Attorneys, scholars and advocates will examine asylum, immigration policy, family immigration and other issues during “A Changing Landscape: Immigration Law in the 21st Century” on Sept. 25 at Elon Law’s downtown Greensboro campus.
As immigration law evolves amid shifting policies and legal challenges, area lawyers, scholars and the public will hear insights from experts on the nation’s immigration system at the Elon Law Review’s 2026 symposium.
“A Changing Landscape: Immigration Law in the 21st Century” will bring attorneys and scholars to Elon University School of Law in downtown Greensboro on Friday, Sept. 25, to examine the complexities of the nation’s laws and policies.
The symposium will explore how questions surrounding borders, power and the rule of law intersect with contemporary legal challenges. Speakers will address asylum, policy changes, family immigration law, as well as employment and humanitarian issues at the day-long event.
A Changing Landscape: Immigration Law in the 21st Century
Friday, Sept. 25, 2026
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Elon University School of Law
201 N. Greene St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Please register early to reserve a spot.
Keynote Address
“The Complexities of Immigration Policy”
Hillary Walsh, founder of New Frontier Immigration and TEDx speaker
Panel Discussions
Seeking Asylum – Hands-On Immigration Law
- Dara Arroyo-Longoria L’22, attorney at McKinney Immigration Law
- Heather Scavone, assistant professor of law and former associate counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
American Immigration
- Jordin Dickerson, assistant professor of political science and public administration at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Tolulope Folokun, assistant professor of law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
- Allen Orr Jr., founder and principal attorney of Orr Immigration Law Firm
The Family Immigration Landscape
- Kailey Houck, judicial law clerk for Justice Melissa Hart and Justice Susan Blanco of the Colorado Supreme Court
- Maria Rosales, executive director of FaithAction International
In addition to the keynote address and panel discussions, the symposium will feature remarks from Elon Law Dean Zak Kramer; Chief Symposium Editor Rose Peterson L’26; Co-Symposium Editors Abigail MacKnight L’26 and Lauren Collins L’26; and Elon Law Review Editor-in-Chief Rachel Claffee L’26.
About Elon Law Review
The Elon Law Review is a student-edited legal journal that publishes scholarship examining emerging issues and developments in the law. Through its scholarship and annual symposium, the Law Review fosters legal dialogue among scholars, attorneys, judges and students while contributing to the study and practice of law.
About Elon Law
Elon Law is the preeminent school for engaged and experiential learning in law. With a focus on learning by doing, it integrates traditional classroom instruction with a required, full-time Residency-in-Practice field placement for all full-time students during the winter or spring of their second year. The law school’s distinctive curriculum offers a logically sequenced program of professional preparation and is accomplished in 2.5 years, providing exceptional value by lowering tuition and permitting graduates early entry into their careers.
Elon Law has graduated more than 2,000 alumni since its establishment in downtown Greensboro in 2006. Its annual enrollment now tops 600 students, and the law school is regularly featured in the top tier of preLaw Magazine’s “Best Schools for Practical Training” rankings.
Elon Law offers full-time legal education in Greensboro and a part-time, in-person Flex Program in Charlotte. In 2026, the American Bar Association approved Elon Law to expand its signature 2.5-year J.D. program to Charlotte.
Beginning in Fall 2027, students in Charlotte’s full-time and Flex programs will attend classes on the Queens University of Charlotte campus in Myers Park. Elon Law will continue to offer its full-time 2.5-year J.D. program at its downtown Greensboro campus.