Articles by Eric Townsend
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The Princeton Review lists Elon Law among nation’s best law schools
November 5, 2019
The 2020 edition of “The Best 167 Law Schools" featured student praise for Elon Law’s faculty, its 2.5-year curriculum, and its highly experiential approach to legal education with a residency-in-practice program that is “a tremendous asset to this school.”
Accomplished attorney honored with top Elon Law award
October 29, 2019
Janet Ward Black, a former past president of the North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers, received Elon Law’s 2019 Leadership in the Law Award on Friday at an evening awards gala hosted by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly.
Elon Law elects 2020 Student Bar Association leaders
October 28, 2019
Executive board members and class representatives help lead an umbrella organization that governs other law school organizations and committees.
Elon Law scholar offers insight for judges at national conference
October 24, 2019
Professor Steve Friedland’s presentation to the Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal used emerging research to show how human thought processes rely on implicit biases that don’t always lead to the best judicial decision-making.
Elon Law Review announces Volume 13 editorial board
October 23, 2019
Twelve of Elon University School of Law's top students will guide the publication next year of the student-run and student-edited scholarly journal.
Former N.C. judge: Be a lawyer, not a ‘legal services provider’
October 16, 2019
During his keynote remarks for an evening awards banquet, the Hon. Robert N. Hunter Jr. encouraged dozens of students from law schools across the country who competed in Elon Law’s 10th Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition to learn from mistakes and to recognize the value of the work they perform for clients.
Former U.S. Attorney makes case for battling public corruption
October 12, 2019
Preet Bharara served as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan from 2009-2017, and during his visit to North Carolina to deliver Elon Law’s 2019-20 Distinguished Leadership Lecture, he underscored the need to hold people in power accountable for their crimes, which leads to a stronger democracy.
Elon Law professor an invited panelist at opioid conference
October 8, 2019
Assistant Professor Taleed El-Sabawi took part this fall in a New York University School of Law conference focused on legal and regulatory impacts of the nation’s ongoing opioid health crisis.
Symposium serves up suggestions for protecting court legitimacy
October 4, 2019
The Elon Law Review’s 2019 Symposium on Judicial Independence brought to Greensboro some of the nation’s leading experts on the American court system, with keynote remarks by a Yale Law scholar who favors keeping the U.S. Supreme Court at nine justices while reconfiguring the way they are appointed and help decide cases.
Elon Law scholar recognized for contributions to comparative law
October 2, 2019
Professor Henry Gabriel's election to the International Academy of Comparative Law highlighted a busy summer that included an appointment by the U.S. Department of State, paper presentations around the nation, and teaching in China.