Elon Law faculty publish books, journal articles and news columns during summer 2009

Recent scholarship and service by Elon Law faculty members includes: "An Overview of U.S. Law," a book co-authored by Steven Friedland, a casebook on tort law co-authored by Helen Grant, a book on teaching strategies for law professors co-authored by Howard Katz, a law review article on personal jurisdiction by Catherine Ross Dunham, and a series of news columns about the need to reform North Carolina's judicial selection system by Scott Gaylord, Andrew Haile, and Alan Woodlief.

For details about recent Elon Law faculty publications and presentations, click on the links that follow:

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

– Helen Grant co-authors new edition of popular Australian casebook on the law of torts

– Howard Katz co-authors book on teaching strategies for law professors

– Catherine Ross Dunham publishes law review article on the use of Internet contacts to establish personal jurisdiction in federal courts

– Elon Law professors Gaylord, Haile, and Woodlief call for judicial election reforms following Supreme Court ruling

– Sonya Garza underscores historic significance of Sotomayor’s confirmation to the Supreme Court

– Steven Friedland, Scott Gaylord, and Howard Katz provide insight into Supreme Court nomination hearings through N.C. media

– Andrew Haile and Thomas Molony continue “Business Law Developments” series in N.C. Bar Association’s quarterly publication

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

– Henry Gabriel helps to shape the future of international commercial law at meetings in Rome, Santa Fe, and Washington, D.C.

– Catherine Wasson speaks at Biennial Conference of the Association of Legal Writing Directors

– Leary Davis speaks at international law and leadership program in Washington, D.C.

– Andrew Haile provides analysis of “Sin Taxes” for WUNC and WNPR radio

– John Alexander urges strong council-manager form of goverment in News and Record op-ed

– Andrew Haile evaluates proposed tax to cover N.C. budget deficit

– Catherine Wasson advises on legal writing pedagogy at law conference in South Africa

– Martha Peters advises on mediation techniques in Poland

– Andrew Haile column in The Business Journal calls for clarity in North Carolina corporate tax system

Additional faculty publications and presentations that took place over the summer of 2009 will be reported in the law school’s year-end summary of research and scholarship, published in the spring of 2010.