Wake Forest University will host the “Idlewild Conference” on Friday, Feb. 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Annenberg Forum in Carswell. The event is a day-long series of conversations on race, gender, religion and capitalism in the U.S. South. The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, students and interested …

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –  Wake Forest University School of Divinity hosted a forum and panel discussion on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, about recent events in Ferguson, Mo. The forum was inspired by a need to bring, conversation, connection, and understanding across the Wake Forest student body and wider campus community. “Ferguson: A Discussion on Race, Justice, …

Professor Kami Chavis Simmons, director of the Criminal Justice Program at Wake Forest Law, participated in a panel on Wednesday, Dec. 3, about racial issues. Buildings engulfed in flame, the successive popping and muzzle flashes of gunfire, the chants of enraged protesters: these are the sights and sounds that consumed the streets of Ferguson, Mo., …

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rescheduled oral arguments at the Wake Forest University School of Law to begin at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, in Room 1312 of the Worrell Professional Center. Chief Judge Linda McGee canceled the earlier arguments scheduled for Feb. 24 due to winter weather conditions. Chief Judge McGee …

Winston-Salem was No. 2 among a list of the top 10 affordable cities in a ranking by an online publication, although local officials said they doubted the ranking would make that much difference in their efforts to market the city. The Simple Dollar, which bills itself as a site to help people with their finances, …

Professor Christine Nero Coughlin, director of Wake Forest Law’s Legal Analysis, Writing and Research Program, is among the panelists scheduled for the “Ebola: At Home And Abroad” symposium set for 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 12-13 in the Kulynych Auditorium of the Byrum Welcome Center at Wake Forest University. The symposium is sponsored by …

Professors Kami Chavis Simmons and Mark Rabil will host a free community cinema screening of “Evolution of a Criminal” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Salem College’s Huber Theatre. The executive producer of the film is Spike Lee. The film is directed by Darius Clark Monroe. The documentary explores Monroe’s past, including the circumstances …

The Public Interest Law Organization (PILO) will host its first fundraiser golf tournament on Saturday, April 18, 2015. The tournament will begin at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start at the Bermuda Run Country Club West in Advance, N.C. This golf tournament fundraiser is a first for PILO, according to organizers. This year’s event is …

Jenica Cassidy (’14) has been serving as a Fellow with the ABA Commission on Law and Aging since August 2014.  As a Fellow, she has been working on a study that examines termination of guardianships and restoration of rights for adults. BiFocal, the journal of the ABA Commission is publishing a short overview of the study in …

LEXINGTON, N.C. — Susan Sparks (’87), a pastor, comedian and lawyer, will deliver the 2015 Carolyn M. Parker Memorial Preaching/Teaching Lectures on Saturday, Jan. 31, and Sunday, Feb. 1,  at First Baptist Church, West Third Avenue, in Lexington. Sparks will speak three times beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 and 10 a.m. Feb. 1 in …

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) announced on January 22, 2024 the appointment of Thomas J. DesRosier, Esq. (’80) to the position of executive vice president, chief legal and administration officer, and secretary. Mr. DesRosier will be responsible for global legal operations, information technology and other administrative functions. He will report to ARIAD’s chairman and chief executive …

Professor Mark Hall tells The New York Times that policy environment does not work well in the article,  “How an Adverse Supreme Court Ruling Would Send Obamacare Into a Tailspin,” published on Feb. 27, 2015. Read the article in full below: Even if you don’t receive Obamacare subsidies, you could still be harmed by the Supreme …

Professor Kami Chavis Simmons is quoted by the Duke Chronicle in the following story: The murders of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, N.C., earlier this month has brought national attention once again to how hate crimes are prosecuted in America. Although Craig Hicks, the perpetrator, was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder by …

Professor Kami Chavis Simmons, director of the Wake Forest Law Criminal Justice Program, spoke about how to police policemen during the “The Thin Blue Line: Policing Post-Ferguson” symposium at St. Louis University School of Law on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. The symposium focused on the legal and societal challenges that face law enforcement on the streets today. The …

On a day that North Carolina was blanketed with snow, Professors Michael Kent Curtis and Eugene Mazo were busy urging the United States Supreme Court to hear an important redistricting case. Curtis and Mazo joined a group of prominent election law scholars to sign an amicus curiae brief that was filed in the high court …

David Asbury (’15) is the winner of the 2015 Zeliff Trial Bar Competition Finals, sponsored by the Wake Forest Student Trial Bar. The final argument, State of Hampton v. Taylor White, was held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27,  in the Worrell Professional Center between Asbury, who was counsel for the plaintiff, and Bradley Simon …

The Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law (JBIPL) has announced its new Board of Editors for the 2015-2016 academic year. The new Editor-In-Chief will be Timothy M. McLister and the new Managing Editor will be Eli M. Marger. The Manuscripts Editor will be Anastasia E. Fanning and the three Executive Articles Editors …

The Pro Bono Project will host two free Wills Clinics in March, according to student organizers. The first is planned for Friday, March 13, 2015, in Alleghany County and the second is planned for Friday, March 27, 2015, in Pembroke, which is located in Robeson County.Law students will be working with local attorneys in both …

The Wake Forest Law Review has announced its new Board of Editors for the 2015-2016 academic school year. The new Editor-In-Chief will be Donald C. Morgan. Katharine C. Yale will serve as Managing Editor, and the five new Executive Editors will be Elissa M. Hachmeister, Catherine H. Law, Daniel T. Menken, Michael A. Mitchell and …