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Professor Beth Hopkins has chapter published in book outlining American Indian and African American historic struggles

Wake Forest Law Professor Beth Hopkins has written a chapter in a new textbook, “Trauma and Resilience in American Indian and African American Southern History.”
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Wake Forest Law’s Guardian ad Litem Project wins North Carolina Bar Association’s Law Student Group Pro Bono Award

Wake Forest Law’s Guardian ad Litem Project has been selected for the Law Student Group Pro Bono Award by the North Carolina Bar Association.

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New and current members of the Pro Bono Honor Society honored

After its creation during the 2009-2010 school year, the Pro Bono Project has experienced great success, according to Director of Outreach Beth Hopkins.

“The Pro Bono Project has helped to connect Wake Forest Law students to hundreds of opportunities with attorneys in varies fields including non-profit work, private practices and other legal service organizations,” she said. Continue reading »

Law students to mediate off-campus conflicts

Wake Forest University students living off campus have had an uneasy relationship for years with long-time residents who live around the university. Residents have complained about all-night parties, loud music, parking on front lawns and discarded cups and beer bottles littering their property. Continue reading »

Two women form powerful legal team at Wake Forest law school

Wake Forest Law Professor Beth Hopkins (’73) never thought of her work as a civil rights attorney as community service. It was just something she had always done. She saw public service as an obligation.

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Women of Justice Awards

Nine WFU alumnae earn Women of Justice Awards including ‘Woman of the Year’

RALEIGH, N.C. — Professor Beth Hopkins (’73) and Kristina Wolf (JD ’13) were among nine Wake Forest women recognized at the 2012 Women of Justice Awards reception at the Raleigh Marriott City Center on Nov. 15, 2012. Continue reading »

The N.C. Bar Association YLD and the WFU School of Law to present The Rule of Law Program on Nov. 8

The North Carolina Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Division and the Wake Forest University School of Law invite local high school students to participate in an interactive program involving students, lawyers, and community leaders titled “The Rule of Law – Your Rights, Your Life: How the Law Affects You” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Worrell Professional Center. Continue reading »

Students to help Wills Clinic at Pembroke Legal Aid of North Carolina on Oct. 6, Nov. 3

Wake Forest law students will be returning to the Pembroke office of Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) for a third time this fall to serve area clients at two free Wills Clinic.

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Professor Beth Hopkins and Kristina Wolf (’13) nominated for 2012 Women of Justice Awards

Professor Beth Hopkins and Kristina Wolf (’13) are both nominated for recognition at the 2012 Women of Justice Awards reception at the Raleigh Marriott City Center on Nov. 15, 2012.

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Wake Forest law school members of VALOR along with Wake Forest law faculty pose with Army Major Gen. Gil Beck at a Veterans event held in February at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.

VALOR earns public interest award from ABA Law Student Division

The American Bar Association Law Student Division has announced that Wake Forest University School of Law’s Veteran Advocacy Law Organization is the recipient of the 2012 Judy M. Weightman Memorial Public Interest Award. Continue reading »