Wake Forest Law welcomed U.S. Army Capt. Florent “Flo” Groberg to the Worrell Professional Center on Wednesday, March 15. His presentation, “Opportunities Earned and Leadership Learned: An American Hero’s Journey,” was co-sponsored by Bank of America in an effort to raise financial support and student engagement for the Veterans Legal Clinic. Capt. Groberg also made a …

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, the National Jurist has named Wake Forest Law among the nation’s “greenest” law schools in its Spring 2017 edition. The magazine ranked Wake Forest Law the ninth greenest law school in the country. “More and more law schools are walking the walk, not just talking the talk. We identify …

Wake Forest Law professors will follow up Feb. 2′s panel discussion on “What Will Happen in the Trump Administration?” with a second panel discussion focusing on climate change, immigration and health and safety regulations at noon on Monday, Feb. 13, in Room 1312 of the Worrell Professional Center. For those who can’t attend in person, …

Francie Scott (JD ’04) has been promoted to fill the new position of Assistant Dean for Career and Professional Development. Scott was named interim director of the Office of Career and Professional Development in the May following the departure of Kim Fields, who served as director of the department for 16 years and resigned to …

Dean Emeritus and retired Professor of Law John “Don” Scarlett, 93, died on July 10, 2017, after an extended illness. A funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 17, at First Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem. The family will receive friends following the service in the fellowship hall. Dean Scarlett joined the …

Jason Chung (JD ‘17) and Briana O’Neil (JD ‘18) joined with students from other North Carolina universities on March 18, 2017,  to offer perspectives on their legal education during a program designed to help minority students who may be considering law school. Wake Forest Law hosted the North Carolina Bar Association’s Minorities in the Profession …

A graveside memorial service celebrating the life of former Wake Forest Law Associate Dean Marian F. Parker (JD ’78) will be held at 11 a.m. March 17, 2017, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Details can be found on the Hanes Lineberry Funeral Home website. Professor Parker, 69, retired associate dean for Information …

As a student working in Wake Forest Law’s Elder Law Clinic, Marcus Fields (BA ’10, JD ’16) watched a client struggle to balance his full-time job with overseeing his mother’s care in a local nursing home, while also selling her home in another part of the state. The man made a common error that could …

Former Fletcher Scholar, Reid Whitten (JD ’07), has been named managing partner of the London office of Sheppard Mullin. Following is a brief interview about his journey and transition to London. Describe your journey to becoming the managing partner at Sheppard Mullin’s London office. Before I went to law school, I was living in the …

Four new members of the North Carolina Bar Association’s General Practice Hall of Fame were inducted on Thursday, June 22, at the 119th NCBA Annual Meeting in Asheville. Attorneys comprising the 2017 induction class are: ·         Leto Copeley, Durham ·         Charles David Gantt, Asheville ·         Bobby Harold Griffin (JD ’67), Monroe ·         Thomas J. White …

Wake Forest Law is the only ranked law school in the country that is also home to a working business court. When the North Carolina Business Court heard its first case in January 2017 in its newest court located in the Worrell Professional Center, it came to light that Wake Forest Law alumni are currently …

Wake Forest Law faculty, students and staff are quoted regularly in the media. Following are the media mentions for the week of July 21, 2017: Health Care Reform: Straight Talk for Turbulent Times Triangle Business Journal July 20 The success of the Triad region depends on a vibrant health care economy.  What are the challenges and opportunities that …

Dean Suzanne Reynolds (JD ’77) has announced the appointment of Omari S. Simmons as the Howard L. Oleck Professor of Business Law. “In leading journals, Professor Simmons has published important pieces on the role of business courts, corporate counsel and corporate governance,” Dean Reynolds says. “And he has created and incorporated a business law program …

Environmental defenders being killed in record numbers globally, new research revealsWake Forest Law faculty, students and staff are quoted regularly in the media. Following are the media mentions for the week of July 14, 2017:   Environmental defenders being killed in record numbers globally, new research reveals   The Guardian July 13 John Knox, UN …

Dean Suzanne Reynolds (JD ’77) has announced the appointment of Alan Palmiter as the William T. Wilson, III, Presidential Chair for Business Law. The university named its two newest chairs on July 13, 2017. In addition to Palmiter, Koleman Strumpf was named the Burchfield Presidential Chair of Political Economy. Dean Reynolds says, “How delighted we all …

Wake Forest University’s fully online Master of Studies in Law (MSL) degree and certificate program’s innovative telemedicine course is the first of its kind to be taught in a law school, according to the American Telemedicine Association. Recent studies show the telemedicine course, which will be offered beginning in August 2017, is not only innovative …

After completing her first two semesters of Wake Forest Law’s online Master of Studies in Law (MSL) degree, Senior Associate Director of Information Technology Karen Frekko (MSL ’18) says she has found “a new set of tools” in her toolbox. Like nearly half of all of Wake Forest Law MSL students, Frekko already earned a …

Bilingual Wake Forest Law students volunteered in the Family Preparedness Project, a new initiative led by the Pro Bono Project that seeks to provide durable powers of attorney for individuals in North Carolina who may be at risk of deportation. Student coordinators, Emily Scotton (JD ’18) and Vanessa Garrido (JD ’18), organized client appointments at …

The partners at Winston-Salem’s Erdos IP Law saw two problems. First, many nonprofits have legal needs but cannot afford the current market rate for legal services. Second, fewer law firms are hiring and paying law students during the summer. That’s where the Pop-up Legal Project, the brainchild of Raina Haque and Jon Mayhugh (JD ’16), …