Student News

As road conditions have improved but remain subject to freezing overnight and further clearing in the morning, Elon Law will reopen Friday, January 19, at 12 p.m. Classes and activities scheduled to begin prior to noon are canceled.

Classes and activities have been cancelled for a second day in Greensboro, and administrative offices and the library are closed.

Several Elon Law students, administrators, faculty and friends packed food, produced scarves, and created Valentine’s Day cards for local seniors as part of the 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service organized by The Volunteer Center of Greensboro.

Elon Law Professor Catherine Dunham and Associate Professor David S. Levine will discuss the #MeToo movement and how law schools and lawyers might address growing awareness as a profession. This event was rescheduled from earlier in January due to winter weather.

Elon University School of Law hosts two campus programs and takes part in a citywide service event in observance of the federal holiday commemorating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Members of the Black Law Students Association and their families commemorated the achievements of graduating students who recognize their African roots in a cultural ceremony the day before Commencement for Elon Law’s Class of December 2017.

The David Gergen Award for Leadership & Professionalism, bestowed annually at Elon University School of Law’s Commencement, recognizes one student in each graduating class for embodying the highest levels of selfless leadership and service.

Students in the Class of December 2017 and their families celebrated outstanding academic performance, pro bono work, and service to the law school in a ceremony on the eve of their graduation from Elon Law's highly experiential 2.5-year program.

When Joleen Parks graduates on Saturday in the first class to complete Elon Law's new 2.5-year program, it will be her next chapter in a life radically changed five years ago in the skies over North Carolina.

A dozen Fellows in the Class of December 2017 recently shared with first-year students the details of projects aimed at improving the community while strengthening their own leader lawyer skills.