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Senior leaders welcomed to Greensboro on August 3, 2023, the largest class in the history of Elon University School of Law with a pledge from Dean Zak Kramer: “We will always put the students here first.”

Nic Parsons L’24 credits faculty and staff mentors for their support during her first year of law school – reassurance that led her to an all-expense paid scholarship from the Pauli Murray LGBTQ+ Bar Association to visit Chicago for the 2023 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair. 

Dean Zak Kramer answered questions for July coverage of his vision and goals for Elon University's downtown Greensboro law school.

John Ferebee L’24 prevailed in a competition for summer interns with the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the North Carolina Court of Appeals that featured a real case out of Kentucky involving questions of the Fourth Amendment.

Senior Associate Dean Alan Woodlief and Associate Professor Eric Fink led a conversation with prominent judges and attorneys on ways for experienced lawyers to mentor their younger colleagues on balancing client advocacy with behavioral expectations of the court system.

Custodial Supervisor Danny Little’s “Reflections of a Pandemic” was honored this spring in a local competition for athletes and artists over the age of 50.

Professor and Senior Scholar Steve Friedland provided insights on the special counsel overseeing the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump for alleged violations of the Espionage Act.

Erin Fitzgerald will bring her prosecutorial background to criminal law courses while Sara Ochs, a Legal Method & Communication Fellow at Elon Law from 2018-2020, returns to the legal writing faculty after three years teaching at the University of Louisville.

There was plenty of whipped cream smeared into the faces of Elon Law faculty and staff in a May 31 fundraiser hosted by a student group that coordinates outreach efforts to assist local nonprofits and advocacy groups.

Elon Law students in the Class of 2024 made appellate arguments in a fictional lawsuit that involves questions of immigration, what constitutes moral turpitude, and due process.