Professor Steve Virgil, director of the Community Law and Business Clinic, will be teaching an interdisciplinary course in Nicaragua in January entitled Cross Disciplinary Professional Development. The course, also led by the university’s Center for Public Engagement, offers an opportunity to look at law in a comparative, interdisciplinary fashion, as well as the opportunity to experience a trip to Managua, Nicaragua, at the university’s newest international facility, Casa Dingledine.

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Professor John Knox opened his Spring 2012 “Conversation With” with a disclaimer:  He thought his interview might seem lackluster, fresh off the law school’s recent “Conversation With” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. But listening to Knox elaborate on his impressive and extensive career, culminating in his most recent accolade, a United Nations appointment, it soon became apparent that Knox is anything but uninteresting. Continue reading »

Four years of a bad economy show in their clients’ teary phone calls, desperate text messages and the weight they carry on their shoulders. Continue reading »

CHARLOTTE — The Wake Forest University Charlotte Center is expanding its commitment to the community by offering a series of skill building courses designed for nonprofit board members, staff and volunteers through a partnership with the Wake Forest University School of Law’s Community Law and Business Clinic and the University’s Institute for Public Engagement.

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For those wanting to spur economic development in rural areas, the law can seem like an obstacle tough to overcome.

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Jessica Kimble (’12) talks to the Winston-Salem Journal about her work with Virginia Food Works, a nonprofit food processing center in Prince Edward County, Va.

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Jess Kimble (’12) grew up on a farm in rural Ohio where she canned food and sold green beans to her aunt’s grocery store for 69 cents a pound. Continue reading »

The Joseph Branch Excellence in Teaching Award was presented to Steven M. Virgil, director of the Community Law and Business Clinic and associate clinical professor of law, at the Founders’ Day Convocation on Feb. 16, 2012, in Wait Chapel.

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April Witherspoon moved into the The Enterprise Center in eastern Winston-Salem in July after operating Zoë Behavior Health Services for six years as a home-based business. Continue reading »