Archive for March 27, 2015

The Staff Advisory Council Election Results:

More than a dozen bills introduced in the final hours before Thursday's filing deadline would affect transparency in North Carolina. They include eight new records exemptions, a pair of new transparency initiatives, several clarifications on who is subject to the public records law and a special rule that allows law enforcement personnel to have certain personal information removed form government websites. 

A bill filed Thursday in the Senate would limit the right of access created by the Public Records Act to "citizens" of North Carolina. The law currently allows access for "any person" regardless of whether they are state residents. 

The Civitas Institute filed a public records lawsuit this week against the Alamance County Board of Elections after the county attorney insisted that a representative of the group inspect records in person before copies would be made. The lawsuit raises the question of whether a government agency putting additional conditions on a records request prior to fulfilling it amounts to a refusal. 

Elon Hillel is hosting a Passover Seder on Monday evening, April 3, the first night of Passover.  The Seder begins at 5:30pm in McKinnon.   

Paula Patch, lecturer in English, discussed the role of composition and rhetoric faculty who work off the tenure track 

Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord provides analysis of a U.S. Supreme Court case about speech rights and specialty license plates in a March 27 “Constitution Daily” podcast of the National Constitution Center.

In this week's "Elon Law Now," Associate Dean Faith Rivers James provides commentary on the moral, political and procedural dimensions of the advancing federal budget in Congress.

A chance for students, staff and faculty to learn more about making at Elon. More details coming soon.

Learn about Loy Farm's workshop and hands-on learning space