Faculty

The former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court is teaching classes and mentoring students as a yearlong member of the Elon Law faculty.

Caroleen Dineen and Katherine Reynolds were among those scholars and mentors granted tenure or promoted this winter by the Elon University Board of Trustees.

Dozens of guests at a February celebration toasted Elon Law’s downtown Greensboro legal resource for aspiring nonprofit founders and small business owners.

Visiting Instructor in Performing Arts Jane Lanier is directing “A Chorus Line,” which runs Thursday through Saturday, and is teaching a course in Bob Fosse’s choreography this spring. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress for 1989’s “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.”

David S. Levine answered questions on World Business Report about the details of copyright infringement claims brought by The New York Times against the creators of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools.

Jenny Lane L’15 returns to her law school alma mater as assistant dean for academic success while Kristen Covington now serves as assistant director of career development.

Jack B. Hicks, a partner with the international law firm of Womble Bond Dickinson and a longtime friend of Elon University School of Law, will highlight a December ceremony for 140 graduates in the Class of 2023.

Attorneys can explore cutting-edge issues in trade secrecy law, including generative artificial intelligence and COVID-19 vaccine development, with continuing legal education offered in person at Elon University Charlotte.

Professor David S. Levine will work for two years with other scholars in an interdisciplinary program founded by the University of Milan dedicated to study legal informatics, cyberspace law and “digital transformation law.” 

A new law review article by Assistant Professor Erin Fitzgerald urges states to amend their laws to protect the most vulnerable populations within the nation’s criminal justice system.