September 20th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor John Knox, a United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and the environment, was quoted in the New York Time article, “Examining the U.N.’s Record on Urgent Global Challenges,” published by Somini Sengupta on Sept. 19, 2016.
September 16th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Harold Lloyd originally published the following post on The Huffington Post Blog here.
September 16th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Kami Chavis is quoted in the article, “The Family of Sandra Bland Reaches a Remarkable Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit,” written by By Leon Neyfakh of Slate magazine.
September 14th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Adjunct Professor Quentin Huff (BA ’95, JD ’03) joined Wake Forest Law in August 2016 as Assistant Director of Bar Success, but this is not his first experience with Wake Forest or the law school. “I like to call myself a ‘Triple Deac,’” he says.
September 13th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
In celebration of Constitution Day 2016, Professor Wendy Parker will present her lecture, ”Equal Protection & Black Lives Matter.” The lecture is set for noon on Friday, Sept. 16, in Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. The event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served.
September 9th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Mark Hall, the director of the law school’s Health Law and Policy Program, has been appointed as the only Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution, part of the Washington, D.C.-based think tank’s Economic Studies research program.
September 8th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
September 6th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
The Innocence and Justice Clinic and Director Professor Mark Rabil was featured in the Statesville Record & Landmark article, “‘MY OWN HELL’: 37 years after rape, victim’s life remains forever changed and a prisoner maintains his innocence,” published by Robert E. Lee on Sept. 4, 2016.
The articles chronicles the wrongful conviction of Norman Satterfield of Statesville, N.C. Statterfield was sentenced to life in prison in 1979 for rape and burglary charges. In 2012, the Innocence and Justice Clinic took his case. Satterfield was expected to be released this past spring. Instead, his sentence was reduced due to an overlooked common robbery conviction.
The first section of the article follows.
August 31st, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Adjunct Professor Heather Gram will begin the 2016-2017 academic year teaching the first section of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research (LAWR) to first-year students in the fall. In the spring semester, she will teach the second section of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research as well as a Business Drafting course.
August 31st, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Wednesday to reinstate North Carolina’s voter identification requirement and keep just 10 days of early in-person voting. The court rejected a request by Gov. Pat McCrory and other state officials to delay a lower court ruling that found the state law was tainted by racial discrimination. Continue reading »
