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Faith Rivers James presents at South Carolina Nonprofit Legal Symposium
December 11, 2008
Associate professor of law Faith Rivers James led a Dec. 9 workshop presentation at
the South Carolina Nonprofit Legal Symposium, sponsored by the South
Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations for its 800-plus
members.
Martha Peters presents at ABA conference
December 5, 2008
Marty Peters, a professor of legal education at the Elon University
School of Law, made a series of presentations in October at the
American Bar Association’s “Bar Passage Conference: Outcome Measures
and Student Achievement,” a national conference on bar pass issues.
Elon Law advisory board holds fall meeting
December 5, 2008
The Elon University School of Law Advisory Board held its fall meeting Dec. 3-4, providing input on a variety of key issues.
Faith Rivers James presents research to N.C. General Assembly committee
December 2, 2008
Faith Rivers, an associate professor of law, a made a Dec. 1
presentation to the Partition Sales Study Committee of the North
Carolina General Assembly. Rivers was invited to discuss the key
concepts in her recent article "Inequity in Equity: The Tragedy of
Tenancy in Common for Heirs' Property Owners Facing Partition in
Equity."
Margaret Robison Kantlehner publishes Supreme Court case preview for ABA
December 1, 2008
Margaret Robison Kantlehner, an associate professor of law, has had an
article published in the ABA Preview of United States Supreme Court
cases about the pending Supreme Court Case, Carcieri et al. v. Kempthorne et al.,
which deals with whether the Indian Reorganization Act authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust on behalf of an
Indian tribe that was neither federally recognized nor under federal
jurisdiction at the time of the statute’s enactment in 1934.
McMichael Foundation gift to fund Elon Law scholarships
November 26, 2008
A $2 million gift commitment from the Dalton L. McMichael Sr. Foundation will provide the largest scholarship endowment at the Elon University School of Law. The endowment will fund three full-tuition scholarships annually, with the first to be awarded to a member of the 2009 entering class who is chosen as a McMichael Law and Leadership Fellow.
Death penalty symposium brings national experts to Elon Law
November 25, 2008
Will the death penalty in the United States be halted any time soon?
Not likely. But the director of the national Death Penalty Information
Center believes the frequency of executions will diminish in the coming years, in part because of budgetary issues. That and other topics were discussed
Nov. 21, 2008, at the Elon Law Review Death Penalty Symposium in Greensboro.
Henry Gabriel authors new book, presents research
November 19, 2008
Oxford University Press will publish next month Contracts for the Sale
of Goods, a new book by visiting professor of law Henry Gabriel. It is
the latest achievement for Gabriel in an autumn filled with
presentations and conferences around the globe.
Death penalty symposium at Elon Law – Nov. 21
November 17, 2008
Registration is open for attorneys and law students who wish to attend a symposium on the death penalty scheduled for November 21, 2008, at the Elon University School of Law in downtown Greensboro. 5.75 CLE credits are pending approval from the North Carolina State Bar.
Women’s Law Association takes on domestic violence
November 17, 2008
The Women’s Law Association at the Elon University School of Law helped
educate the Greensboro community last month about the effects of, and
ways to prevent, domestic violence in North Carolina with its three-day
Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign.