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Hooding Ceremony 2013

Wake Forest Law confers hoods and diplomas on 183 graduates

The Wake Forest University School of Law conferred hoods on 183 graduates on Sunday, May 19, in Wait Chapel. The graduates included the first two to earn the Scientiae Juridicae Doctor degree and the first nine to earn the Master of Studies in Law degree. Continue reading »

LL.M. students study U.S. laws to help bring legal reforms to Kosovo

Coming of age in Serbian-controlled Kosovo, Kreshnik Radoniqi risked everytCategorieshing for his education. Continue reading »

Hafizullah Hamid, LL.M. Candidate, '13

Afghan man learns about American law through program at Wake Forest

Five years ago, Afghan citizens charged with a crime weren’t entitled to a defense attorney to advocate for their rights. Things have changed, but Hafizullah Hamid says there remains plenty of work to do. He wants to do his part to help reform the justice system in Afghanistan.

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Bobby Higdon (second from right) with law school associate dean Dick Schneider (far left) and U.S. Department of Justice official Carl Alexandre (third from left) with Kosovo students Shqipdon Fazliu, Kreshnik Radoniqi and Valon Kurtaj.

Wake Forest alumni work with law school, LL.M. students to help rebuild battered Kosovo’s courts

Robert J. “Bobby” Higdon (’85, JD ’89) hears heart-wrenching stories every time he visits Kosovo, where he is helping rebuild the country’s judicial system after decades of internal strife and war. Continue reading »

International Reunion Welcome Dinner

First International Graduate Programs Reunion hailed a great success

Seventeen LL.M. alumni  attended Wake Forest University School of Law’s first International Graduate Programs Reunion held Nov. 9 – 11 in Winston-Salem.  Continue reading »

Forrest Fu ('10)

Law school to host first International Graduate Programs Reunion Nov. 9-10

The Wake Forest School of Law will host its first International Graduate Programs Reunion on Nov. 9 – 11 in Winston-Salem.  WFU LL.M. alumni, current students and S.J.D. candidates along with former Visiting International Researchers will be in attendance with their families. Continue reading »

Law school welcomes its newest group of international students

The Wake Forest University School of Law welcomed its newest group of international students during Orientation on Aug. 18-26. Continue reading »

LL.M. Forrest Fu (LL.M., ’07 and J.D., ’10) to take Lowes corporate counsel position in Shanghai

Chen Fan “Forrest” Fu, an LL.M. and J.D. graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law, has accepted a Lowes corporate counsel position in Shanghai, China.   Fu began his new position in August and will relocate to Shanghai shortly thereafter.  “I am very excited for this new adventure, and certainly it does not mean the end of my U.S. legal practice,” he said.

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Manuel Moctezuma (’04) joins Mexico City law firm as named partner

LL.M. alumnus Manuel Moctezuma (’04)  has joined the law firm of Chalela, Enriquez y Moctezuma, S.C., as a named partner. The firm, located in Mexico City, seeks to combine the best traditional principles of the legal profession with an innovative and flexible perspective in accordance with modern globalism trends, while also offering practical and reliable solutions to diverse and complex legal necessities.

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WFU Law School Afghan LL.M. candidate Yama Keshawerz meets Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

Afghan LL.M. student meets Sen. John McCain

Every spring semester, Wake Forest University School of Law LL.M. students have the opportunity to hear oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.  This year, Professor Shannon Gilreath led the students to visit the high court on Wednesday, April 18. Continue reading »