School of Law

In the July 24 edition of the Triad Business Journal, Andy Haile, Assistant Professor at Elon University School of Law, cautions against the N.C. General Assembly's tax compromise to finalize the state budget. After the article went to press, Governor Perdue threatened to veto the tax plan.

Appearing on News 14 Carolina, Fox 8 WGHP, WFMY News 2, and WFDD radio, members of the faculty of Elon University School of Law recently provided analysis and evaluation of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonya Sotomayor.

At the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS), held in August, seven members of Elon Law's faculty presented on subjects ranging from the 100-year anniversary of the NAACP and its impact on law and society, to teaching methods designed to improve the education of law students.

In the tenth edition of "Torts: Commentary and Materials," published by Thomson Reuters in July of 2009, Elon Law professor Helen Grant joins three Australian legal scholars to present a contemporary casebook on torts, discussing both traditional concepts as well as modern developments.

In the book "Overview of U.S. Law," published this year by Lexis Nexis, Elon Law professor Steven Friedland joined a number of law professors to write a text introducing lawyers from around the world to the U.S. legal system.