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Very few people ever have the opportunity to win big money on a talk show hosted by one of the most beloved pop culture icons of the past quarter-century. Lauren Hossfeld L’Dec.’17 is in that elite group.

Advocacy by students and staff in the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic culminated this month with a young Congolese refugee seeing her family for the first time in nearly four years.

Associate Dean Enrique Armijo spoke with the Greensboro news station for a report on the scant legal protections available in North Carolina for those who are victims of cyberbullying.

Professor Scott Gaylord offered insight for the WXII story that focused on gun control legislation and interpretation of the Second Amendment.

The Emergency Legal Services Program, which assists victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and elder abuse at the Family Justice Centers in Guilford and Alamance counties, was renewed for another two years through a grant from the North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission.

Associate Professor of Law Eric Fink was featured in an article about the possibility of strikes by North Carolina public school teachers.

Professor Sue Liemer and Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L'11 recently led or took part in panel discussions on teaching and mentoring in Washington, D.C., during the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools.

Elon Law's Advocacy Fellows welcomed Associate Justice Mark Davis of the Supreme Court of North Carolina for a Tuesday program with retired Chief Justice James G. "Jim" Exum Jr., whose work in the state judiciary is featured in Davis' new book "A Warren Court of Our Own: The Exum Court and the Expansion of Individual Rights in North Carolina."

A new law review essay by Elon Law’s Sara Ochs explains what happened when a court set up to prosecute war crimes signaled that it might investigate crimes against humanity in Afghanistan. 

A fall trimester course provided Elon Law students with an opportunity to visit local high schools and a juvenile detention center to teach teenagers about the constitutional rights afforded them in the justice system.