Faculty

Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord spoke about sectarian legislative prayer at a religious legal theory conference in February, sponsored by the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics and the Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Pepperdine University School of Law.

Elon Law Professor Michael L. Rich discussed his article, “Of Brass Rings and Red-Headed Stepchildren: Protecting Active Criminal Informants,” on February 24 at Richmond University School of Law.

Professor of Law and Director of Skills Programs at Elon Law, Peter T. Hoffman spoke with lawyers and law professors internationally in January about best practices for teaching trial advocacy.

Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord defends North Carolina's system of judicial elections in the article "Judicial Independence Revisited: Judicial Elections and Missouri Plan Challenges," published in the North Carolina Law Review's online supplement, Addendum. In addition, he published an op-ed on the subject in the Feb. 1, 2012 edition of the News & Observer.

Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord published the op-ed, "Electing judges still works for N.C." in the Feb. 1, 2012 edition of the News & Observer.

Elon Law professor Scott Gaylord published a column in the Greensboro News and Record on May 15 detailing concerns with proposed legislation to change North Carolina's method of judicial selection. His research on the low number of cases being decided in recent years by the North Carolina Supreme Court was highlighted in the 2010 Annual Report of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies and in the May 6, 2011 edition of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

The article, exploring legal obstacles to public access of government documents and information, was published in the fall 2011 edition of the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review. He also spoke about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on January 7 at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting in Washington, DC.

In December and January, Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord explored First Amendment issues in radio and television news interviews across the country, including an interview on WUNC's The State of Things about free speech and license plates. He also authored the article, "Government Speech and North Carolina's 'Choose Life' License Plate," published Dec. 21 by Jurist, the web-based legal news service.