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On Thursday, February 4, from 4 to 5 p.m., Elon University School of Law will welcome preceptors and other special guests from the legal community to socialize with Elon Law students, faculty, and administration, including as a special guest North Carolina Superior Court Judge Edwin G. Wilson. The event will be held in the Cemala Commons on the second floor of the law school.

Through an intensive "Public Law and Leadership" course in January, second-year Elon Law students worked with three nonprofit organizations and a government agency on a range of legal issues facing their organizations, from farmland preservation to juvenile substance abuse prevention.

At a January 20 Elon Law event recognizing more than 50 lawyers and judges who serve as mentors and coaches to law students, former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers reflected on her career in national politics and government, discussing several mentors that were pivotal in her professional development and success.

Measuring responses from more than 26,000 law students across the country, the 2009 Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) indicates that Elon Law students participate in clinical, pro bono, and field experiences more often and that they collaborate with colleagues and faculty at higher rates than the national average.

Through a January 14 presentation to first-year Elon Law students during the Winter Term course, "Lawyering, Leadership and Professionalism," University of St. Thomas law professor Hank Shea discussed the importance of ethics in the legal profession and presented a "Top Ten List of Lessons Learned from White Collar Crime."

The Class of 2010 at Elon University School of Law will celebrate the completion of three years of study at Commencement exercises inside The Carolina Theatre in downtown Greensboro, N.C., on Sunday, May 23, 2010.