School of Law

David Gergen, adviser to four U.S. presidents, director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and chair of the Elon University School of Law Advisory Board, will deliver the inaugural Commencement address for the law school, scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, May 24, at Carolina Theatre in downtown Greensboro. Elon University will also present Gergen with an honorary doctorate at the ceremonies.

Graduating members of Elon University School of Law and a guest are invited to celebrate Commencement with President and Mrs. Leo M. Lambert, Thursday, May 14 from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at Maynard House, 2423 Pineway Drive in Burlington.

Chad Hinton and Ryan Stewart, both members of the class of 2009 at Elon University School of Law, reported findings from their survey on the state of mentoring in the Wake County legal community to the Wake County Bar Association on April 30.

George Johnson, dean of the Elon University School of Law, spoke with News 14 Carolina news anchor Tracey Early on May 7 about the U.S. Supreme Court and what criteria President Barack Obama may consider when selecting a replacement for Associate Justice David Souter, who announced this month plans to retire at the end of the Court's current term.

Professor Michael W. Lewis, a leading authority on national security and the law of war, appeared at the Elon University School of Law on April 23 for a discussion with Elon Law Professor Victor Streib, entitled "9/11 Revisited, An Act of War or An Act of Organized Crime." The event was sponsored by the Elon Law chapter of the Federalist Society.

The charter class of Elon University School of Law is pleased to announce its plans to present a gift to the law school during the Dean's Reception for graduating students on May 23 at 4 p.m. at the law school.

The Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, the chaplain of Brown University and director of the Office of the Chaplains & Religious Life, will deliver Elon University’s 2009 Baccalaureate sermon on Friday, May 22, at 3 p.m. in the Koury Center.

The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) hosts its 3L Appreciation Banquet on May 1, 2009, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Cemala Commons of the law school.

On April 24, thirty freshman from Guilford County’s Walter Hines Page High School participated in mock trials in the Robert E. Long Court Room at Elon University School of Law, as the culminating experience of their three month introduction to trial advocacy taught by students from Elon Law.