Posted: March 5th, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest School of Law was among 20 law schools represented at Albany Law School’s 30th Annual Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition on March 1-3, 2018, that included 24 teams from across the U.S.
Gabrielli Moot Court Team Alexia Martin, Jonathan Patton and Caitlin Bush
In keeping with Wake Forest law school’s longstanding tradition of providing a strong representation at this competition the team of Caitlin Bush (JD ’19), Alexia Martin (JD ’19) and Jonathan Patton (JD ’20) advanced to the octofinals at the competition and was ranked as a seventh seed.
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Posted: March 1st, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Members of the Wake Forest School of Law Public Interest Law Organization (PILO) have raised more than $16,000 from the 2018 PILO annual online and live auctions and chili contest, which are held to raise money to provide grants for students with unpaid public interest internships during the summer. Continue reading »
Posted: March 1st, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Kyle Huggins (JD ’19), a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, is the winner of the 2018 Zeliff Trial Bar Competition. Huggins received an honorable mention in the 2017 competition.
The final argument in the Michael Scott v. Worrell Pit Bulls Hockey Club case, sponsored by the Wake Forest Student Trial Bar, was held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Worrell Professional Center.
In the final round of the competition, Huggins represented the defendant, the Worrell Pit Bulls Hockey Club, while Samantha Shaffer (JD ’20) of Buffalo, New York, represented the plaintiff, Michael Scott. Continue reading »
Posted: February 28th, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Leading voices in the “death care” reform movement have published in the Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy the first-ever comprehensive look at the challenges facing the funeral industry, editors announced on Feb. 28, 2018. The Journal issue can be found at https://wfulawpolicyjournal.com/current-issue/. Continue reading »
Posted: February 22nd, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
The National Jurist has named Julian, North Carolina-native Emily Scotton (JD ’18) among 20 “Law Students of the Year” in its Spring 2018 issue. The story was written by Katie Thisdell and published on Feb. 22, 2018. It is the third year the magazine has created this distinction and the third year a Wake Forest University Law student has been recognized among the nation’s top law students by the magazine. Scotton is the only law student from North Carolina to receive the honor in 2018. Continue reading »
Posted: February 22nd, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Jordan Crosby Lee (JD ’16) joined Wake Forest University School of Law’s Office of Career and Professional Development as assistant director on Feb. 5, 2018.
“We’re thrilled to have Jordan as part of the team,” said Office of Career and Professional Development Assistant Dean Francie Scott (JD ‘04), who says the law school is lucky to have been able to lure Lee back.
“His passion for helping students, his dedication to teaching and mentoring and his enthusiasm for this job, in addition to his love for Wake Forest, are unmatched and will serve him well in this position,” Scott explained. Continue reading »
Posted: February 20th, 2018 | By: Anna Conte
The current board members of the Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law (JBIPL) have announced the 2018-19 editorial board. Continue reading »
Posted: February 20th, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest University School of Law National Trial Team competitors and coaches are continuing a record-breaking streak by sending not one, but two teams to nationals after winning the regional TYLA National Trial Competition (NTC) on Feb. 16-18.
Hosted by Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wake Forest’s National Trial Teams advanced to the two championship rounds against the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Emory University law schools, and both came out victorious, says Coach Mark Boynton (JD ’97). Continue reading »
Posted: February 17th, 2018 | By: Annie Calfo
The Wake Forest Law Review has named its new board of editors for the 2018-2019 academic year.
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Posted: February 16th, 2018 | By: Annie Calfo
Ted Saint (JD ’19) and Patrick Wilson (JD ’19) have been selected as the inaugural cadre of Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) scholars for the conference, “Complexity and Security: The Role of the Law?,” which will be held Feb. 23-24, 2018.
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