Posted: January 23rd, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
The Wake Forest Law Review‘s Spring 2018 symposium, “Rights & Resources: Using Human Rights to Protect Natural Resources,” is set for 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.on Friday, April 6, 2018, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. Continue reading »
Posted: January 22nd, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker

For the second year in a row, members of Wake Forest School of Law’s 1L Trial Team — Melissa Malone, Scott Harvey, Rachel Boyd, KC Ohanu and Agustin Martinez — beat out all the other teams from North Carolina law schools to win the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)’s
2018 Kilpatrick Townsend 1L Mock Trial Competition held Jan. 19-21, 2018.
Malone also won the award for Best Advocate.
“As you can imagine, we are extremely happy that we were able to beat out some very tough competition from all the law schools in North Carolina,” Martinez wrote in an email. ” It was truly a team effort.”
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Posted: January 10th, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Clients come to the Wake Forest School of Law Elder Law Clinic with both legal issues and emotional needs. One client is worried about her grown child who needs more help than his siblings. Other clients come with spouses who are becoming frail or forgetful. They are overwhelmed by complicated health care systems and by drastic changes in family dynamics. Many are challenged by their lack of financial resources, though they are rich in community, religious, and family support. Continue reading »
Posted: January 5th, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest Law faculty, students and staff are quoted regularly in the media. Following are the media mentions for the week of Jan. 5, 2018: Continue reading »
Posted: December 21st, 2017
The Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy (JLP) will host the “Isolated by the Law: Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Quarantine During Public Health Emergencies” symposium beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312.
The event is free and open to the public. Up to four hours of free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit from the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) has been approved. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Wake Forest Center for Bioethics, Health, & Society. Registration is available online or onsite or by contacting Symposium Editor Stephanie Criscione.
For those who can’t make it to campus, the event will be live webcast in two segments: Session 1 (8:45 to 12:15) and Session 2 (12:50 to 4:15).
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Posted: December 21st, 2017
Posted: December 5th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest School of Law Black Law Students Association (BLSA) will celebrate its 33rd Annual Scholarship Banquet, established in 1985 to fund three student scholarships, on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in the Hearn Ballroom of the downtown Winston-Salem Marriott. The cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and a program beginning at 6:30. Continue reading »
Posted: December 1st, 2017
The Wake Forest School of Law Business Law Program (BLP) and Business Law Society will present Craig Glidden of the General Motors Co. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, as part of the distinguished Sager Speaker Series. The event is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312.
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Posted: November 30th, 2017 | By: Emily Eisert
Posted: November 28th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of Wake Forest School of Law’s Appellate Advocacy Clinic in the case of Roudabush v. Milano on Nov. 27, 2017.
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