Articles by Eric Townsend
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Elon Law team earns second place for legal brief at moot court contest
October 12, 2020
McCathern Painter L’20 and Megan Wilson-Bost L’20 also reached the quarterfinals of the 20th Annual Leroy R. Hassell, Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition hosted virtually by Regent University School of Law.
Elon Law scholar presents on intersection of COVID-19 and trade secrecy
October 2, 2020
Professor David S. Levine outlined the ways in which legal scholars and medical practitioners must better understand how intellectual property laws can help - or hinder - the pursuit of therapeutics and vaccines.
Voting rights take center stage at Elon Law Review symposium
September 30, 2020
The director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project was joined by practicing attorneys and some of the nation’s top legal scholars on election law in a virtual program on the ways in which access to the ballot box has been expanded - and limited - throughout history.
‘There’s always more that you can learn’
September 25, 2020
What was one of Assistant Professor Amanda Elyse’s observations to aspiring attorneys who took part in the inaugural program of a new video series hosted by the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division? "Where we start in legal writing is not a fixed point."
An award-winning question: Should a person’s reputation on social media be admissible in court?
September 24, 2020
Elon Law Professor Catherine Ross Dunham's latest essay, named the 2020 Edward D. Ohlbaum Paper in Advocacy from Temple University, suggests that federal courts should reconsider the rules by which witnesses are allowed to testify to someone's character.
Statements from Elon Law scholars on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
September 18, 2020
Elon Law Dean Luke Bierman, Associate Dean Wendy Scott, and Senior Scholar Steve Friedland reflect on the legacy of the second woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, a jurist who died September 18, 2020, at the age of 87.
Elon Law hosts its first Student Organization Virtual Fair
September 18, 2020
Student organizations created videos and hosted online Q&As this month as Elon Law took a fresh approach to annual events impacted by the physical distancing practices in place because of COVID-19.
Elon Law professor quoted in coverage of nurses’ union drive
September 7, 2020
Associate Professor Eric Fink spoke with the USA Today Network for a September 4, 2020, story out of western North Carolina about nurses voting to form a union at the region's largest hospital.
Elon Law names students to Moot Court Board
September 2, 2020
Twenty-seven students in the Class of 2021 will help lead moot court programs over the next year by participating in upcoming national contests and coordinating Elon Law's own Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition.
Elon Law alumni provide counsel on N.C.’s pandemic relief
August 27, 2020
As attorneys for the North Carolina General Assembly, Luke Gillenwater L’11 and Jeremy Ray L’11 assisted state lawmakers this spring with bipartisan legislation aimed at countering the economic and public health damage caused by COVID-19.