Elon Law Hosts NC Bar Association Patent Law Presentation

March 23, 2010

On March 16, Elon Law's Career Services Office and the Patent Law Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section co-hosted a roundtable presentation entitled, "Strategies for Dealing with a Charge of Patent Infringement."

Faith Rivers James delivers keynote address at SC Master-in-Equity Judge’s Association Annual Meeting

March 23, 2010

Elon Law professor Faith Rivers James delivered the keynote address at the South Carolina Master-in-Equity Judge's Association 2010 Annual Meeting in Columbia, South Carolina on March 12, with an address titled, "Partitioning Heirs' Property: Strategies and Solutions."

NPR’s Nina Totenberg says federal courts could threaten Obama legacy

March 23, 2010

National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, delivering Elon Law's spring 2010 Bryan Leadership Lecture, said the Supreme Court had become more divided and more activist than at any time in recent memory, and that major policy objectives of the Obama administration could be dismantled in years ahead by federal courts largely populated by Republican era appointees.

Andy Haile presents testimony on sin taxes before Vermont tax commission

March 18, 2010

Elon Law professor Andy Haile offered an overview of the use of sin taxes in states across the country on March 16, for consideration by the Vermont Blue Ribbon Tax Structure Commission.

Catherine Dunham serves as program director at NITA Southeast Deposition Program

March 18, 2010

Elon Law professor and associate dean for academic affairs Catherine Dunham recently served as a program director for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Southeast Deposition Program, held in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 3-5.

Elon Law professor Howard Katz featured in News and Record on benefits of Google in Greensboro

March 18, 2010

As cities across the country compete in Google's competition to be selected for the company's ultra-high-speed broadband project, Howard Katz, Professor at Elon University School of Law, spoke with the News and Record about the educational benefits of bringing Google's "Fiber for Communities" to Greensboro.

Steve Friedland speaks with WFMY News on jury selection and the effects of prosecutorial misconduct in prior cases

March 18, 2010

In separate interviews with WFMY News 2 this month, Steve Friedland, Professor at Elon University School of Law, spoke with reporters about two current North Carolina cases; the trial of Keith Carter, charged with the murder of Winston-Salem Police Sergeant Howard Plouff, and a Caswell County case of alleged misconduct of a former prosecutor.

Nina Totenberg to deliver Bryan Leadership Lecture

March 17, 2010

Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio's award-winning legal affairs correspondent, will deliver the Elon University School of Law spring 2010 Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture on Tuesday evening, March 16.

Elon Law’s tax assistance clinic begins third year of service

March 9, 2010

Twenty students from Elon University School of Law began offering free tax preparation assistance to low and moderate-income residents in the region on March 6. The program, which assisted clients in obtaining more than $45,000 in tax refunds and credits last year, will continue through April 15.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice (ret.) Sandra Day O’Connor urges change in North Carolina’s system for selecting judges at Elon Law forum

March 9, 2010

In her second appearance at Elon University School of Law in less than four years, Justice O'Connor told an audience of more than 300 law students that all states should appoint judges, rather than electing them, in order to improve the quality of the judicial system.