Law students encourage kids to excel in school through mock trial performance

February 22, 2011

Members of the Elon Law chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) presented a mock trial before a group of the region's elementary school children on November 21 to teach them about trial advocacy and the range of career and service opportunities created by excelling in school.

Elon Law alumnus Jameson Marks featured in Winston-Salem Journal

February 22, 2011

Jameson Marks, a member of the Class of 2010, was featured in the December 30 edition of the Winston-Salem Journal for the role he will play in the Forsyth County district attorney's office, serving as a prosecutor whose sole focus will be to handle DWI cases.

Jim Exum featured in The Business Journal

February 22, 2011

Elon Law Distinguished Jurist in Residence Jim Exum was featured in The Business Journal's December 3 Triad issue. The article notes that 2010 marks Exum's 50th year in the legal profession, including 20 years serving as a justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Philanthropy Journal spotlights Elon Law’s preceptor program

February 22, 2011

The Philanthropy Journal featured the innovative preceptor program of the Elon University School of Law in a Dec. 23 story. Reporter Todd Cohen described the ways that practicing attorneys are sharing their wisdom with Elon Law students.

Elon Law student co-authors NC State Bar Journal article

February 22, 2011

Elon Law student Andrea Davis, along with Nancy Short Ferguson, counsel with the Chicago Title Insurance Company and Lisa Stewart of the Stewart Law Firm, wrote an article for the Winter 2010 issue of the North Carolina State Bar Journal exploring methods established across several states to help attorneys protect client funds entrusted to them.

One hundred percent of Elon Law faculty and staff contribute to law school scholarship fund

February 22, 2011

For a second consecutive year, every member of the faculty at Elon University School of Law contributed to the Law School Faculty and Staff Campaign in 2010. Giving from the staff at Elon Law rose from 80 percent in 2009 to 100 percent in 2010. Support from the law faculty and staff raises substantial funds for law student scholarships.

Elaine Jones describes elements of effective civil rights advocacy at Elon Law forum

February 22, 2011

Elaine R. Jones, the nation’s top civil rights lawyer from 1993 to 2004, identified core values and key strategies of the African-American Civil Rights Movement through remarks delivered at Elon University School of Law's third annual Martin Luther King, Jr. forum on January 13.

Andy Haile’s research on sin taxes published in Temple Law Review

February 22, 2011

An article by Elon Law professor Andy Haile has been published in the current issue of the Temple Law Review. Haile's article, "Sin Taxes: When The State Becomes The Sinner," examines increasing state dependence on revenues from taxes on tobacco.

Chief justices discuss ethics and judicial power at Elon Law forum

February 22, 2011

Three former chief justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court spoke with first-year Elon Law students on January 14 about their careers, the qualities they value in lawyers, judicial power, and trends in North Carolina law, as part of the law school's winter-term course, Lawyering, Leadership, and Professionalism.

David Levine presents on trade secrecy at Yale Law School

February 22, 2011

On February 10, Elon Law professor David Levine presented a talk entitled "The People's Trade Secrets?" at Yale Law School, through the school's Information Society Project speaker series.