(Winston-Salem, N.C., Nov. 18, 2019) — The Wake Forest National Moot Court Team ended its 2019-2020 campaign during the semi-final rounds of the National Moot Court Competition’s Region IV Tournament. Wake Forest was one of only four teams to go undefeated during the preliminary rounds of the tournament with the team of third-year law students …

(Winston-Salem, N.C., Nov. 4, 2019) — The Wake Forest National Trial Team ended its 2019 campaign as one of the top teams in the country after another historical performance at the 2019 National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) Tournament of Champions (TOC). The team of students, which was coached by Wake Forest alumnus Mark Boynton …

(Winston-Salem, N.C., Oct. 29, 2019) — Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (JD ’78), who became North Carolina’s first Democratic female senator, passed away after battling encephalitis for several years. She was 66. Hagan died in her sleep in her Greensboro home, according to the Charlotte Observer. Her death was caused by Powassan virus. Spread from …

(Winston-Salem, N.C., Oct. 28, 2019) — The Wake Forest Transactional Law Board named Caitlin Becker (JD ’21), Ryan Madden (JD ’21), and Olivia Rojas (JD ’21) overall team champions of the 2019 Transactional Law Competition. The Wake Forest School of Law Transactional Law Competition is a student-run competition, using a simulated business transaction in which …

Sarah Spangenburg (JD ’19) discusses her clerkship experience and how Wake Forest professors helped her reach her post-graduation goals. In which circuit is your clerkship located? U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut In which state is your clerkship located? Connecticut Please provide a quote about your current or future clerkship opportunity. Obtaining my …

While most third-year law students were completing and submitting their final assignments, Adam McCoy (JD ’19) was presenting an oral argument to a panel of judges at the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA. McCoy, who was representing Wake Forest Appellate Advocacy Clinic client, Therl Taylor, in Therl Taylor v. Virginia Grubbs, argued …

James Ray (JD ’21) is using the skills he developed in his Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research (LAWR) and civil procedure classes at his summer internships. Where do you call home? Houston, Texas Where did you study for your undergraduate degree? University of Oklahoma Where are you working your 1L summer? I will be a …

Because veteran Cade Spivey (JD ’21) isn’t quite sure which area of law he wants to practice after graduation, he’s exploring criminal defense, contracts, and national security law in and outside of the Wake Forest classroom. Where do you call home? Virginia Beach, Virginia Where did you study for your undergraduate degree? U.S. Naval Academy …

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 …