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On March 9, Dr. Linda Morris, former Chief of Staff of the Martinsburg VA Medical Center, discussed innovations in health care and legal issues within the health care industry with Elon Law students. The roundtable was led by Samantha Gillman, '11, and Phillip Clontz, '12, both externing with the Office of Veterans' Affairs Regional Legal Counsel in Winston-Salem, NC.

On March 10, the Jewish Law Students Association (JSLA) at Elon Law presented a special lunchtime conversation with Rabbi Eli Havivi from Congregation Beth David in Greensboro.

Elon Law professor of legal education Marty Peters presented at the second Asian Mediation Association Conference, held Feb. 24 and 25 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference covered topics in mediation related to employment law and family law among other topics.

On March 8, the Elon Law student organization, Outlaw, held a seminar titled "The Importance of Same Sex Partnership Agreements in Light of Boseman." Family law attorney Rebecca Perry discussed Boseman v. Jarrell, a recent North Carolina case that decided whether an adoption decree granting the non-parent in a same sex relationship parental rights was valid after the relationship dissolved.

The featured guest at Elon Law's March 10 reception with the legal community was the Honorable V. Stuart Couch, appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in October 2010 to serve as an Immigration Judge in the Charlotte Immigration Court.

The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 said that the agency's top priority had changed dramatically since 2001, from detection and prosecution of crime to prevention of terrorism.