Archive for November 13, 2009

Speaking with Elon Law students on November 11, David Gergen, adviser to four United States presidents, Director of the Center for Public Leadership and Professor of Public Service at the Harvard Kennedy School, and chair of the Law School Advisory Board at Elon, said that rising public confidence in lawyers would depend on meeting higher standards within the profession.

Robert "Bob" Anderson, an associate professor of political science, spoke with News 14 Carolina anchor Tracey Early on Nov. 13 about health care reform legislation in Washington and what role North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan may play in the debate taking place in the Senate.

Teaching Fellows at Elon have teamed with their counterparts at UNC Greensboro and N.C. A&T to collect canned goods as part of a contest against other North Carolina Teaching Fellows programs.

Deborah Long has been recognized by the North Carolina College Personnel Association (NCCPA) with its Outstanding Service in Support of the Student Affairs Profession Award. Long is a professor of education, director of the Elon Academy and coordinator of civic engagement.

Second year Elon Law students Carla Rogers and David Stephens spearheaded a multi-week campaign this fall to collect goods for military servicemen and women overseas. The campaign drew support from regional corporations, local high schools and middle schools, and from Elon University's MBA program.

Norman Leonard, a Class of 2009 graduate of Elon University School of Law, has been awarded the Sir Frederick Pollock Scholarship by University College London (UCL). The scholarship is given annually to an outstanding North American law graduate pursuing a Master of Laws degree at UCL.

Martha Peters, professor of legal education at Elon Law, delivered a series of presentations in October on self-assessment techniques, professionalism, and career development to law students at Stetson University College of Law and to career services counselors and law students at the University of Florida Law School.

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that symbolized a beginning to the end of the Cold War, an Elon University professor in Europe at the time reflects on his trip with students to see the massive concrete wall separating the city crumble, and how German residents responded to their newfound freedom.