Student News

Judges visited with legal writing classes and dined with students interested in clerkships before oral arguments in two cases soon to be decided: the first involving a drug trafficking conviction, and the other a question of attorney fees in a lawsuit brought against an employer.

James Williams L’24 is the first Elon Law student ever elected to the national board of directors for an influential organization that promotes the educational, professional, political, and social goals of Black law students.

PreLaw Magazine again lists Elon University School of Law among the country’s best with an A+ for its curriculum in an annual ranking that celebrates the way legal programs help students learn by doing.

Elon Law’s Landon Eckard L’25 is still in awe of his “surreal” experience attending oral arguments before a U.S. Supreme Court that will decide whether Colorado erred in banning Donald Trump from its ballots. 

The Guilford County Defense Lawyers Association and the Greensboro Bar Association Family Law Section hosted a forum on February 6, 2024, where candidates vying for seats on the local bench made their cases for voter support.

Elon Law students pitched the idea of a mobile law clinic that could assist residents of underserved communities as part of a contest held this fall to support the Innovation Lab at Legal Aid of North Carolina.

Her ability throughout law school to balance several roles - student, mentor, prosecutorial intern, mother - earned Samantha Hepler L’23 the highest honor bestowed on a member of each graduating class from Elon University School of Law.

Students in the Class of 2023 who recognize an African ancestry gathered the day before Commencement for family and friends to share pride in their achievements.

Academic performance and service to the greater community were recognized in a program hosted by Dean Zak Kramer on the eve of Commencement for Elon Law’s Class of 2023.

Intellectual property attorney Jack Hicks encouraged members of the Class of 2023 to use artificial intelligence throughout their legal careers to enrich and enhance human development as AI creates "permanent, widespread, and disruptive change across society at large."