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- New Honor of Dean’s Fellow Awarded to Five Faculty Members
- Practicing What They Teach
- Professor Jonathan Cardi Appointed to Judge Donald L. Smith Professor of Law
- Stronger Together: The Veteran and Active Duty Community at Wake Forest Law
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- Legal Deacon Digest – March 2025
- On Being American: Picking Up the Mantle from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- A Partnership That Will Make an Impact: Wake Forest Law & UNC-Charlotte
What’s Happening at Wake Forest Law
1️⃣ DAY REMAINING UNTIL HOODING & COMMENCEMENT
🔊 SOUND ON
Twas the night before Hooding, when all through Worrell
Not a 3L was stirring, as they prepared for conferral
The exams were all taken and the regalia picked up
And all that remained was an exciting buildup
To the day you’ve been awaiting
After three years of work
Now onto the next chapter
Whether law firm or clerk
But remember Wake Law
Dear #LegalDeac grad
And the good times you had
From bar review nights
And the Michelle Obama Vending Machine™
To the clinics and classes
And the Courtyard’s sites and scenes
To the deans and the profs
And the Order of Coif
To JBIPL, JLP, and Law Review
And the Legal Grounds Cafe for a morning brew
To cramming for Torts or Property or Civ Pro
To the statutes and laws you never thought you’d know
To the bagel during exams that caught on fire
To the moment you found you were the New Hire
But most of all, Dear Grad, we hope you never forget
The classmates and friends you can’t believe you met
You supported each other, through good times and heartache
And a piece of you will always belong to Wake.
@iplawjournal @wfulawjlp

Your outie has grown to love cold calls.
Your outie has made lifelong friends at Wake Forest Law.
Your outie is very active in student organizations.
Your outie will soon begin studying for the bar exam.
Your outie likes petting dogs in the Courtyard.
Your outie loves to drink coffee from Legal Grounds Cafe.
Your outie is graduating in 2️⃣ days.
Please try and enjoy each fact equally, and not show preference for any over the others.
#severance #LegalDeacs #Commencement2025 #HoodingandCommencement

Congratulations to Justin Combs (JD `24), Professor Timothy Davis, and Trey Schuyler for being honored by the Class of 2025!
Justin Combs will serve as our Student Speaker at Hooding & Commencement on Friday. Bess and Walter Williams Professor of Law Timothy Davis was voted Faculty Member of the Year. Trey Schuyler, who serves as the Help Desk Supervisor in the IT department, was voted Staff Member of the Year.
@tschuyler @jmcombs90

It`s Teacher Appreciation Week!
We are grateful for our incredible faculty members, like Associate Dean Sarah Morath, who was recently nominated for the Champions of Change sustainability award!
Dean Morath, who teaches and studies environmental law and justice and sustainability, was nominated in the category of "Academics and Engagement." She was recognized at the 12th annual Campus Sustainability Awards celebration on Wednesday, April 30.
Congratulations, Dean Morath! @sarahjmorath
#teacherappreciationweek

Thanks to alum and longtime Wake Forest Law supporter David Furr (‘80, JD ‘82) and his widow Mindy Furr for bequeathing the Law School with this truly fabulous “Sequin Deacon!” (pictured L to R: Mindy Furr, Jeisson Garzon, who made a custom crate to transport the Demon Deacon all the way up I-85 from Charlotte, and Assistant Dean of Development Logan Roach) @wfuniversity

1956 ➡️ 1976
Two decades apart, one table, and a legacy of legal education.
In 1956, Dean Carroll W. Weathers and faculty gathered in the Library.
In 1976, Dean Pasco Bowman II joined many of the same familiar faces—still gathered around that same table.
📸 1956 (left to right): Robert E. Lee, Hugh W. Divine, James E. Sizemore, Carroll W. Weathers, Norman Adrian Wiggins, John D. Scarlett, James A. Webster, Jr.
📸 1976 (left to right): Robert E. Lee, Hugh W. Divine, James E. Sizemore, Carroll W. Weathers, Pasco M. Bowman, Buddy O. H. Herring, James A. Webster, Jr.
#teacherappreciationweek
