March 18th, 2009 | Campus | Comments Off
Wake Forest University School of Law students have a rare opportunity this semester to learn the ins and outs of criminal sentencing from a sitting judge.
January 28th, 2009 | Research | Comments Off
Following is the most recent roundup of Wake Forest University School of Law’s faculty research, publications, presentations, honors and awards. Continue reading »
January 16th, 2009 | Community | Comments Off
The Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools has determined that the Wake Forest University School of Law qualifies for continued membership, based on the positive findings of the organization’s seven-year membership review.
January 5th, 2009 | Community | Comments Off
Michael Green, Wake Forest University law professor, will present Professor Dan B. Dobbs with the 2009 William L. Prosser award at the Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Conference Torts Section “Foreign Tort Law: Beyond Europe” on Friday, Jan. 9, in San Diego.
July 17th, 2008 | Campus | Comments Off
Thanks to the generous bequest from the estate of Robert B. “Bob” Broughton (JD ’51), the Wake Forest School of Law will be able to establish an endowed scholarship in his name. Mr. Broughton, who credited his Wake Forest law professors with inspiring him to pursue a legal career, died in Raleigh in 2007. In addition to this estate gift, Mr. Broughton had previously created two charitable gift annuities to benefit the Wake Forest law school in the future. These gifts will allow the law school to provide needed financial aid to many deserving law students.
July 16th, 2008 | Community | Comments Off
Professor Carol B. Anderson, Director of Wake Forest University School of Law’s Trial Practice and Litigation Clinic Programs, will serve as 2008 – 2009 Chair of the North Carolina Bar Foundation’s CLE Program Subcommittee. Professor Anderson has been a member of the NCBF’s oversight CLE Committee since 2007, and will continue in that capacity.
July 15th, 2008 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Sid Shapiro recently spoke at the Fourth National Integrity in Science Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Shapiro spoke on “The Federal Advisory Committee Act and Integrity in Science.” The topic of his panel was “Reducing Conflicts of Interest on Federal Advisory Committees.” Other speakers were from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Health, and the National Research Center for Women and Families.
June 13th, 2008 | Research | Comments Off
Carol Anderson has been appointed as incoming chair of the programs committee of the NC Bar Foundation’s CLE Committee. The Bar Foundation is the CLE component of the NC Bar Association and is the largest provider of continuing legal education in the state. Professor Anderson will also be teaching a three-day basic trial skills seminar for the young associates from the various offices of Womble Carlyle in mid-June and will teach the Judicial Extern Program for two sessions of summer school. She has been invited to lecture on Direct and Cross Examination at the annual Building Trial Skills: National Session sponsored by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) in Colorado.
June 13th, 2008 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Mark Hall, a renowned expert on health care law, testified before the Senate Finance Committee this week in hearings leading up to health care reform.
May 21st, 2008 | Campus | Comments Off
The School of Law Hooding Ceremony took place in Wait Chapel on Sunday May 18, with former Senator James Talent delivering the keynote address. Talent, a respected politician at both the state and national levels, addressed 141 candidates for the Juris Doctor degree and 23 candidates for the Master of Laws in American Law degree.
