School of Law

The North Carolina Bar Association's Minorities in the Profession Committee and Young Lawyers Division Bar Exam Committee announce a free Bar Exam Writing Clinic to individuals sitting for the February North Carolina Bar Exam, to be held Saturday, January 23, 2010, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm in Room 2007 at Elon Law.

"Teaching Law for Engaged Learning," is a one-day conference for new and experienced legal educators interested in developing as teachers. The conference will take place on April 10, 2010, at the Elon University School of Law.

On Thursday, January 14 at 6 pm, approximately two weeks prior to the 50th anniversary of the historic Greensboro sit-ins of the American civil rights movement, Elon University School of Law, in association with the law school's Black Law Students Association and Phi Alpha Delta chapter, will host its second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. forum to explore legal aspects of the American civil rights movement, evaluating the impacts of the sit-ins and other forms of non-violent protest on civil rights law past and present.

Elon Law professor Henry Gabriel recently presented a paper on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Law at the Conference on International Dispute Resolution in Sydney, Australia, sponsored by Federal Courts of Australia.

Prospective applicants to Elon University School of Law are encouraged to apply before January 1 to take advantage of the school's free online application period which ends December 31.

Applicants to Elon University School of Law are encouraged to consider the law school's Leadership Fellows program, applications for which are available below and through the admissions section of the law school's web site.

On Saturday, January 16, from 10 am to 12 pm, the admissions office of Elon University School of Law will host the YMCA of Greensboro's Black and Hispanic Achievers Program for a discussion of law school admissions, state government, the state judicial system, and opportunities in the legal profession.