Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals will give the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture at noon on Tuesday, March 27, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312.Blackburne-Rigsby was sworn in as Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on March 17, 2017, according to the District of Columbia Courts …

Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP LDF)’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will speak to students and staff as part of Wake Forest School of Law’s “Conversation With” speaker series at noon on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. The …

Raina Haque, an adjunct professor at Wake Forest School of Law, will discuss blockchain technology at TEDx Wake Forest that will be held from 12-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, in Wait Chapel. This year’s  TEDx theme, “The Broken Box,” will draw speakers who have “broken boxes” by redefining boundaries within their respective fields. TEDx …

Suzanne Reynolds (JD ’77) announced today that she will step down as Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law at the end of the next academic year, effective June 30, 2019. “Suzanne has demonstrated nearly 40 years of exemplary service to Wake Forest University School of Law, including five extraordinary years as dean,” …

Chris Salemme (JD ‘17) wrote the following story, “Reshaping the legal profession for the millennial generation,” which was originally published in the North State Journal on April 18, 2018. The North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism is taking note of how a new generation of lawyers are reworking the legal field. At its quarterly meeting on …

Wake Forest University Associate Provost Kami Chavis, professor of law and director of the law school’s Criminal Justice Program, participated in a panel discussion at the National Forum of Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) on Friday, April 20, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio. The panel and roundtable at the event, which continued through April 22, were focused …

As part of Earth Week, the Wake Forest School of Law will host a moderated panel discussion about environmental and natural resources law and policy under the Trump Administration entitled, “Celebrating Earth Week: Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy with the Trump Administration,” from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in …

Wake Forest School of Law alumni are featured regularly in the media. Following is a roundup of news mentions from August 2018: J. Gary Vannoy (BA ‘62, JD ‘65), of Vannoy, Colvard, Triplett & Vannoy, was featured in the Wilkes Journal-Patriot on Aug. 14: J. Gary Vannoy, who has practiced law for over 50 years, …

Wake Forest School of Law alumni are featured regularly in the media. Following is a roundup of news mentions from July 2018: Judge Thomas Church (JD ‘73)  of Iredell County District Court was featured in the Record & Landmark on July 2, 2018: Judge Church will retire at the end of the end of the year.  His …

The North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) inducted three new members of the General Practice Hall of Fame on June 21, 2018, at the NCBA Annual Meeting Awards Dinner in Wilmington. They are two Wake Forest University School of Law alumni — Wesley Bailey  (BA’ 54, LLB ’55) of Winston-Salem and J. Gary Vannoy (BA ’62, LLB ’64) …

Leah Hermiller (JD ’14) is among three members of the Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) to receive awards during the 2018 NCBA Annual Meeting in Wilmington. Hermiller of Raleigh received the Charles F. Blanchard Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Martha Bradley of Asheville received the Robinson O. Everett Professionalism Award, and …

Wake Forest Law faculty, students and staff are quoted regularly in the media. Following are the media mentions for Sept. 7, 2018: 2017 Was Deadliest Year for Environmental Activists Sept. 5 Resilience Because of rigorous verification standards, Global Witness’s data are the “gold standard” on the killing of environmental activists, says John Knox, a Wake …

Wake Forest Law faculty, students and staff are quoted regularly in the media. Following are the media mentions for Aug. 24, 2018: Checking in with Professor Kate Mewhinney’s Elder Law Clinic at Wake Forest School of Law August 21 Law Professors Blog Network Over the weekend, one of my news feeds sent me a timely …

Based on the latest Sisk data,  Professor Ron Wright is ranked No. 12 among the 20 most-cited criminal law and procedure professors in the U.S. for the period 2013-2017, according to the latest Leiter Report. The data was collected in late May of 2018, and the pre-2018 database did expand a bit since then, according to Brian …

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 University School of Law welcomed its newest students for the 2018-19 academic year on Friday, Aug. 10. The entering JD class of 154, which includes three new Two-Year International JD students, hail from 31 states, 75 percent from states other than North Carolina, four countries other than U.S., and 100 different colleges and …

Dennis W. Archer, chairman emeritus of Dickinson Wright PLLC, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan Supreme Court Justice, and president of the American Bar Association, will speak at noon on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, in Room 1312 of the Worrell Professional Center as part of the Business Law Program (BLP)’s distinguished Sager Speaker Series. A light lunch, for the …

Ashley Collette (JD ’19) talks about her summer position at the National Center for Lesbian Rights and her decision to attend Wake Forest School of Law. Where do you call home? Findlay, Ohio, but I now consider Winston-Salem my home. Where did you study for your undergraduate degree? I studied at the University of Kentucky …

Matt Welch (JD ’19) talks about his summer positions at multiple law firms this summer. He also talks about his decision to attend Wake Forest School of Law. Where do you call home? Lexington, SC Where did you study for your undergraduate degree? Clemson University Where are you working this summer? I am a summer …