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  Chris Martin is the new Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at Wake Forest Law. He comes to this position from Northwestern University where he served in the same role. At Wake Forest Law, he will oversee the academic policies and procedures for all its academic programs, including the JD; international LLM, SJD, and visiting …

Remy Servis (JD ’22) is pursuing a JD/MA in Bioethics at Wake Forest Law. She is a health law and policy fellow as well as the managing editor of Awaken: The Creative Journal of Contemporary Bioethics. Where do you call home? Longport, New Jersey Where did you study for your undergraduate degree? Washington University in …

Growing up in a family of lawyers and pastors, Hannah Norem’s (JD/MDiv ’23) passion for law and divinity began in her childhood and it continued to grow during her undergraduate experience. Where do you call home? Houston, Texas Where did you study for your undergraduate degree? Augustana University What year will you graduate from Wake …

Vincent Bivona’s (JD ’23) successful participation in the 1L Trial Bar Competition pushed him out of his comfort zone and allowed him to identify his strengths and passions for the law. Where do you call home? Staten Island, New York Where did you study for your undergraduate degree? Duke University What year will you graduate …

A local veteran has a reason to celebrate. After 13 years since a less-than-honorable discharge from the U.S. Army, this veteran, who we will call Frankie for purposes of anonymity, has been issued an honorable discharge thanks to the Wake Forest Veterans Legal Clinic. Frankie’s Story Frankie enlisted in the Army at 17-years-old and served …

(Winston-Salem, N.C., September 21, 2020) — Wake Forest Law joins the nation in mourning the loss of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A fierce and devoted advocate for gender equality, Justice Ginsburg is widely considered the architect of the legal battle for women’s rights. Her work changed the world for all American women …

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 …

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 …