In a chapter of the book Coaching for Leadership, Elon Law’s Distinguished Leadership Coach-in-Residence offers insights from his work with law students participating in the school’s Leadership Program.
Elon Law Professor David Levine co-authored a May 9 letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk, signed by 32 legal academics, calling for public access to U.S. negotiating positions related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
Catherine Dunham, Steve Friedland and Michael Rich have provided analysis for national TV networks, international wire services and major newspapers including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse and the Los Angeles Times.
The Elon Law professor writes in an April 29 News and Record article that the proposed amendment to the North Carolina Constitution may have a number of unintended and negative consequences for the state and its residents.
Bonnie McAlister, Executive Coach in Residence at Elon Law, presented at the Association of Law Teachers annual conference at Oxford University in England on April 2.
In March, Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord delivered presentations at Wake Forest University, Thomas M. Cooley and Michigan State University law schools, focusing on sectarian legislative prayer and the First Amendment at Wake Forest and Cooley, and on Constitutional Law questions surrounding the taxation of e-commerce at Michigan State.
Elon Law Professor David Levine recently presented at Drake University Law School and the University of North Carolina School of Law, examining issues in intellectual property law and the Internet.
The St. Louis Public Law Review recently published the article, "Engaging Law Students in Leadership" authored by Elon Law Professor Faith Rivers James.
Elon Law Professor David Levine was invited to be a featured presenter at the thirtieth anniversary symposium of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, held March 28.
Professors Scott Gaylord and Tom Molony recently published articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer and Birmingham News examining the constitutionality of proposed and existing state laws regulating - and in some cases requiring - the use of ultrasounds in connection with abortion procedures.
Elon Law Professor David Levine recently presented scholarship that examines the intersection of intellectual property law, technology and the global economy at Suffolk University and Campbell University law schools.
Elon Law Clinical Practitioner in Residence for the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, Heather Scavone spoke on March 6 at the Nebraska law school's conference on "Effective Representation of Asylees and Refugees."
The March conference co-sponsored by Northeastern University School of Law and Harvard Law School focused on the role of field placement in preparing lawyers.
Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord spoke about sectarian legislative prayer at a religious legal theory conference in February, sponsored by the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics and the Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Pepperdine University School of Law.
Tom Molony recently authored a new installment of "Business Law Developments" in Notes Bearing Interest, a publication of the Business Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.
In February, Elon Law Professor Tom Molony delivered his third consecutive North Carolina Business Law Update at the Joint Annual Meetings of the Business Law, Corporate Counsel and International Law & Practice Sections of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA).
Elon Law Professor Eric Fink discussed worker-ownership and self-management in public services at a UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law symposium on February 25.
Elon Law Professor Michael L. Rich discussed his article, “Of Brass Rings and Red-Headed Stepchildren: Protecting Active Criminal Informants,” on February 24 at Richmond University School of Law.
Professor of Law and Director of Skills Programs at Elon Law, Peter T. Hoffman spoke with lawyers and law professors internationally in January about best practices for teaching trial advocacy.
Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord defends North Carolina's system of judicial elections in the article "Judicial Independence Revisited: Judicial Elections and Missouri Plan Challenges," published in the North Carolina Law Review's online supplement, Addendum. In addition, he published an op-ed on the subject in the Feb. 1, 2012 edition of the News & Observer.
Elon Law Professor Peter Hoffman's article, "Law Schools and the Changing Face of Practice," was recently published in the New York Law School Law Review.
Elon Law professor David Levine discussed his recent article, Transparency Soup: ACTA and the Failure of Black Box Lawmaking, at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting in Washington, DC, January 7.
Published December 19 by the Stanford Law Review Online, the article details "potentially disastrous consequences" of two pieces of federal legislation pending in Congress related to the Internet and intellectual property law.
The article, exploring legal obstacles to public access of government documents and information, was published in the fall 2011 edition of the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review. He also spoke about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on January 7 at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting in Washington, DC.
Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord authored the article, “Government Speech and North Carolina’s ‘Choose Life” License Plate,” published Dec. 21 by Jurist, the web-based legal news service.
In December and January, Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord explored First Amendment issues in radio and television news interviews across the country, including an interview on WUNC's The State of Things about free speech and license plates. He also authored the article, "Government Speech and North Carolina's 'Choose Life' License Plate," published Dec. 21 by Jurist, the web-based legal news service.
In November, Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord gave presentations at law schools in Mississippi and Virginia and participated in a debate in Charlotte, North Carolina.
James G. Exum, Jr., Distinguished Jurist in Residence and founding member of Elon's Law School Advisory Board, was appointed Nov. 21 by the North Carolina State Bar as one of the state's first-ever Appellate Practice Specialists.
Elon Law professor Eric Fink delivered a presentation on privatization, Nov. 15, at a forum of the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC).
On Nov. 18, Elon Law professor David Levine presented, "The Social Layer of Freedom of Information Law" at the 2011 symposium of the North Carolina Law Review.
Elon Law professor John Alexander and David Gergen, chair of the Elon University School of Law advisory board, were involved in the selection process for the 2011 "Top American Leaders" awards.
Presenting at the University of Dayton School of Law on Nov. 17 through the school's faculty colloquium series, Elon Law professor Michael L. Rich detailed why and how criminal law informants should be better protected.
Elon Law professor Henry Gabriel, a United States delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, recently represented the U.S. at a commission meeting on electronic commerce at the United Nations Center in Vienna, Austria. He also represented the U.S. at two symposia in Rome and delivered presentations in Washington, D.C. and Beijing, China.
Professor of Legal History at Elon Law and Professor of History at Elon University David Crowe discussed "International Humanitarian Law and the Path to the Hague" at the Harriman Institute and the East Central European Center at Columbia University on Oct. 24.
Elon Law professors Michael Rich, Sonya Garza and Andy Haile published an op-ed article in the Sunday, Sept. 25 edition of the News & Record arguing that, "our Constitution is not a place for provisions that marginalize minorities or restrict liberties."
Elon Law professors Scott Gaylord and Andy Haile co-authored the article, "Constitutional Threats in the E-Commerce Jungle: First Amendment and Dormant Commerce Clause Limits on Amazon Laws and Use Tax Reporting Statutes." The article was published in the September 2011 edition of the North Carolina Law Review.
Kate McLeod, associate dean for library and information services and associate professor of law, and Patricia Perkins, assistant professor of legal writing, have launched a series of videos designed to help students learn how to draft proper citations to legal authorities.
Elon Law Executive Coach in Residence Bonnie McAlister presented a Continuing Legal Education program at the 33rd Annual Conference of North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys on Sept. 16.
Elon Law professor David Levine's scholarly paper, "The Impact of Trade Secrecy on Public Transparency" is a chapter in the recently published book The Law and Theory of Trade Secrecy. Levine presented recently at the 11th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference and at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest.
Associate Professor of Law Scott Gaylord's article, "When the Exception Becomes the Rule: Marsh and Sectarian Legislative Prayer Post-Summum," appears in the Spring 2011 edition of the University of Cincinnati Law Review.
Elon Law professor David Levine's article, "Transparency Soup: The ACTA Negotiating Process and 'Black Box' Lawmaking," has been published in the American University International Law Review, Volume 26, Number 3.
Elon Law professor David Levine was a featured guest on WUNC radio's The State of Things on August 19. Levine discussed the Protect-IP Act, legislation under consideration in Congress that sponsors describe as an effort to protect online intellectual property, but critics say would be a threat to free speech and open Internet.
Elon Law professor David Levine, along with Mark Lemley, the William H. Neukom Professor at Stanford Law School, and David G. Post, professor of law at Temple University School of Law, have authored a letter to members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives to urge them to reject the PROTECT IP Act. The letter, now signed by 108 intellectual property and cyberlaw scholars, was sent to members of Congress on July 6.
David Crowe, professor of legal history at Elon Law and professor of history at Elon University, recently presented at the 10th Conference of Central Asia and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in China at the invitation of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
Elon law professor Scott Gaylord recently sat down with two television news stations to give his perspective on a recent federal circuit court decision which held that prayers recited in Forsyth County public hearings are unconstitutional.
Peter Toll Hoffman joins Elon as professor of law and director of the legal skills program. Donald R. Dancer and John M. Flynn will serve as distinguished practitioners in residence. Douglas K. Chapman and David R. Maraghy will serve as visiting professors of law.
Elon Law professor and director of the Center for Engaged Learning in the Law Steve Friedland has co-authored the book Techniques for Teaching Law 2, a book designed for law teachers who want to improve their teaching and students' learning.
