Faculty

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.

The Hon. Sam J. Ervin IV of the Supreme Court of North Carolina noted how “the courts are never going to be the same as they were before the pandemic” in a keynote address for an annual program hosted by the Elon Law Review.

Professor David S. Levine has convened several of the nation's leading experts on election law and voting technology for an October 19 online program that is free and open to the public with advanced registration.

In a newly published article, Professor Catherine Dunham argues that a “win at all cost” approach to gender discrimination lawsuits in the United States does a disservice to employees and employers alike.

Professor Enrique Armijo spoke with the newspaper for its coverage of a defamation trial against media mogul Alex Jones, who was sued after using his Infowars website to push a conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 was a government hoax.

Professor Steve Friedland spoke with the national news outlet about the murder of imprisoned Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger and the length of time it took for federal prosecutors to charge three inmates in connection with the crime.

"The Law of COVID-19: Courts, Education, and Civil Rights," the theme of the Elon Law Review's 2022 online symposium, takes place virtually on September 23 with legal scholars and advocates discussing the way the pandemic has affected the judicial system and the balance of public health with protecting individual freedoms.