RSVP for a lunch program co-hosted by Elon Law and Scuppernong Books with Corban Addison, who travels to Greensboro on October 16 for a book signing and panel conversation, alongside Associate Professor Sara Ochs, on attorneys who write books for popular audiences.
An international bestselling author visits Greensboro for an October book signing and panel conversation that explores the way attorneys use their legal knowledge and training to write books for popular audiences.
Corban Addison, author of five books including “Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial” and “A Walk Across the Sun,” will spend time with law students and the Greensboro community as part of two-day visit to Elon University for Campus Sustainability Week.
From the Courtroom to the Bookstore: Attorneys-Turned-Authors Share Their Approaches to Writing
A Book Signing and Discussion Co-Hosted by Elon Law and Scuppernong Books
When: Wednesday, October 16
Where: Fellowship Hall of West Market Street United Methodist Church (302 W. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27401)
Book Signing: 12-12:30 p.m.
Panel Conversation with Q&A: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
The program is free of charge and boxed lunches will be served with RSVP by Friday, October 11.
Addison will join with Elon Law Associate Professor Sara Ochs, author of the newly released “The Resort,” in a conversation moderated by Elon Law Professor Catherine Dunham. The two panelists will discuss the way their legal education has informed their approach to storytelling.
Published in 2022, “Wastelands” tells the story of an eastern North Carolina community’s legal battle for environmental justice against a company in the hog industry. Addison also will spend part of his day in Greensboro visiting with law students studying civil procedure.
In addition to his Greensboro appearances, Addison will serve the night before as a keynote speaker for Elon’s Campus Sustainability Week and to meet with students, faculty and staff on the university’s main campus.
His visit to North Carolina is made possible with support from Elon University’s Fund for Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, the Office of Sustainability, and the Nixon C. Henley Endowed Fund at Elon University School of Law.
About Elon University School of Law
Elon Law is the preeminent school for engaged and experiential learning in law. With a focus on learning by doing, it integrates traditional classroom instruction with a required, full-time residency-in-practice field placement for all full-time students during the winter or spring of their second year. The law school’s distinctive curriculum offers a logically sequenced program of professional preparation and is accomplished in 2.5 years, which provides exceptional value by lowering tuition and permitting graduates early entry into their careers.
Elon Law has graduated more than 1,600 alumni since opening its doors in 2006. Its annual enrollment now tops 440 students and the law school is regularly featured in PreLaw Magazine’s “Best Schools for Practical Training” rankings, reaching No. 4 in the nation in 2024. The Elon Law Flex Program, a part-time evening course of legal study for working professionals in Charlotte, N.C., launched in Fall 2024.
About Scuppernong Books
Scuppernong Books opened in December 2013 and has been an essential part of the rebirth of downtown Greensboro ever since. A general interest/literary bookstore featuring fiction and poetry along with a children’s section and a broad range of general interest titles, the store on South Elm Street features a cafe and hosts hundreds of events a year, bringing in writers from around the world.
In 2017, Scuppernong Books was instrumental in the formation of the Greensboro Literary Organization, a separate non-profit organization which stages the annual Greensboro Bound Literary Festival, and brings authors into the Guilford County Schools through their Authors Engaging Students program.