Larry A. Hammond joins the Elon faculty in Fall 2008 while on sabbatical from the law firm of Osborn Maledon, P.A. in Phoenix, Ariz. Hammond served as law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black and Lewis Powell, Jr., and was assistant special prosecutor for the U.S. Justice Department’s Watergate Special Prosecution Force in 1973-74.
Hammond also served as president of the American Judicature Society (AJS) from 2003 to 2005, and will continue his work with that organization at its downtown Greensboro offices. He recently received the 2008 AJS Justice Award for his lifetime of work to ensure fairness and accuracy in the judicial system. He has worked on death penalty cases since 1982, and has chaired the Arizona Justice Project since its inception in 1998. Hammond has taught law as an adjunct professor at Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and the University of Mexico. He has a law degree and bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas.
Elon University School of Law has added nine new full-time faculty members as the school prepares to enroll its third class of students and reach full enrollment. With the new additions, the school will include 22 faculty and deans, 4 distinguished in-residence faculty and coaches, and 20 administrators and staff. The fall 2008 enrollment will be approximately 325.