Student News

“Frankly, I protested because I don’t want to be the next hashtag.” Paris Henderson L’21 was one of four women who shared in a recent Charlotte Observer column their motivations for taking part in recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations across North Carolina.

With funding from AccessLex Institute, Elon Law will conduct research on new and emerging programs aimed at supporting students in the classroom and on the bar exam.

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.

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."

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.

A national nonprofit organization that advocates for expanded access and affordability to law school has awarded Elon Law a grant to assist students facing emergency needs related to COVID-19.

Keep it concise and know your audience: N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Richard Dietz’s writing advice in a virtual presentation to first-year Elon Law students was drawn from his experience as an appellate attorney and six years on the bench.

Assistant Professor Taleed El-Sabawi recently hosted the first of what she hopes will be several online social gatherings for first-year students learning from home during the 2020 Spring Trimester.