Elon University School of Law
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| Established: | 2006 |
| Type: | Private |
| Dean: | Leary Davis |
| Students: | 210 |
| Location: | Greensboro, North Carolina, USA |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | http://law.elon.edu |
The Elon University School of Law is an American law school located in Greensboro, North Carolina, occupying the former downtown public library building. The school spent $10 million renovating the 84,000 sq. ft. facility. The School of Law is one of four graduate programs offered by Elon University. Established in 2006, the School features concentrations in Business, Litigation, Public interest, and General practice. On September 19, 2006, former Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the Dedicaton Address for the School of Law.
The School of Law's inaugural class of 115 students enrolled in the fall of 2006, with a second class of 104 enrolling in the fall of 2007. The school plans to have a maximum of 300 students by 2008. The North Carolina Business Court, which handles complex business litigation, uses the school’s high-tech courtroom. It is one of only a handful of law schools in the United States to have an operational court as a part of its facilities. Leary Davis, one of North Carolina's most experienced and respected legal educators, is the founding dean. His appointment was made in March 2005 by Elon President Leo M. Lambert. David Gergen, a presidential advisor to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board.
The school collaborates with the neighboring American Judicature Society Institute of Forensic Science & Public Policy, researching issues at the intersection of law and science.
[edit] Student Organizations
- Student Bar Association
- Elon Law Moot Court
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Amnesty International
- Black Law Students Association
- Delta Theta Phi
- Elon Law Republicans
- Federalist Society
- Innocence Project
- International Law Society
- Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
- Jewish Law Students Association
- Law School Democrats
- OutLaw
- Public Interest Law Society
- Women in Law Association
[edit] Notable Advisory Board and Faculty Members
- David Gergen - Chair of the Advisory Board; Former Adviser to Four U.S. presidents
- Henry Frye - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1999 - 2001)
- James E. Holshouser - Former Governor of North Carolina (1973 - 1977)
- Bonnie McElveen-Hunter - Chair of the American Red Cross (2004 - Present); CEO of Pace Communications
- Rhoda Bryan Billings - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1986)
- James B. Hunt - Governor of North Carolina (1977-1985, 1993-2001)
- James G. Exum - Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Elon Law; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1986-1995)
