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Hooding Ceremony 2013

Wake Forest Law confers hoods and diplomas on 183 graduates

The Wake Forest University School of Law conferred hoods on 183 graduates on Sunday, May 19, in Wait Chapel. The graduates included the first two to earn the Scientiae Juridicae Doctor degree and the first nine to earn the Master of Studies in Law degree. Continue reading »

Professor Carol Anderson

Professor Carol Anderson named one of the first Pound Institute Academic Fellows

The officers and trustees of the Pound Civil Justice Institute have asked Professor Carol Anderson of Wake Forest University School of Law to become one of the first Pound Academic Fellows. Continue reading »

Professors Liz Johnson and Barbara Lentz

Wake Forest Law faculty featured speakers at Carolinas Legal Research & Writing Colloquium

Five Wake Forest Law faculty members were featured speakers at the Carolinas Legal Research & Writing Colloquium held at the University of South Carolina on Friday, May 17.   Continue reading »

Master of Studies in Law degree featured in Wall Street Journal article

Law schools hunting for students as their enrollment numbers drop are increasingly trying to attract an unexpected group: people who have no intention of practicing law. Continue reading »

LL.M. students study U.S. laws to help bring legal reforms to Kosovo

Coming of age in Serbian-controlled Kosovo, Kreshnik Radoniqi risked everytCategorieshing for his education. Continue reading »

Carole and Brad Wilson ('78)

Brad and Carole Wilson give $1 million to fund scholarships, Career and Professional Development Center

Brad and Carole Wilson have given $1 million to the Wake Forest School of Law. The Wilsons’ generosity will address two priorities for the law school: transforming The Worrell Professional Center to meet the changing needs of law students, and providing endowed scholarships.

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Law school offers new summer pre-law courses to undergraduate students

The Wake Forest University is excited to announce it will once again offer a Summer Pre-law Program for undergraduates taught by Law Professors Wilson Parker and Chris Coughlin, and Communication Professors Jarrod Atchison and John Llewellyn.

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Charity Franklin, Jay Kyler, Michael Miranda and Kristina Wolf

Four members of Wake Forest Law class of 2013 to join JAG Corps

For the first time in recent memory, four graduates of the Wake Forest University School of Law are commissioning as Judge Advocate Generals (JAG): Charity Franklin, Jay Kyler, Michael Miranda and Kristina Wolf. Continue reading »

National Review published op-ed by Professor Tanya Marsh regarding the Dodd-Frank Act’s impact on community banks

n the 1946 classic It’s a Wonderful Life, James Stewart stars as George Bailey, the director of the Bailey Building and Loan Association in the fictional community of Bedford Falls, N.Y. Bailey faces numerous challenges to keep the Building and Loan afloat in order to continue supporting the people and businesses of his hometown. His chief challenge is Mr. Potter, the wealthy slumlord who repeatedly schemes to force Bailey out of business. Continue reading »

Professor Tanya Marsh writes in Huffington Post the Tsarnaev burial saga highlights a fundamental legal flaw

The Worcester (Massachusetts) Police Department reports that Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body was buried in an undisclosed location in the middle of the night, bringing an end to a sad, unprecedented soap opera. This controversy has been resolved — but what happens next time? The Tsarnaev burial saga highlights a fundamental flaw in the American law regarding the disposition of human remains. Continue reading »