Posted: April 18th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Lisa Roach (JD ’17 , president and co-founder of Dying Right NC, has been instrumental in drafting “End of Life” legislation that has been introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly in the form of HB 789, which would allow qualified North Carolina patients diagnosed with a terminal illness to end life on their terms by ingesting a lethal dose of prescribed medicine.
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Posted: April 18th, 2017 | By: Emily Eisert
The Pro Bono Project hosted its Pro Bono Honors Society annual dinner and recognition event on April 11, 2017. In addition to the inductees, in attendance were Dean Suzanne Reynolds (JD ’77) and Hazel Mack, interim Outreach Director for the law school.
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Posted: April 18th, 2017 | By: Emily Eisert
Wake Forest Law Moot Court has announced its board members for the 2017-2018 academic year. The following students were elected: Emily Lagan (JD ’18) as Chief Justice, Vanessa Garrido (JD ’18) as Associate Chief Justice and Kyle Mirabelli (JD ’18) as Marshall.
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Posted: April 17th, 2017
At a special Pro Bono Honor Society dinner and recognition event on April 11, 2017, Chris Salemme (JD ’17), was presented with the Smith Anderson Pro Bono Award for Exceptional Service. The award is presented annually to a Wake Forest Law in recognition of extraordinary pro bono service to the community.
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Posted: April 17th, 2017 | By: Caitlin Herlihy
After hearing about Wake Forest Law’s strong ranking and reputation from a professor at University of Bahrain, Abdulla Husain (LL.M. ’17) knew it was the ideal place for him to pursue an LL.M.
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Posted: April 13th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Ashley Bouchez (JD ’19) of Huntersville, North Carolina, won the 46th annual George K. Walker Moot Court Competition final round on Thursday, April 13, in the Worrell Professional Center.
Bouchez argued in opposition of Jonathan Patton (JD ’19), who was named runner-up of the competition. Patton is a native of Rock Hill, South Carolina.
The final round showcases the top two first-year law students in the moot court competition. Arguing a fictitious discrimination case, Bouchon represented the Plaintiff Celia Weston, as guardian for Albert Blair, while Patton represented the Defendant Dalton Corp.
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Posted: April 13th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest Law has for the fourth year in a row won the N.C. Bar Association’s North Carolina Legal Feeding Frenzy. The 2017 event saw more than 300,000 pounds of food collected.
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Posted: April 11th, 2017 | By: Emily Eisert
An article written by Matthew Silverstein (JD ’17) and published in the Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law (JBIPL) has been judged as one of the best law review articles related to intellectual property published the past year. Continue reading »
Posted: April 10th, 2017 | By: Michael Breedlove
Cheslie Kryst (JD/MBA ’17) is featured in the following Winston-Salem Journal story, “Twin City Trendsetters: Meet a few locals who are shaking up the Twin City fashion scene,” published on March 31, 2017. Kryst, a fashion designer, was also featured on the cover of the April issue of the Winston-Salem Monthly.
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Posted: April 7th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
A Forsyth County judge has rejected a guilty plea in a capital case Innocence and Justice Clinic students have been working on for the past two years due to concerns about mental competency of a man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death in 2014.
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