Phillip Cornett

Hometown: Albemarle, N.C.

Undergrad: Western Carolina University

Future plans: Judicial clerkship, North Carolina Court of Appeals, Judge Donna Stroud

Service: Externship, North Carolina Court of Appeals • Externship, Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina, Consumer Protection Division • Volunteer, Deep River Mediation • Legal analysis, Center for Community Self-Help

Reflection: "Our close contact with faculty is unique for a law school. We can go to their offices and talk with them any time. They are right there with us, like at a law firm where they are the partners and we are the associates. Our professors are consistently supportive and it creates a really positive atmosphere. The student body is close for a law school as well. That was one of my fears coming to law school, that it might be a cold atmosphere, but it certainly is not here. Elon Law is a place with a strong sense of community."