Faculty

Professor and Senior Scholar Steve Friedland provided insights on the special counsel overseeing the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump for alleged violations of the Espionage Act.

Erin Fitzgerald will bring her prosecutorial background to criminal law courses while Sara Ochs, a Legal Method & Communication Fellow at Elon Law from 2018-2020, returns to the legal writing faculty after three years teaching at the University of Louisville.

Professor Enrique Armijo spoke with journalist Tiffany Hsu for a report on the ongoing lawsuits against media organizations and personalities accused of defaming Dominion Voting Systems.

Elon University President Connie Ledoux Book publicly thanked the interim dean for his leadership on April 18, 2023, and led a loud round of applause by students, faculty, and staff who celebrated his contributions to the downtown Greensboro law school.

Professor Henry Gabriel will spend three months this spring as a distinguished visitor with Cambridge University’s Wolfson College where he will research comparative commercial law at the Center for Corporate and Commercial Law.

Professor and Senior Scholar Steve Friedland has provided legal analysis for national news outlets in their coverage of investigations into 2016 hush-money payments made by President Donald Trump.

Associate Professor Tiffany Atkins L'11 spoke with the popular online news source covering the American legal profession for a report on the expectations of young attorneys starting their careers.

Professor Enrique Armijo, an expert on the First Amendment and libel law, spoke at length with reporter Caitlin Dickson for a report on Dominion Voting System's lawsuit against the cable news organization.

Associate Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 writes in a new journal article on why policies and practices that dehumanize Black Americans represent “ongoing human rights violations occurring in the United States” and how American exceptionalism is “a barrier to justice and accountability.” 

Assistant Provost Amy Overman and Professor Steve Friedland discussed bias, the brain, and how neuroscience impacts the courts on Excited Utterance, a legal podcast that "aims to provide a weekly virtual workshop in the world of evidence throughout the academic year."