Faculty

Local leaders and legal experts will discuss issues around housing insecurity at the Nov. 6 symposium, “Neighboring in a Time of Need,” co-hosted by Elon Law and West Market Street United Methodist Church.

At Elon Law Review’s 2025 symposium, “Breaking News: First Amendment on Trial,” scholars and journalists explored free speech, press rights, social media and AI’s growing influence on information access.

The five annual awards celebrate excellence in teaching, scholarship, service-leadership, mentorship and staff in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.

The popular college guide’s “Best Law Schools for 2025” includes Elon Law and student praise for its innovative, skills-based curriculum and exceptional faculty and staff.

Associate Professor of Law Sara Ochs published her second thriller, “This Stays Between Us,” this summer. Set around a college study abroad trip to Australia that turns deadly, the narrative jumps timelines and leads readers on a suspense-filled race for the truth.

A new law review article by Assistant Professor of Law Erin Fitzgerald advocates national reform to juvenile court jurisdiction rules.

The “On the Rule of Law” Symposium, co-sponsored by the UNC Greensboro, featured faculty from both institutions speaking to the importance of due process and the checks and balances essential to democracy at home and abroad.

Erin Fitzgerald. assistant professor of law, was recently quoted in an article about the juvenile justice system in North Carolina.

Kathy Vinson, of Suffolk University Law School, presented workshops at the school’s downtown Greensboro campus as an Association of Legal Writing Directors Distinguished Speaker.

At a press conference urging raised awareness of sexual violence and its impact on communities, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein and Attorney General Jeff Jackson spotlighted the Guilford County Family Justice Center, where Elon Law staff and students provide emergency legal services.