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In this week’s Elon Law Now faculty commentary series, Professor Margaret Kantlehner describes the legal battle over the remains of Olympian Jim Thorpe, illustrating the value of wills.

Comprised of Elon University faculty across a range of departments and schools, including business, communications, computer science, law and political science, speakers will discuss their research and the law and policy concerns they encounter.

In this week’s Elon Law Now faculty commentary series, Elon Law Dean Luke Bierman supports a landmark ruling on pension protection by the Illinois Supreme Court and calls for creative thinking on a national scale to ensure fair and effective state budget solutions.

Elon Law student Meghan Williford has been recognized by the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys (NCAWA) with their annual award named in honor of retired Chief Justice Sarah Parker of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. 

Chad Archer L’15 is the recipient of the 2015 David Gergen Award for Leadership and Professionalism. 

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper delivered the Elon University School of Law commencement address on May 23 before 79 members of the Class of 2015.

Members of the Class of 2015 at Elon Law welcomed family members and friends to the law school on May 22 to celebrate achievements of the class on the eve of commencement ceremonies.

In this week’s “Elon Law Now” faculty commentary series, Elon Law Professor of Legal History David M. Crowe describes the emergence and importance of International Humanitarian Law and the International Criminal Court following World War II.

In new Elon Business Law Journal articles Kessler Topaz partner Lee Rudy shares insights on corporate fee-shifting bylaws, and the Journal’s editor-in-chief Timothy Prosky discusses Alibaba’s pending class action lawsuit.

On May 18, Elon Law Professor James G. Exum Jr. delivered the opening address at the Ninth Annual Guilford Model Congress, hosted by high school students at the Early College at Guilford.