As part of Black History Month, Professor Beth Hopkins will discuss African-American women who are not as well-known historically, but who have had an important place in the history of the steps leading up to the Brown v. Board of Education case and the aftermath of Brown from 3:00-4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Auditorium.

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Wake Forest University School of Law Professor Kami Chavis Simmons will participate in the symposium, “Control of Police Misconduct in a Post-Exclusionary Rule World: Can it be Done?,” hosted by the St. Louis University School of Law on Friday, Feb. 24.  Continue reading »

Professor John Korzen (’91) developed a love for writing when he was a teenager, a love that eventually led him to the law and legal writing.  Korzen, who heads the Appellate Advocacy Clinic for 3Ls and teaches Legal Writing to 1Ls and 2Ls, is an experienced appellate lawyer who joined the faculty in 2003. Continue reading »

NEW YORK –  While GPS technology has gained favor with American consumers by providing precise driving directions, the lack of specific instructions in a recent Supreme Court opinion has experts disagreeing over whether police are now required to obtain a warrant before affixing a GPS-tracking device to a suspect’s car. Continue reading »

The Piedmont Triad Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society will host a debate on Tuesday, Feb. 7, regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare.” The debate will feature Wake Forest University School of Law Professor Mark Hall, Justice Paul Newby of the North Carolina Supreme Court and Chris Bartolomucci of the firm Bancroft PLLC.    Continue reading »