Archive for March 3, 2010

The Patent Law Committee of the NC Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section and Elon Law will co-host a roundtable presentation concerning "Strategies for Dealing with a Charge of Patent Infringement." Prior to the roundtable, the Committee will provide a primer on patent law for students interested in the practice area.

Jessie Moore and Michael Strickland, both members of the Department of English, contributed a chapter on taking student writing public to the collection Going Public: What Writing Programs Learn from Engagement, edited by Shirley K Rose and Irwin Weiser for Utah State University Press.

Ali Ford of the Phoenix women’s basketball team was named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year by both the Southern Conference Sports Media Association and the 11 head coaches. Ford became the second straight Elon player to receive the award, after Tiara Gause picked up the honor last season. Ford was also the only underclassman named to the coaches’ All-Southern Conference team.

At its March 3 meeting, the Elon University Board of Trustees approved faculty tenure and promotions and learned about faculty who will receive continuing track and lecture track appointments.

Elon Law's Distinguished Jurist in Residence James G. Exum, Jr., together with seven members of Elon Law's adjunct faculty and seven attorneys who serve in an advisory capacity at the law school were recently named among the Top 100 North Carolina Super Lawyers of 2010 by Super Lawyers magazine.