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Four graduates of Elon Law’s Class of 2019 were sworn into the practice of law on Tuesday in a Zoom ceremony hosted by the Hon. Teresa Vincent, chief judge of the North Carolina District Court in Guilford County.

Associate Professor Eric Fink spoke with journalist Olivia Steen for a June 17, 2020, report on the role of legal observers who document and possibly film police activity at public protests.

“Frankly, I protested because I don’t want to be the next hashtag.” Paris Henderson L’21 was one of four women who shared in a recent Charlotte Observer column their motivations for taking part in recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations across North Carolina.

With funding from AccessLex Institute, Elon Law will conduct research on new and emerging programs aimed at supporting students in the classroom and on the bar exam.

Associate Dean Enrique Armijo spoke with WXII 12 News for a June 6, 2020, explanatory report about the constitutional protections afforded demonstrators, and the legal difference between speech and conduct.

Assistant Professor Tiffany D. Atkins L’11 will help amplify the voices of underrepresented groups as the first Leadership Experience and Advancement Pipeline (LEAP) Board Member on the LWI Board of Directors.

In the column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of Law Enrique Armijo argues that President Trump's recent Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship would do more to limit free speech than to protect it.

Professor Steve Friedland, recognized as one of the nation’s best law school professors, used neuroscience and educational theory in a presentation to the 2020 CALIcon conference in which he offers best practices for helping students overcome fatigue and distractions that occur in virtual learning.

Thoughtful discussions and messages shared by students in recent weeks regarding the issues of racism and racial violence helped shape a statement unanimously approved June 5, 2020, by faculty of the Elon University School of Law.

Associate Professor Andy Haile was quoted in a Winston-Salem Journal article that reported on legislation in North Carolina that would allow business owners to recover lost income from the state when emergency orders shutter their companies.