Center for Writing Excellence

Over the course of the fall semester, Elon's Center for Writing Excellence has adapted to a changing world in order to continue offering the best possible writing support to students, faculty and staff.

Students on main campus and the School of Law celebrated the power of words and writing on The National Day on Writing.

Students performed original works on October 15, 2020, during the second annual “High Rhymes & Misdemeanors” Poetry Slam hosted by Elon Law’s Legal Method & Communication Program.

What was one of Assistant Professor Amanda Elyse’s observations to aspiring attorneys who took part in the inaugural program of a new video series hosted by the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division? "Where we start in legal writing is not a fixed point."

Do writing center consultations actually lead to changes in student writing? Bleakney's recently published article shows that they do.

Participants in the Center for Engaged Learning’s research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency are working virtually this week, July 12-17, during their second summer meeting.

Led by graduates from the Class of December 2019, the most recent volume of the Elon Law Review features articles and commentaries on topics that include the U.S. Supreme Court, assessments for measuring student learning in law school, and the politicization of the American judiciary.

Caroleen M. Dineen joins the Elon Law faculty from Florida A&M University College of Law, while Amanda Elyse moves to North Carolina from Seattle University School of Law.

Upcoming Center for Writing Excellence Online Boot Camps

Fifteen students from the Class of 2021 were selected to help publish the law school's annual journal aimed at advancing legal education and scholarship.