Posted: February 27th, 2018 | By: Annie Calfo
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP LDF)’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will speak to students and staff as part of Wake Forest School of Law’s “Conversation With” speaker series at noon on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. The event is free and open to the public.
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Posted: April 7th, 2017 | By: Caitlin Herlihy
Wake Forest Law’s “Conversation With” committee welcomed former University of North Carolina and Davidson College President Thomas W. Ross on March 22, 2017, to the Worrell Professional Center. Professor Ron Wright led the conversation with Ross.
“There is no lawyer I’d rather put in front of you than Tom Ross,” Dean Suzanne Reynolds (‘77) said during her introduction. “Today, you’ll see two principles: be guided by your principles to do that best you can do and as you gain experience, take on bigger challenges.”
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Posted: March 31st, 2015 | By: Elizabeth Dalrymple
Wake Forest Law will host G. Eugene “Gene” Boyce (’56) as part of its “Conversation With” series at noon on Wednesday, April 8, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. Continue reading »
Posted: November 21st, 2014 | By: Stacy Jones
Amanda Whorton (‘17) interviewed Professor Kami Chavis Simmons on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Wake Forest Law as a part of the “Conversation With” series. Professor Simmons, who joined the Wake Forest Law faculty in 2006, was recently named the Director of the Criminal Justice Program, and frequently makes presentations on law-enforcement issues. She is a leader in the field of police accountability. She writes in the areas of police practices, prosecutorial accountability, federal hate crimes legislation and enforcement, and racial profiling. She was elected to the American Law Institute in 2012, and she was recently appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Center for Prosecutor Integrity. Continue reading »
Posted: November 11th, 2014 | By: Elizabeth Dalrymple
Wake Forest Law will host Professor Kami Chavis Simmons, Director of the Criminal Justice Program, as part of its “Conversation With” series at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. Continue reading »
Posted: March 28th, 2014 | By: Stacy Jones
Wake Forest Law will host Professor Mark Hall, Fred D. & Elizabeth L. Turnage Professor of Law,as part of its “Conversation With” series at noon on Wednesday, April 2, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. Continue reading »
Posted: September 24th, 2013 | By: Mary Giunca
If you want to be a successful lawyer, make sure that you answer a judge’s questions precisely and don’t forget to follow your passions outside of work. Continue reading »
Posted: August 20th, 2013 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest Law will host Jeffrey P. Minear, counselor to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the Worrell Professional Center auditorium as part of its “Conversation With” series. Continue reading »
Posted: March 27th, 2013 | By: Will Johnston
The Wake Forest University School of Law will host Dallas-area District Attorney Craig Watkins in a “Conversation With” on Thursday, April 4. The event will be sponsored by the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and the Innocence and Justice Clinic. Continue reading »
Posted: March 19th, 2013 | By: Lauren Sarno
Wake Forest Law Professor Wendy Parker’s first-year law students who attended her recent “Conversation With” may have been surprised to find out that their professor got “kicked out” of honors courses while attending high school in her home state of Texas. But it no doubt came as no surprise that she went to law school because she thought it would help her make the world a better place
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