Faculty

Professor Sue Liemer has been named associate dean for academic affairs, succeeding Professor Enrique Armijo, whose administrative term concludes this summer; Assistant Professor Caroleen Dineen will serve as interim director of the Legal Method & Communication Program.

The Hon. Mark Davis, Elon Law’s Visiting Distinguished Jurist in Residence, will serve as a special Superior Court judge designated to the North Carolina Business Court beginning July 1, 2021.

A news report on May 4, 2021, included information from Associate Professor John Flynn on ways for small business owners to protect their personal assets from scam artists.

The panel discussion, scheduled for April 28 at 7 p.m., will be hosted live on Zoom and moderated by Damion Blake, assistant professor of political science and policy studies.

The longtime legal educator, whose expertise and research interests include business law and tax policy, was among those promoted in April by Elon University’s Board of Trustees.

The Hon. Mark Davis, Elon Law’s Visiting Distinguished Jurist in Residence and a former justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, advised students interested in clerkships (or serving as a judge) during an online conversation moderated by Professor Steve Friedland.

Professor and Senior Scholar Steve Friedland spoke recently with WCNC Charlotte and WFMY News 2 in Greensboro about a former Minneapolis police officer standing trial in Minnesota for the 2020 death of George Floyd.

Can your boss require you to have a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment? Elon Law's Eric Fink addressed that question (short answer: yes, with caveats) for a regional broadcast news report.

Assistant Professor Vanessa Zboreak spoke with the Triad news station about legal efforts by a former superintendent to be reinstated to his top post for Rockingham County Schools.

A report by the International Refugee Assistance Project with contributions by Katherine Reynolds, who oversees Elon Law’s Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, recommends improvements to the process by which refugees separated by war and conflict can be reunited with loved ones.