Elon University - School of Law
School of Law - Elon University

Steven Friedland, professor of law
(336) 279-9224, sfriedland2@elon.edu

Professor Steven FriedlandSteven Friedland came to Elon from Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he has been a professor of law for 20 years. At NSU he was awarded various teaching honors, including several law school "teacher of the year" awards and one university-wide honor. He has taught at law schools across the southeast, including the University of Florida, the University of Georgia, Georgia State University and the University of Miami. While in practice, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. A co-author of two books published by Carolina Academic Press, "Techniques For Teaching Law" and "Teaching the Law School Curriculum," he is a national leader and frequent speaker and consultant on improving law school teaching, including the establishment of law schools in Japan. At Elon, he is director of the Center for Engaged Learning in the Law (CELL). He is on the Board of Advisors for the Institute for Law School Teaching and has directed NSU's Guardian Ad Litem and Street Law programs. Friedland has a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, a juris doctor from Harvard Law School, and a master of laws and a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Columbia Law School, where he was also a Dollard Fellow in Law, Medicine and Psychiatry.

Curriculum Vitae

Recent news:

Steve Friedland speaks with WFMY News on jury selection and the effects of prosecutorial misconduct in prior cases

Catherine Dunham and Steve Friedland co-author journal article on modernizing legal education in the 21st Century

Elon Law faculty and staff present at U.K. conference on legal education

Seven members of Elon Law’s faculty present at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2009 Conference

Steven Friedland co-authors book for lawyers enrolled in U.S. Master of Laws programs

Elon Law professors Steve Friedland, Scott Gaylord, and Howard Katz provide insight into Supreme Court nomination hearings through N.C. media

Steve Friedland co-authors book on constitutional law

Steve Friedland speaks with News 14 Carolina about Eve Carson murder case

Steve Friedland offers comments on criminal bonds for WFMY News 2


Related links:

Center for Engaged Learning in the Law (CELL)