Elon University School of Law’s associate dean for experiential learning and leadership took part in a panel discussion on leadership education at a symposium hosted by the University of Tennessee College of Law.
The symposium on April 1, 2016, was hosted by the University of Tennessee College of Law and co-sponsored by the Institute for Professional Leadership and the Tennessee Law Review.
She was joined on the panel by George T. “Buck” Lewis of the University Tennessee College of Law, Garry Jenkins of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and Michael Madison of the University of Pittsburgh College of Law.
Faith Rivers James teaches legislation, nonprofit organizations, property, and public law & leadership, a course she created at Elon Law. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the North Carolina Bar Association, where she serves on the Citizen Lawyer Committee and the Real Property Section’s Legislative Committee.
A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Rivers James has done extensive research on preservation of African American property ownership. She was instrumental in the creation of the Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation in Charleston, for which the South Carolina Bar Foundation received the National Conference of Bar Foundations Award for Excellence in Programming in 2004.