Inclusive Excellence - Elon Law

Executive board members and class representatives help lead an umbrella organization that governs other law school organizations and committees.

The two-day summit marked the official launch of the "Act-Belong-Commit" framework, which promotes a mentally healthy Elon campus.

Three Elon Law alumni shared perspectives and practical advice with current students as part of a Hispanic Heritage Month panel conversation hosted in September by the Hispanic and Latinx Law Students Association and the Women's Law Association. 

The Hispanic and Latinx Law Students Association is hosting events open to the entire Elon Law community in commemoration of September’s Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Black Law Students Association leads a series of programs from Sept. 16-20 to encourage students of color - both those already at Elon Law and those considering law school - to find mentors, develop networks, and learn of available resources for achieving academic and professional success.

Second- and third-year Elon Law students completed internships over the summer months with judges, law firms, nonprofits and government agencies around the United States.

Elon Law's Class of 2021 was reminded this month of the ways a legal education can benefit society when students gathered on main campus for a Convocation ceremony that emphasized academic and professional expectations for law students.

The second-largest class in Elon Law history is also its most diverse, with more than half of new students hailing from outside of North Carolina and nearly a third who identify as students of color.

Aiming to make a legal education less intimidating for first-generation law students, James Harris L'19 and Dan Walsh L'20 created "Law School Crucible" with interviews showcasing the many ways the Elon Law community defines success.

Students can now complete pro bono hours by transcribing pre-Civil War bills of sale for people once enslaved in Guilford County, part of a broader effort to create a searchable database of digitized records tied to North Carolina's history of slavery.