Posted: October 22nd, 2017 | By: Anna Conte
Wake Forest School of Law will celebrate the American Bar Association (ABA) National Pro Bono Week by holding events sponsored by the Pro Bono Project during the week of Monday, Oct. 23. “All law students are encouraged to participate in the week’s events sponsored by the Pro Bono Project,” says Jasmine Gregory (JD ’18), deputy director of the Pro Bono Project.
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Posted: October 16th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
The Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law (JBIPL) is once again competing for the top legal education blog in The Expert Institute’s 2017 Best Legal Blog Contest but the journal needs your vote to win. Voting continues through midnight (EST) on Nov. 3, 2017. The JBIPL blog was voted the Best Education and Law School Blog in 2015 and 2016. Continue reading »
Posted: October 16th, 2017 | By: Libby Casale (JD '18) and Anna-Bryce Flowe (JD '18)
The Wake Forest School of Law Hassell National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition team of Libby Casale (JD ’18), Anna-Bryce Flowe (JD ’18), and Zach McCamey (JD ’18) competed Oct 13-14, 2017, at the 17th Annual Leroy R. Hassell Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is the first time Wake Forest School of Law students competed at this competition, according to organizers.
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Posted: October 12th, 2017 | By: Emily Eisert
Assel Aljaied (SJD ’18) and Jungsik Kim (SJD ’17) served on student panels at the inaugural Graduate Student Conference Oct. 12-13, 2017, at Emory University School of Law. The theme of the conference was “Populism & the Rule of Law.”
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Posted: October 4th, 2017 | By: Chris Salemme (JD '17)
Wake Forest School of Law’s Seth Williford (JD ’18), Morgan Mayes (JD ’18) and Chris Salemme (JD ’17), who is serving as a fellow in the Veterans Clinic, took their shared passion for learning beyond the classroom this week to the United States Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in the partisan gerrymandering case, Gill v. Whitford. Continue reading »
Posted: October 4th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest Law Review’s Fall 2017 symposium, “Driving Around The World In One Day: Traffic Accident Liability and the Future of Autonomous Vehicles,” will explore the various approaches around the world to liability for traffic accidents from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. Registration is not required but it is encouraged due to parking constraints. Continue reading »
Posted: September 29th, 2017 | By: Emily Eisert
Alex Alden (JD ’20) of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is the winner of the 2017 1L Trial Bar Competition Finals, sponsored by the Wake Forest Student Trial Bar.
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Posted: September 20th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
The Wake Forest School of Law Business Law Program (BLP) and Business Law Society will present Kenneth R. Feinberg on Thursday, Sept. 28, as part of the distinguished Sager Speaker Series. The event, which is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312, is free and open to the public. Pizza will be served but an RSVP is required.
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Posted: September 19th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest University School of Law students and faculty have created a first-of-its-kind online graduate school journal that explores the growing field of bioethics.
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Posted: September 15th, 2017 | By: Caitlin Herlihy
Wake Forest Law continues to expand its practical courses and international program offerings with a new externship program in Geneva, Switzerland, beginning spring semester of 2018. Professor John Knox, an internationally recognized expert on human rights and international environmental law, says, “I think to some degree it’s an experiment, but it’s something we need to do.”
The program is similar to the law school’s already established Washington, D. C., Metropolitan Externship Program, in that it offers students credit for interning in governmental or non-profit organizations. Continue reading »
