Academics

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.

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."

Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 was among the educators in a webinar hosted by the Society of American Law Teachers in which presenters put forward advice for integrating antiracism education into law school courses.

These four awards recognize members of the Elon community for excellence in teaching, scholarship, civic engagement and mentoring.

In Convocation remarks to Elon Law’s Class of 2022, Kimberly Bullock Gatling, one of North Carolina’s most prominent intellectual property attorneys, encouraged students to “try a little bit of everything” as they begin their legal education in an era of unprecedented global challenges.

Led by graduates from the Class of December 2019, the most recent volume of the Elon Law Review features articles and commentaries on topics that include the U.S. Supreme Court, assessments for measuring student learning in law school, and the politicization of the American judiciary.

With funding from AccessLex Institute, Elon Law will conduct research on new and emerging programs aimed at supporting students in the classroom and on the bar exam.

Assistant Professor Tiffany D. Atkins L’11 will help amplify the voices of underrepresented groups as the first Leadership Experience and Advancement Pipeline (LEAP) Board Member on the LWI Board of Directors.

Thoughtful discussions and messages shared by students in recent weeks regarding the issues of racism and racial violence helped shape a statement unanimously approved June 5, 2020, by faculty of the Elon University School of Law.

Elon Law’s Moot Court Board hosted its largest-ever intramural competition this spring with a contest conducted online for the first time in program history.