Archive for September 30, 2009

On Thursday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m., Elon University School of Law will host a public debate to explore whether North Carolina should maintain its current system of judicial elections or move to a system of judicial selection. James G. Exum, Jr., former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, will argue for a move to judicial selection, and Wade E. Byrd, a North Carolina/Fayetteville attorney and past president of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, will defend the system of judicial elections.

Third-year Elon Law student Bernard Brown recently co-authored an article on the impacts of patenting and the patent review process on the emerging field of nanotechnology, with Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice attorneys Greg Grissett and Jack Hicks.

The Office of Career Services at Elon Law recently began a series of employment planning forums for law students, with attorneys from a variety of practice settings offering advice on how to prepare for and cultivate career opportunities in diverse arenas of the legal profession.

In support of Elon University School of Law, the Stanley and Dorothy Frank Family Foundation, together with sons William A. Frank and Barry S. Frank, has dedicated $100,000 to create the Carole W. Bruce Endowed Scholarship at Elon Law.

Barbara Miller, assistant professor in the School of Communications, co-authored a chapter in "Communicating Science: New Agendas in Science Communication," with Janas Sinclair, asistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.