Inclusive Excellence - Elon Law

Members of the Elon Law chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) presented a mock trial before a group of the region's elementary school children on November 21 to teach them about trial advocacy and the range of career and service opportunities created by excelling in school.

Elaine R. Jones, the nation’s top civil rights lawyer from 1993 to 2004, identified core values and key strategies of the African-American Civil Rights Movement through remarks delivered at Elon University School of Law's third annual Martin Luther King, Jr. forum on January 13.

Elon law and MBA students participating in a collaborative Winter Term course on international business chronicled their trip to Vietnam and Singapore through a blog accessible through the E-Cast link to the right of this article.

Three scholars whose current research explores the social significance of historical, visual, and scientific war crimes evidence spoke at Elon Law on January 18, exploring the Bosnian War and its aftermath in depth.

On November 9, Lennie Gerber, a High Point, N.C. attorney specializing in estate planning for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, delivered a presentation at Elon Law through an event hosted by OutLaw, a student organization raising awareness about LGBT legal issues and fostering an accepting and supportive environment for the LGBT community at the law school and in the greater legal community.

Five members of Elon Law's Black Law Students Association (BLSA) served as judges at the 2010 debate tournament of the National Association of African-American Honors Programs (NAAAHP), hosted by North Carolina A & T University, in collaboration with North Carolina Central University and Winston Salem State University, from November 10-13.

A member of the Class of 2012, Alvaro De La Calle has been elected by his peers to serve both as a first-year student representative to the Student Bar Association and as a second-year representative to the Honor Council. This year, he spearheaded the creation of the Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA), for which he currently serves as president. The following Q&A with De La Calle is the first in a series of student interviews that Elon Law will feature on the school's website.

Elon University School of Law has established the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, allowing students under the supervision of law faculty to provide free legal services to low-income refugees and asylum seekers in North Carolina.