Faculty

Associate Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 writes in a new journal article on why policies and practices that dehumanize Black Americans represent “ongoing human rights violations occurring in the United States” and how American exceptionalism is “a barrier to justice and accountability.” 

Assistant Provost Amy Overman and Professor Steve Friedland discussed bias, the brain, and how neuroscience impacts the courts on Excited Utterance, a legal podcast that "aims to provide a weekly virtual workshop in the world of evidence throughout the academic year."

Associate Professor Eric Fink spoke with a journalist whose story in the News & Observer, Charlotte Observer, and (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record reported on allegations of unfair labor practices in two North Carolina distribution warehouses.

The accomplished law school administrator, currently serving as interim dean at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, praises Elon University’s distinct approach to experiential learning, mentoring and innovation.

Associate Dean Wendy Scott is one of 36 administrators from universities across the United States selected to join the 2023 HBCU Executive Leadership Institute hosted by Clark Atlanta University.

Four students will “use their voices to advocate for a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive law school environment” while Associate Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 works to support recommendations of the Law School Ad-Hoc Inclusive Excellence Strategic Planning Committee.

Professor Andy Haile and Assistant Professor Rosa Newman-Ruffin will join with other law professors, attorneys, and legislators to draft bills and offer advice to the North Carolina General Assembly on proposals currently before lawmakers.

The Supreme Court of the United States will soon decide whether universities can continue to use affirmative action in their application processes and an amicus brief co-authored by Tiffany Atkins L’11 has raised the associate professor of law’s national profile on the legal debate.

Four leading experts in their fields offered diverse views on the role of voting machine technology, and the internet more broadly, in restoring faith in the American electoral process as part of a webinar hosted by Elon Law Professor David S. Levine.

An article by Professor Tom Molony in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy explains limits on federal power to address key concerns raised by President Joe Biden and, previously, former President Donald Trump.