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On Sept. 8, Elon Law welcomed preceptors and other attorneys and judges to the school's first monthly reception with the legal community of the 2011-12 academic year. At the reception, the Honorable L. Patrick Auld, federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina delivered remarks and the Student Bar Association presented its first Making a Difference award.

Associate Professor of Law Scott Gaylord's article, "When the Exception Becomes the Rule: Marsh and Sectarian Legislative Prayer Post-Summum," appears in the Spring 2011 edition of the University of Cincinnati Law Review.

Leadership Fellows at Elon Law invite members of the Elon Law community to the first Leadership Roundtable of the semester. The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 12:15 until 12:45 p.m. in room 204.

Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden spoke with Elon law students Sept. 16 and with undergraduate students Sept. 15 on a range of subjects including political appointments, the evolving priorities of the Department of Justice and the role of attorneys as advocates.

Elon Law's Public Interest Law Society provided Public Interest Endowment Stipends to Class of 2013 members Melodie Menzer and Kaitlin Shimansky in support of summer 2011 internships with legal counsel for the Guardian ad Litem program in Wake County, N.C. and the Orleans Public Defenders in New Orleans, Louisiana, respectively.

Seven members of the Class of 2014 have been selected as Leadership Fellows at Elon University School of Law. They are: Landra Cunningham, Tyrone A. Davis II, Caroline Johnson, Benjamin A. Kempton, David Lambert, Brenna Ragghianti, and Andrew Davidson Realon.

An excellent way to experience Elon Law as a prospective student is to sign up for an information session.

If you are interested in learning more about earning a law degree at Elon, we encourage you attend this open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28.

Third-year law student L. Collin Cooper authored an article on leadership and the law featured in The Young Lawyer, a publication of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.