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Hosted by the student-run Moot Court Board, the 15th Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Competition featured teams from law schools across the country that argued the constitutional merits of a fictional lawsuit taking aim at a law banning transgender athletes in public schools and colleges.

Kelsey Montgomery L’24, Baleigh Scheibner L’24, and Tyleeah Stanley L’24 will meet regularly over the next year in Charlotte as part of the Kara Farnandez Stoll Inn of Court, a group of attorneys and professors working to improve the ethical quality of legal practice.

The Pro Bono Board teamed with Legal Aid of North Carolina to help low-income seniors who lack legal documents that give family or friends permission to make certain medical decisions on their behalf.

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan has bestowed Professor Henry Gabriel with its Wenlan Scholar Chair Professorship in International Law.

Ivey Schofield L’25 placed second in the most recent Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition, an annual program aimed at sparking greater interest in and understanding of the field of disability law. 

Professor Enrique Armijo shared insights with the San Francisco station on a lawsuit filed against a cable news channel for making “demonstrably false” statements about Smartmatic, a company that builds electronic voting machines.

Professor Yaniv Heled from Georgia State University College of Law painted a bleak future for Americans in need of affordable medications when he delivered keynote remarks at an Elon Law Review program focused on the intersection of public health and the legal system. 

RSVP for a lunch program co-hosted by Elon Law and Scuppernong Books with Corban Addison, who travels to Greensboro on October 16 for a book signing and panel conversation, alongside Associate Professor Sara Ochs, on attorneys who write books for popular audiences.

The former adviser to four American presidents concluded his tenure this fall as chair of the Elon Law Board of Advisors with an evening banquet that celebrated his many contributions to Elon University over the past quarter century.

Twenty-nine students in the Class of 2025 will participate in upcoming national contests and help coordinate Elon Law's own Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition.