Student News

Josephus Thompson III performed original works in the 5th Annual “High Rhymes and Misdemeanors” Poetry Slam hosted by the School of Law’s Legal Method & Communication Program and Elon University’s Center for Writing Excellence.

A team comprised of nearly two dozen Elon Law students and friends finished on top of its divisional standings this fall in a City of Greensboro adult coed kickball league.

Students interested in food and agriculture law, climate policy, energy regulation, and animal protection can apply Elon Law coursework toward a master’s degree from one of the nation’s top-ranked environmental law programs.

Two students from Florida International University won an annual contest hosted by the Moot Court Board that required this year’s teams to answer the question: does a ban on talking with minor patients about conversion therapy violate a doctor’s First Amendment rights to free speech?

Law students partnered this fall with attorneys from Legal Aid of North Carolina and their Elon Law faculty mentors to help residents of Guilford and Durham counties with applications to remove criminal charges from background records.

A September program in downtown Greensboro marked a return to in-person professional development sponsored by the Elon Law Review.

From painting hallways to spreading mulch, members of Elon Law’s Class of 2025 assisted local educators in August with preparing schools for the start of the academic year through the annual Elon Law Reaches Out service initiative for incoming students.

Twenty-nine students in the Class of 2024 will participate in upcoming national contests and help coordinate Elon Law's own Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition.

The Hon. Barron Thompson L’09, an Elon Law graduate who presides in North Carolina District Court, delivered a Convocation address to the Class of 2025 in which he reminded students that “we all owe something to those who came before us.”

Senior leaders welcomed to Greensboro on August 3, 2023, the largest class in the history of Elon University School of Law with a pledge from Dean Zak Kramer: “We will always put the students here first.”