School of Law

Judges from the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on March 4 in the case of a man convicted of drug possession who alleges an illegal search by police, and a civil lawsuit brought by the estate of a man killed when his riding mower overturned at a construction site.

The Elon University Board of Trustees met on Feb. 28 and granted tenure and approved promotions for several faculty members.

Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 took part in a “Life After Student Debt” panel discussion at Bennett College presented by the Greensboro Commission on the Status of Women and the city's Human Relations Commission.

Ryan Russell, the first openly LGBTQ+ athlete in the NFL is the keynote speaker for the Men's Leadership in Gender Equity Conference - an event to engage men on empathy, communication & allyship.

Grant Buckner L’13 leads a small team at the Supreme Court of North Carolina that crafts rules, reviews opinions, and provides counsel for the state’s highest court.

Elon Law students traveled to Johannesburg and Cape Town as part of a fall trimester Prisoners’ Rights course that took them to American and South African penitentiaries, including the now-closed Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent nearly two decades as a prisoner.

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.

The Gender & LGBTQIA Center, with campus and community partners, coordinates many events for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and Supporting Survivors week.

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.

The program, designed to develop research capacity at the intersection of health and criminal justice, is co-sponsored by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse and the Justice Community Opioid Intervention Network.