Academics

Amid the celebration of its 15th anniversary year, Elon University School of Law received notification from its accrediting agency on December 17, 2021, that it remains in full compliance with an innovative curriculum that emphasizes learning by doing.

In her Commencement address to the Class of 2021, attorney Deborah Enix-Ross of the American Bar Association emphasized how "our justice system does not function properly when vulnerable people who are poor are forced to appear in court without a lawyer."

Graduates were recognized in a virtual program with school and professional honors for advocacy, academic excellence, and excellence in service.

The longtime legal educator and a founding administrator and faculty member of the downtown Greensboro law school will serve from January 1 through May 31, 2022, as Elon University conducts a national search for its fourth dean.

Fifteen of Elon University School of Law's top students in the Class of 2022 will guide publication next year of the student-run and student-edited scholarly journal.

Deborah Enix-Ross, a senior adviser to the International Dispute Resolution Group of Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, will offer reflections and wisdom in December when Elon Law graduates the Class of 2021.

Professor Orkun Akseli from the University of Manchester School of Law in the United Kingdom will teach two business law courses when he joins the Elon Law faculty for the first half of 2022.

An annual program hosted by the Elon Law Review invited legal scholars and advocates to share historical perspectives and critiques of various proposals that would provide compensation to descendants of those enslaved in the United States.

Lauren Saul Carriker has been named assistant director of the law school's Office of Admissions while Haley Mendola L'18 joins the Office of Academic Success as an academic and bar support specialist.

"Reparations: Restorative Justice for Racial Disparities," the theme of the Elon Law Review's 2021 online symposium, takes place virtually on September 24 with legal scholars and advocates discussing the ongoing legal movement to address past wrongs.