Elon Law professor appointed to ABA legal education leadership role

Eric Townsend

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Media Relations

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Elon Law professor appointed to ABA legal education leadership role

September 1, 2023

Assistant Professor Rosa Newman-Ruffin will serve over the next year as vice-chair of legal education for the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section.

A familiar face named director of the Elon Law Library

August 16, 2023

Anupama Pal will lead a team of seven staff members as she returns to North Carolina as associate dean for library and information services at �þ��’s downtown Greensboro law school.

�þ�� named to Elon Law Moot Court Board

August 16, 2023

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.

�þ�� selects inaugural director of Data Nexus initiative

August 16, 2023

Professor Crista Arangala from the Department of Mathematics & Statistics will oversee a new program designed to teach data competency through campus centers and academic programs that support student learning and faculty development.

Judge to new law students: ‘Who are you going to serve?’

August 8, 2023

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.”

A snapshot of Elon Law’s Class of 2025

August 3, 2023

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

Head of OUTLaw student group represents Elon Law at national conference

July 27, 2023

Nic Parsons L’24 credits faculty and staff mentors for their support during her first year of law school – reassurance that led her to an all-expense paid scholarship from the Pauli Murray LGBTQ+ Bar Association to visit Chicago for the 2023 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair.

Elon Law’s new dean featured in Triad Business Journal

July 27, 2023

Dean Zak Kramer answered questions for July coverage of his vision and goals for �þ��'s downtown Greensboro law school.

Elon Law student wins N.C. Supreme Court Appellate Moot Court Competition

July 26, 2023

John Ferebee L’24 prevailed in a competition for summer interns with the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the North Carolina Court of Appeals that featured a real case out of Kentucky involving questions of the Fourth Amendment.

Elon Law professors moderate ethics panel at federal judicial conference

July 5, 2023

Senior Associate Dean Alan Woodlief and Associate Professor Eric Fink led a conversation with prominent judges and attorneys on ways for experienced lawyers to mentor their younger colleagues on balancing client advocacy with behavioral expectations of the court system.