Faculty

A new book names Elon Law Professor Steven Friedland one of the 26 “best law teachers” in the United States. 

Elon was pleased to welcome nine accomplished law professors to present scholarly works-in-progress during the 2012-‘13 academic year, on subjects ranging from transnational anti-corruption laws to tax law to the intersection of art, commercial speech and trademark law.

Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord contributed to the Room for Debate section of the New York Times, writing about the changing power dynamics between state and federal government. 

Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord offered insights about recent state legislation and court decisions related to abortion laws this week. 

Elon Law Professor Michael Rich presented on technologies that can prevent crime and immigration law enforcement at the June meeting in Boston.

In 2013, Elon Law Professor Peter Hoffman has delivered numerous lectures and administered foreign and domestic training in trial procedure and advocacy.

David M. Crowe, professor of legal history at Elon Law and professor of history at Elon University, presented scholarship at the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies and the annual convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities.

In a June 24 opinion column in the News & Observer, Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord writes that judicial elections strengthen the legitimacy of the judiciary and that public financing of judicial elections is unnecessary. 

“Constitutional Law: Cases in Context,” coauthored Georgetown Law Center Professor Randy E. Barnett and Elon Law Professor Howard E. Katz was published by Wolters Kluwer in June.

In an article published by the Cleveland State Law Review, Elon Law Professor Tom Molony explores whether false or misleading advertisements primarily directed to consumers qualify as securities fraud.