The featured guest at Elon Law's March 10 reception with the legal community was the Honorable V. Stuart Couch, appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in October 2010 to serve as an Immigration Judge in the Charlotte Immigration Court.
After retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke at Elon Law on March 8, several North Carolina newspapers editorialized in favor of her call to change the state's system of selecting judges.
On October 28, Stephen Wermiel, coauthor of Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion, spoke with Elon Law students and faculty about his new book, which gives unprecedented access into the life of William J. Brennan, Jr., considered by many to be the most influential Supreme Court justice of the twentieth century. Click on the E-Cast link to the right of this article to listen to Wermeil's lecture on audio.
Elon University School of Law has established the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, allowing students under the supervision of law faculty to provide free legal services to low-income refugees and asylum seekers in North Carolina.
Elon law and MBA students participating in a collaborative Winter Term course on international business chronicled their trip to Vietnam and Singapore through a blog accessible through the E-Cast link to the right of this article.
Three scholars whose current research explores the social significance of historical, visual, and scientific war crimes evidence spoke at Elon Law on January 18, exploring the Bosnian War and its aftermath in depth.
