February 16th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Omari Simmons will participate in the symposium, “In the Boardroom: Corporate Governance Reform Meets the Real World,” on Thursday, March 8-9, 2012, at the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign-Urbana. Continue reading »
February 14th, 2012 | Alumni | Comments Off
Two alumni of the Wake Forest University School of Law are the recipients of awards from the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. Robert “Hoppy” Elliott (’77) has been named the 2012 winner of the Frank Porter Award and Kristin Parks (’95) won the Paul Green Award. Continue reading »
February 13th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
When the Obama Administration announced tough new pollution regulations for power plants last year, the industry loudly protested. The rules, which among other things will require coal-fired plants to make deep reductions in mercury and sulphur dioxide emissions by 2015, will cost utilities at least $12 billion, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates. Coal producers put the price tag at $21 billion. They say electricity prices will spike 12 percent, dozens of plants will close, and thousands of workers will lose their jobs. Continue reading »
February 13th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
Defense lawyer Mark Rabil thinks the N.C. Racial Justice Act of 2009 is bringing long-overdue justice to the state’s courts, while prosecutor Jim O’Neill says it is pushing justice further away.
In the more than two years since the act became law, Rabil said he’s seen prosecutors use more care to ensure there is no racism in their selection of jurors. O’Neill says he’s doing nothing different when he prosecutes a case, but now he tells the families of murder victims that the Racial Justice Act will add decades to the years they will wait to see a death sentence carried out. And even then, O’Neill said, the murderer might be able to use statistics to avoid execution. Continue reading »
February 13th, 2012 | Student Life | Comments Off
The Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law will host “Avenue of the Arts: Connecting Creativity, Economics and the Law” on Friday, March 23, in the Worrell Professional Center. Continue reading »
February 10th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
As part of Black History Month, Professor Beth Hopkins will discuss African-American women who are not as well-known historically, but who have had an important place in the history of the steps leading up to the Brown v. Board of Education case and the aftermath of Brown from 3-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Auditorium.
February 10th, 2012 | Student Life | Comments Off
The Wake Forest University School of Law Domestic Violence Advocacy Center is hosting its annual raffle from 9:30-11:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Old Winston Social Club. Continue reading »
February 10th, 2012 | Student Life | Comments Off
The Wake Forest University School of Law Veterans Advocacy Law Organization (VALOR) hosted a free legal clinic for 30 area veterans on Friday, Feb. 3. Continue reading »
February 10th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest University School of Law Professor Kami Chavis Simmons will participate in the symposium, “Control of Police Misconduct in a Post-Exclusionary Rule World: Can it be Done?,” hosted by the St. Louis University School of Law on Friday, Feb. 24. Continue reading »
February 9th, 2012 | Student Life | Comments Off
The Wake Forest International Environmental Moot Court Team competed in the Stetson International Moot Court Competition hosted by the American University Washington School of Law in Washington, D.C., Feb. 3-5. Continue reading »
