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(Winston-Salem, N.C., June 15, 2020) — The Supreme Court has ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender employees. Wake Forest University School of Law assistant professor and historian Marie-Amélie George says, “The Supreme Court’s decision is particularly important given that voters have been repealing LGBTQ rights protections at …

(Winston-Salem, N.C., June 4, 2020) — Wake Forest University School of Law students, working under the supervision of faculty members, will offer guidance and consultation to North Carolina residents who have questions about unemployment insurance and federal supplements. There is no charge for the service. “Our law students and faculty members have been trained and are already …

(Winston-Salem, N.C., May 21, 2020) — Wake Forest University School of Law welcomes four new full-time faculty members and a visiting professor for the 2020-2021 academic year. Their experience will bolster Wake Forest Law’s classrooms and clinics in areas ranging from health justice to environmental issues to food law policy and legal writing. “These new …

As coronavirus restrictions have many employers to shifting internship and other strategies due to the unfolding economic crisis, Wake Forest Law has created professional development opportunities for rising second- and third-year JD students with new Summer Intensives. “Summer Intensives are designed to give our law students the opportunity to develop the hard skills employers need,” …

Sophie Robart (JD ’20) interned with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts in the Economic Crimes Unit and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in Washington D.C. Both of these experiences reinforced her passion for criminal law. Where do you call home? Cornwall, Vt. Where did you study …

Henna Shah (JD ’21) was able to take her legal passions and practice to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during her first summer in law school. Where do you call home? San Antonio, Texas Where did you study for your undergraduate degree? I attended the University of Texas at Austin. There, I received …

During the summer of 2013, Brandon Paul (JD ’20) was able to watch the Trials of Daryl Hunt with a surprise Q&A with Hunt and Professor Mark Rabil. This experience inspired him to take part in the Innocence and Justice Clinic at Wake Forest Law. Where do you call home? Lexington, North Carolina Where did …

Julia Adams-Scheurich (MSL ’21) is a contract lobbyist and policy consultant in North Carolina’s capital city. That means she spends much of her time researching proposed legislation and meeting with lawmakers. It also means finding herself in the rooms where it happens, working on complicated bills full of technical language and legal terminology. “I love …

Members of the Wake Forest Law faculty have moved up eight spots on the “Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2018: Updating the Leiter Score Ranking for the Top Third“ by Gregory C. Sisk (St. Thomas) et al. The updated 2018 study explores the scholarly impact of law faculties, ranking the top third of American Bar …

Wake Forest Law Professors Ron Wright, Kami Chavis and Gregory Parks have collected statistics about felony trial jury selection across North Carolina’s 100 counties as part of their research regarding jury selection. This overall research effort is known as the “Jury Sunshine Project.” The researchers have produced a database — the first of its kind — of jury …

In 1998, “Saving Private Ryan,” “Armageddon,” “Titanic,” and “There’s Something About Mary” were among the five biggest films of the year, and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was published for the first time in the United States. It was the same year attorney Mark Rabil began working on the John Robert Hayes case. The …

A collegially competitive spirit thrives among Wake Forest Law students. You may hear it most loudly when it comes to oral advocacy. When many people think of a lawyer, they envision a trial lawyer. They dream of the heroes and heroines of the court that have been made famous by literature and film and popular …