April 8th, 2013 | Student Life | Comments Off
The Wake Forest Moot Court team consisting of Bethany Corbin (’14), Nathan Harrill (’14), and Justin Jenkins (’14) went 4-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Billings Exum Frye National Moot Court Competition hosted by Elon Law School on April 5-6. Continue reading »
April 4th, 2013 | Student Life | Comments Off
David Stern, executive director of Equal Justice Works and a national leader in the public interest law community, is scheduled to speak at Wake Forest law school from at noon on Tuesday, April 16, in Room 1302 of the Worrell Professional Center. The event is free and open to the public.
April 3rd, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
Regulatory watchers already concerned that the federal rulemaking process is agonizingly slow won’t be happy to learn that staffers in the small White House office responsible for vetting every rule that comes out of agencies will be forced to take 10 days off over the next five months due to budget cuts.
April 3rd, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest University School of Law Reference Librarian Kate Irwin-Smiler has been appointed to the federal Depository Library Council for a three-year term, the Government Printing Office announced.
April 2nd, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
NEW YORK – In the first year of new medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements, insurers spent less than 1 percent of premium revenue on rebates or quality improvements, according to an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund. Continue reading »
April 2nd, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that President Barack Obama signed earlier this month will mean more services and more comprehensive coverage for victims of domestic violence, local activists say. Continue reading »
March 28th, 2013 | Alumni | Comments Off
Eight Wake Forest Law alumni and a law professor were admitted and sworn in to the United States Supreme Court Bar on Monday, March 25. Continue reading »
March 28th, 2013 | Campus | Comments Off
“Scarred For Life: The Legacy of Forced Sterilization at Home and Abroad,” co-sponsored by Wake Forest Law, will be held Thursday and Friday, April 4-5, on the Wake Forest University Reynolda Campus. The events will focus on issues surrounding forced sterilization in both the national and international arenas. Continue reading »
March 27th, 2013 | Alumni | Comments Off
When Lisa Jeffries Caldwell (’86) attended the School of Law, there were no black professors and the idea of a black dean leading the school was decades away. But Caldwell and four other black women in her class — Jeanette Peace, Marsha Grayson, Carol Waldron and Joal Broun — were not content with the status quo. “What do we do? How do we make an impact?” Caldwell remembers the students
asking. Continue reading »
March 27th, 2013 | Student Life | Comments Off
The Wake Forest University School of Law will host Dallas-area District Attorney Craig Watkins in a “Conversation With” on Thursday, April 4. The event will be sponsored by the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and the Innocence and Justice Clinic. Continue reading »
