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“One does one's best work where one is really engaged and committed.” Dean Emeritus George R. Johnson, Jr. praised Elon Law students and graduates while reflecting on his contributions to legal education in a video conversation recorded weeks before his passing. 

A towering figure in the North Carolina legal community, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law George R. Johnson, Jr., who shepherded Elon Law through its first accreditation process with the American Bar Association, died November 15 following a lengthy illness.

A group of Elon Law faculty, staff and students is sharing on a monthly basis what members are reading and watching as part of a desire to engage in important discussions on topics related to race and history.

Senior Scholar and Professor of Law Steve Friedland told WXII 12 viewing audiences that "we need to do more training for people so they don't end up with misconceptions about what their rights are."

Elon Law Assistant Professor Caroleen Dineen is one of eight faculty members selected for an Elon University program that supports professors interested in incorporating or enhancing a focus on sustainable principles and practices in their courses.

A group of Elon Law faculty, staff and students is sharing on a monthly basis what members are reading and watching as part of a desire to engage in important discussions on topics related to race and history. 

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.

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."

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.

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.