September 16th, 2016 | Alumni | Comments Off
John I. Sanders (JD ’16), formerly a member of Wake Forest Law Review and the president and treasurer of the Wake Intellectual Property Student Association (WIPSA), authored the following post, “Insider Trading: A Danger for New Lawyers,” published on the Huffington Post blog on Sept. 16, 2016.
August 22nd, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Harold Lloyd told the Charlotte Observer in the following story, “Courts are roadblocks to NC lawmakers’ right turn,” written by Anne Blythe and published on Saturday, Aug. 20, the courts are “beginning to shine the light of day on this developing agenda where the legislators appear not to have meaningful public debate on issues.”
August 22nd, 2016 | Student Life | Comments Off
Incoming first-year students with Wake Forest University School of Law spent the day volunteering building a house for Habitat for Humanity.
The students, who volunteered as part of the law school’s Foundations Week, were featured on local NBC-affiliate WXII Channel 12 here.
August 18th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Associate Dean of Research and Engagement Kami Chavis, founder and director of the Criminal Justice Program, is featured in the following story by Time magazine’s Josh Sanburn about “Why Police Departments Don’t Always Release Body Cam Footage” published on Aug. 17, 2016.
August 16th, 2016 | Student Life | Comments Off
Wake Forest Law has once again been named among the Best Value for private law schools by The National Jurist. The original story published Aug. 15, 2016, here follows.
August 15th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Tanya Marsh explains the difference between savings and loans and banks to Claes Bell, CFA, a Bankrate.com writer in the following article, which was originally published on Aug. 15, 2016, and was also picked up by Yahoo Finance.
August 10th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Tanya Marsh was featured in Philip R. Olson’s paper, “Refining and Extending Necro-Waste,” published on Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, the digital extension of the journal Social Espistemology, on Aug. 5, 2016. Professor Marsh discusses the legal status of biological material in regards to Indiana’s law on aborted fetal remains. The paper, which follows, also lists her book, “The Law of Human Remains,” as a reference.
August 9th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Mark Rabil, director of the law school’s Innocence and Justice Clinic, is featured in MTV’s new documentary series, “Unlocking the Truth,” which premieres at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. The series, hosted by wrongful conviction exoneree Ryan Ferguson and the Exoneration Project’s Eva Nagao, examines three controversial murder or assault cases. The trailer is available here. Professor Rabil is associated with Winston-Salem native Kalvin Michael Smith’s case, which will be introduced at the end of Episode 1 and investigated fully in Episode 2. His interview was filmed in the Innocence and Justice Clinic offices in the Worrell Professional Center on Wake Forest University’s Reynolda Campus.
August 8th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Tanya Marsh was quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer article, “Volunteers head for cemeteries to put millions of gravestones online,” published by Katie Holmes on August 8, 2016. In the article, which follows, Professor Marsh discusses cemetery laws concerning Findagrave, a public, online database of cemetery records.
August 4th, 2016 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Tanya Marsh authored the article, “Who Controls the Dead? The Right to Make Funeral and Disposition Decisions,” found on pages 20-22 in Issue 1, Volume 5 of Natural Transitions magazine. In the article, Professor Marsh discusses the United States’ laws regarding human remains, the rights of the dead and the next kin, estate planning and more. The magazine issue can be downloaded here.
