Wake Forest Law will once again offer a Summer Pre-law Program for undergraduates taught by Law Professors Wilson Parker and Chris Coughlin, and Communication Professors Jarrod Atchison and John Llewellyn.The program consists of two courses that will be taught in the law school but will qualify for credit from the undergraduate college: “Legal Theory, Practice, and …

The vast majority of law schools in the United States are operating at a significant financial loss, according to a survey conducted by a professor of law at the University of Colorado. In a recent article on his blog, “Lawyers Guns and Money,” Paul Campos, professor of law at the University of Colorado, estimated that 80-85 …

Chief Judge Carl Stewart of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is referred to as one of the most influential federal judges in the nation in an ABA Journal article published this month. In an in-depth interview, “Meet the chief judge of the nation’s most divisive, controversial and conservative appeals court,” Mark …

The National Jurist announced today that Dean Blake D. Morant is once again among the most influential people in legal education.  In its 2013 list, the magazine highlight of the dean states: “As far back as 2008, a short time after Blake Morant was named dean at Wake Forest University School of Law, he noted …

Wake Forest Law Professor Kate Mewhinney will be among the N.C. lawyers who is giving freely of their time and talent on Friday, March 1, as participants in the North Carolina Bar Association’s sixth annual 4ALL Statewide Service Day. Volunteer attorneys will provide free legal information from eight call centers across the state from 7 …

Wake Forest University law students joined volunteer attorneys and community volunteers at the Winston-Salem Pro Bono Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)  event on Nov. 10 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Overseeing the event was Professor Margaret Taylor, well known for her teaching and research on immigration law and policy. The event saw volunteers of all …

Justice Randy J. Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court will visit the Wake Forest University School of Law to discuss “Delaware Courts and Corporate Law” at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1301. The event, which is sponsored by the Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law, is free …

Craig Principe (’12)  was the co-prosecutor in the Union County, N.C., trial of the defendant accused (now convicted) of serious child abuse inflicting unfortunately permanent injury.  This crime led to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory to sign “Kilah’s Law,” raising the sentencing range for those convicted of serious child abuse. Joshua Houser, 24, was charged …

Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday announced that Virginia Johnson (’85) will lead North Carolina’s federal relations office, serving as the governor’s chief advocate in Washington, D.C. Raised in Reidsville and a graduate of Duke University and Wake Forest Law, Johnson has more than 10 years of experience on Capitol Hill.  She served as counsel to …

Andy Krafsur (’86), CEO of Spira Footwear, will speak to the law community on Monday, March 3, in Room 1312 of  the Worrell Professional Center about his business experiences including forming his own law firm, establishing and launching Spira Footwear, and partnering with A&E and Duck Dynasty. The event is free and open to the law …

In October 2009, Brandon Barnes (’09) led Shauna Moser Barnes (’10) on a scavenger hunt around Winston-Salem. The hunt ended at Simply Yummy, a restaurant close to the School of Law, where the two of them used to study for Professor Joel Newman’s tax class. There, Barnes proposed. “It wasn’t federal tax class that sparked …

The law students sat quietly as capital defense attorney and Wake Forest Law Professor Mark Rabil described the experience of watching one of his clients be executed. Covered in a sheet with IVs trailing from his arms, the man looked around at the roomful of people who would watch him die. His eyes rested on …

Professor John Knox, U.N. Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment, will present his annual report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday, March 10. The report, which is based on an extensive survey of sources in international law, concludes that environmental harm can adversely affect the ability to enjoy human rights, including rights …

University Chair in Law Professor Sidney Shapiro was recently quoted in the Feb. 27th issue of the Bloomberg BNA Occupational Safety & Health Reporter article, “Chamber Unleashes Barrage of Comments Critical of OSHA’s Proposed Silica Rule.”  Shapiro was quoted on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s criticism of the recently proposed OSHA silica rule. “Ultimately, it doesn’t matter …

“Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” – Judge Leon M. …

Brett Becker (’14) is the winner of the 2014 Zeliff Competition Finals, sponsored by the Wake Forest Student Trial Bar. The final argument, State of Luna v. Robert Jones, involving moonshine, greed and murder, was held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, in the Worrell Professional Center between Brett Becker (’14), representing defendant Robert Jones, and Jeff …

Wake Forest Law students, faculty, staff and alumni will volunteer at the kickoff of the 2014 North Carolina Legal Feeding Frenzy on Thursday, March 6, at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C., 3655 Reed St., Winston-Salem. Sponsored by The Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association, in conjunction with the North Carolina Association …

John Hodnette (’15) is among a team of Wake Forest graduate students who have advanced to the finals of the Breast Cancer Startup Challenge. Now the team of students from the Wake Forest University Schools of Law, Business and Medicine and Wake Forest Innovations will put its unique business plan to take a clinically viable breast cancer treatment …

The Wake Forest University Black Law Students Association (BLSA) 29th Annual Scholarship Banquet on Friday, Feb. 28, has been deemed a huge success by organizers and attendees alike. “This was the most successful annual banquet yet,” according to BLSA President Ashley Waring (’15), noting it exceeded all of the organization’s past banquets in attendance. More …