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Elon students teach at public high schools through national Street Law program

May 31, 2011

For the third consecutive year, students at Elon Law taught at several public high schools through a Street Law course offered in the spring semester. Street Law programs enable law students to teach practical legal information to high school students, encouraging greater awareness among teens about the impact of law on society while providing law students with opportunities to enhance legal skills and knowledge of substantive law.

Henry Gabriel advances international commercial law through scholarship and service

May 31, 2011

In recent months, Elon Law professor Henry Gabriel presented on the history and future of the Uniform Commercial Code at a symposium of the South Texas College of Law, delivered a lecture on the UNIDROIT Model Leasing Law in Beijing, China before the Chinese Banking Association at the request of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and completed service as Chairman of the Editorial Committee of the 2010 Edition of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts.

David Crowe presents on cultural genocide, civil rights and laws of war

May 31, 2011

During the spring of 2011, David M. Crowe, professor of legal history at Elon Law and professor of history at Elon University, presented research at symposia around the country on topics including cultural genocide in Tibet, the application of the American Civil Rights Movement to civil rights advocacy for the Roma of Eastern Europe and Russia, and the evolution of the laws of war. Crowe is the author of Crimes of State, Past and Present: Government-Sponsored Atrocities and International Legal Responses (Routledge, 2010). He taught a winter-term course in January at Elon Law titled War Crimes, Genocide and Justice.

Elon hosts inaugural Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition

May 24, 2011

Seventeen law schools and 31 teams of law students participated in the inaugural Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition at Elon University School of Law on April 1 and 2. David Gergen, chair of Elon Law's national advisory board, former adviser to four U.S. presidents, CNN senior political analyst, and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, delivered the keynote address at the competition banquet.

Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic hosts regional immigration law seminar

May 18, 2011

A two-day seminar organized by the faculty, staff and students of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic at Elon Law featured presentations by immigration law scholars and practitioners, law enforcement officials, and leaders of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. Dozens of non-profit immigration service providers and attorneys specializing in immigration law attended the event.

Sports and Entertainment Law Society welcomes Ron Katz

May 13, 2011

Elon Law's Sports and Entertainment Law Society hosted a presentation by Ron Katz on April 14. Katz is a partner of the firm Mannatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, in Palo Alto, California. He is the chair of his firm's Sports Law division.

Elon Law featured in News & Record report on downtown Greensboro

May 13, 2011

The May 5 edition of the News & Record features Elon University School of Law for its contributions to the economic growth and vitality of downtown Greensboro. The article reports on downtown Greensboro's comparatively strong economic growth indicators, noting Elon's recent purchase of property in the area and the university's plans to expand facilities for the law school.