Student News

Twenty-nine students in the Class of 2022 will participate in upcoming national contests and help coordinate Elon Law's own Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition.

Theresa Brunner L’22 was one of only four law school students from across the United States selected for a summer program with The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, which represents clients before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

In his Convocation address to Elon Law’s Class of 2023, the Hon. Marcus A. Shields of the North Carolina District Court emphasized the importance of humility and “being a problem solver” as students begin their legal education.

Two Elon Law students, each inspired by unique life experiences, learned this winter from an Elon Law alum about the strategies and considerations weighed by prosecutors when pursuing justice for victims of crime.

Eric Rhoton '20 L’22 is one of six law school students selected for an inaugural program this summer that will help underserved communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters.

Seventy-four students in the Class of 2022 participated in this spring’s Intramural Moot Court Competition, an online contest that allowed dozens of Elon Law alumni from around the nation to join with faculty and local attorneys as judges.

The North Carolina Bar Association will bestow its 2021 Law School Pro Bono Award on Elon University School of Law for a student-led effort to help transcribe and digitize 18th and 19th century bills of sale of those enslaved in Guilford County.

In a winter Elon Law residency-in-practice with one of the world’s most influential sport training institutions and a related company, Andrew Tawiah L’21 learned how corporate law makes possible some of the biggest athletic, entertainment, and fashion events of the year. 

Fifteen students from the Class of 2022 were selected to help publish the law school's annual journal aimed at advancing legal education and scholarship.

An Elon Law residency-in-practice supervised by Judge Catherine Eagles offered Jessica Leach L’21 an opportunity to hone legal research skills as she developed knowledge of compassionate release processes for prison inmates and of a federal anti-discrimination law.