School of Law

Elon Law's Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Karol K. Sparks, has completed the 2010 edition of the book Insurance Activities of Banks, offered each year with updates and supplements by Aspen Publishers since Sparks originally authored the book in 1998.

Forty-three students from Elon University School of Law were recognized Nov. 19 with the Greensboro Bar Association's annual pro bono award for providing free tax return preparation assistance to elderly and low-income residents of Greensboro.

In a November 13 article in The Triad Business Journal, Elon Law Distinguished Practioner in Residence John Englar proposes changes to traditional in executive pay structures in order to reward the successful execution of long-term strategies for corporations while minimizing compensation for short term gains.

Speaking with Elon Law students on November 11, David Gergen, adviser to four United States presidents, Director of the Center for Public Leadership and Professor of Public Service at the Harvard Kennedy School, and chair of the Law School Advisory Board at Elon, said that rising public confidence in lawyers would depend on meeting higher standards within the profession.

Second year Elon Law students Carla Rogers and David Stephens spearheaded a multi-week campaign this fall to collect goods for military servicemen and women overseas. The campaign drew support from regional corporations, local high schools and middle schools, and from Elon University's MBA program.

Norman Leonard, a Class of 2009 graduate of Elon University School of Law, has been awarded the Sir Frederick Pollock Scholarship by University College London (UCL). The scholarship is given annually to an outstanding North American law graduate pursuing a Master of Laws degree at UCL.

Martha Peters, professor of legal education at Elon Law, delivered a series of presentations in October on self-assessment techniques, professionalism, and career development to law students at Stetson University College of Law and to career services counselors and law students at the University of Florida Law School.

Keely Sewell, a member of the Class of 2011 at Elon Law, spent her summer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia working with the country's First Federal Instance Court on an initiative to provide court-appointed social workers to represent the interests of children in family law cases.

Third year law student Jeb Brooks moderated an October 28 candidates forum for Greensboro's Mayoral and City Council offices, and organized two forums on city government and economic development as part of his capstone leadership project at Elon Law.