School of Law

In The Triad Business Journal's "Business of Law" supplement, published February 19, Elon Law dean George R. Johnson, Jr. describes the law school's leadership program and its purpose through an editorial entitled, "Building a New Generation of Lawyer Leaders."

On Thursday, March 4, from 4 to 5 p.m., Elon University School of Law will welcome preceptors and other special guests from the legal community to socialize with Elon Law students, faculty, and administration, including as a special guest North Carolina Superior Court Judge Andy Cromer. The event will be held in the Cemala Commons on the second floor of the law school.

American writer and historian Timothy Tyson, author of the nationally acclaimed book Blood Done Sign My Name, recently adapted into a feature film, will be the featured speaker at Elon Law's third annual Diversity Day on Saturday, February 27, beginning at 9 a.m.

Commenting on a U.S. magistrate decision that a high school student who posted critical comments about her teacher on Facebook is protected under the First Amendment, Elon Law professor Scott Gaylord explained in news interviews that schools were working to find a balance between protecting free speech and preventing speech that is threatening or inciting dangerous behavior.

In a February 2 presentation titled, "Time to Move On -The New Normal in Legal Employment," John Lassiter, CEO and President of Carolina Legal Staffing, shared insights into the legal employment market with Elon Law students.

Elon University School of Law was represented recently at the United Kingdom's Center for Legal Education Learning in Law Annual Conference held at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK, by Elon Law professors Steve Friedland and Bonnie McAlister, and by instructional technologist Christie Dickerman.

On February 4, James B. Leonard, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Apparel and Consumer Goods in the U. S. Department of Commerce, from 2002-2006, spoke to Elon Law students about the accession of China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the requirements demanded by the United States in those negotiations.

In the Spring 2009 edition of the John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law, Elon Law's Catherine Dunham, professor and associate dean for academic affairs, and Steve Friedland, professor and director of Elon Law's Center for Engaged Learning in the Law, co-authored "Portable Learning for the 21st Century Law School: Designing a New Pedagogy for the Modern Global Context."

Hasina I. Lewis, a member of the Class of 2012 at Elon Law, published an article entitled "Cultivating Diversity in the Law School Classroom," featured in the January edition of the Law Student Division Bulletin of the North Carolina Bar Association.

Elon Law will open on a two-hour delay today (Friday, Feb. 5), due to icy conditions.