School of Law

In the column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of Law Enrique Armijo argues that President Trump's recent Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship would do more to limit free speech than to protect it.

Professor Steve Friedland, recognized as one of the nation’s best law school professors, used neuroscience and educational theory in a presentation to the 2020 CALIcon conference in which he offers best practices for helping students overcome fatigue and distractions that occur in virtual learning.

Thoughtful discussions and messages shared by students in recent weeks regarding the issues of racism and racial violence helped shape a statement unanimously approved June 5, 2020, by faculty of the Elon University School of Law.

Associate Professor Andy Haile was quoted in a Winston-Salem Journal article that reported on legislation in North Carolina that would allow business owners to recover lost income from the state when emergency orders shutter their companies.

Elon Law’s Moot Court Board hosted its largest-ever intramural competition this spring with a contest conducted online for the first time in program history.

Elon Law Dean Luke Bierman sent the following message to all Elon Law students, faculty, and staff on the afternoon of May 29, 2020, in which he emphasized that recent traumatic events against communities of color "is a pain that should not be borne alone."

President Donald Trump’s executive order in response to Twitter “fact checking” his messages may not pass muster, according to Associate Professor David S. Levine, a legal scholar with extensive knowledge of key laws that protect social media companies from criminal and civil liability.

Caroleen M. Dineen joins the Elon Law faculty from Florida A&M University College of Law, while Amanda Elyse moves to North Carolina from Seattle University School of Law.

Fifteen students from the Class of 2021 were selected to help publish the law school's annual journal aimed at advancing legal education and scholarship.

Law School in Brief, created and co-hosted by an Elon Law student and her friend from Washington University in St. Louis, regales listeners with stories both silly and serious of life as a law student.