School of Law

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper delivered the Elon University School of Law commencement address on May 23 before 79 members of the Class of 2015.

Members of the Class of 2015 at Elon Law welcomed family members and friends to the law school on May 22 to celebrate achievements of the class on the eve of commencement ceremonies.

In this week’s “Elon Law Now” faculty commentary series, Elon Law Professor of Legal History David M. Crowe describes the emergence and importance of International Humanitarian Law and the International Criminal Court following World War II.

In new Elon Business Law Journal articles Kessler Topaz partner Lee Rudy shares insights on corporate fee-shifting bylaws, and the Journal’s editor-in-chief Timothy Prosky discusses Alibaba’s pending class action lawsuit.

On May 18, Elon Law Professor James G. Exum Jr. delivered the opening address at the Ninth Annual Guilford Model Congress, hosted by high school students at the Early College at Guilford.

In this week’s “Elon Law Now” faculty commentary series, Senior Associate Dean Alan Woodlief details a variety of laws that appear to be created for special interests and urges greater focus on the most important issues facing North Carolina. 

Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord has authored both an article for the spring 2015 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics and an amicus brief in Walker-McGill v. Stuart, which is pending petition in the United States Supreme Court.  

Elon Law Professor Heather Scavone, director of the law school's Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, is the 2015 recipient of Elon University's Periclean Award for Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility. 

Four faculty members and 14 retirees were honored May 13 for excellence and service to Elon.

Elon University School of Law is pleased to host an Admitted Student Day on Sunday, May 31, including a 3 to 3:45 p.m. forum at the law school and a 4 p.m. Greensboro Grasshoppers Baseball Game. All applicants who have been admitted to the law school are welcome and encouraged to attend.