Faculty

Elon Law Clinical Practitioner in Residence for the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, Heather Scavone spoke on March 6 at the Nebraska law school's conference on "Effective Representation of Asylees and Refugees."

The March conference co-sponsored by Northeastern University School of Law and Harvard Law School focused on the role of field placement in preparing lawyers.

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.