Student News

Elon Law students in the Class of 2023 made appellate arguments in a fictional lawsuit that alleged sex discrimination after a pretend university declined to establish a women’s soccer team.

Students smashed paper plates piled with whipped cream into the goofy grins of professors eager to help Elon Law’s Pro Bono Board raise money for community outreach programs.

An Elon Law residency-in-practice with the crop protection and agriculture technology firm confirmed for Lori Pittman L’22 that corporate law was where she can see herself eventually making a positive impact for her hometown in eastern North Carolina.

Anthony Bland, Elizabeth Kwon, and Elliott Millner from the Class of 2023 were selected for a highly competitive North Carolina Bar Association initiative aimed at making the legal profession more reflective of the state’s many diverse communities.

The Hon. Hunter Murphy, the Hon. Toby Hampson, and the Hon. April Wood answered questions from students following oral arguments by lawyers representing the parties involved in two separate lawsuits.

PreLaw Magazine has again listed Elon University School of Law in its annual rankings of best law schools in the United States dedicated to “preparing students for practice.”

Cynthia Hager L’22 and Kailyn Hutchins L’22 will each receive $2,500 in recognition of their “academic responsibility, a passion for community involvement, and a personal connection to Guilford County.”

Elon Law’s student chapter of the Innocence Project welcomed four speakers working to help a Texas woman scheduled for execution on April 27 whose guilty verdict more than a decade ago has been called into question.

An Elon Law residency-in-practice with criminal prosecutors in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, provided an opportunity for Alison “Ali” DeHoek L’22 to hone the ability to think quickly on her feet while better understanding the mechanics of North Carolina’s system of justice.

Daphne Myers L’23 was one of six students nationwide randomly selected for $25,000 in a MAX by AccessLex® Scholarship Drawing, an incentive program that rewards participants in a personal finance program offered by AccessLex Institute.