The Wake Forest Law Student Bar Association will offer its first-ever Mental Health Day from 1 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 18,  which will include stress-relieving activities for students such as inflatable jousting, a dunk tank with fellow students and professors, corn hole and counseling center information as well as music and food. All events will be held outside the Worrell Professional Center. Continue reading »

After its creation during the 2009-2010 school year, the Pro Bono Project has experienced great success, according to Director of Outreach Beth Hopkins.

“The Pro Bono Project has helped to connect Wake Forest Law students to hundreds of opportunities with attorneys in varies fields including non-profit work, private practices and other legal service organizations,” she said. Continue reading »

Craig Wakins made history in 2006 when he became the first African American in Texas history to be elected as a District Attorney. Continue reading »

CHARLOTTE — The Wake Forest University School of Law will host Barry Scheck, co-founder and co-director of the national Innocence Project, at a reception beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, at the WFU Charlotte Center. Scheck will speak to students, faculty and alumni about the latest developments in the “innocence movement” followed by a question-and-answer session. Continue reading »

Elder law used to mean writing a will and choosing a power of attorney should one become disabled. These days lawyers who pursue the specialty find themselves helping a new generation of seniors navigate territory their parents never faced – one that often requires lawyers to play the role of social worker, psychologist and advocate, said Kate Mewhinney, a clinical professor at the Wake Forest University School of Law who oversees the Elder Law Clinic. Continue reading »

As the first black District Attorney in Texas, Craig Watkins doesn’t shy away from race; he confronts it. And he said that’s because of his experience growing up black in Dallas.

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The first black District Attorney in Texas, Craig Watkins, spent Thursday and Friday at Wake Forest University talking about sentencing and security for prosecutors, just days after colleagues in a neighboring Texas community were murdered.

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Wake Forest School of Law is featured in PreLaw’s Spring 2013 magazine as one of the “Best Law Schools of 2013,” and one of the top law schools leading the way in experiential learning.    Continue reading »

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 »

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.

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