Faculty

Professor Steve Friedland, recognized as one of the nation’s best law school professors, used neuroscience and educational theory in a presentation to the 2020 CALIcon conference in which he offers best practices for helping students overcome fatigue and distractions that occur in virtual learning.

Thoughtful discussions and messages shared by students in recent weeks regarding the issues of racism and racial violence helped shape a statement unanimously approved June 5, 2020, by faculty of the Elon University School of Law.

Associate Professor Andy Haile was quoted in a Winston-Salem Journal article that reported on legislation in North Carolina that would allow business owners to recover lost income from the state when emergency orders shutter their companies.

Elon Law Dean Luke Bierman sent the following message to all Elon Law students, faculty, and staff on the afternoon of May 29, 2020, in which he emphasized that recent traumatic events against communities of color "is a pain that should not be borne alone."

President Donald Trump’s executive order in response to Twitter “fact checking” his messages may not pass muster, according to Associate Professor David S. Levine, a legal scholar with extensive knowledge of key laws that protect social media companies from criminal and civil liability.

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.

Associate Professor Catherine Wasson and Professor Sue Liemer authored sections of the newly released third edition of the American Bar Association’s “Legal Writing Sourcebook.”

Sara L. Ochs, a Legal Method & Communication Fellow at Elon Law with research interests in international criminal law, warns in a newspaper guest column that President Donald Trump's disregard for the International Criminal Court is not in the best interests of American foreign policy.

Assistant Professor Taleed El-Sabawi recently hosted the first of what she hopes will be several online social gatherings for first-year students learning from home during the 2020 Spring Trimester.

Katherine Reynolds, interim director of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, provided background on immigration law - and how some overseas adoptions may be problematic for children once they reach the age of 18 - for a story on a Greensboro teen in fear of deportation.