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News
- On Being American: Picking Up the Mantle from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- A Partnership That Will Make an Impact: Wake Forest Law & UNC-Charlotte
- Wake Forest Law Trial Team Shines at Premiere Trial Competition
- Legal Deacon Digest – December 2024
- Professor Abby Perdue Becomes President of the Legal Writing Institute
- Wake Forest Law and Winston-Salem State University Partner to Create Pathway for Future Legal Leaders
- Legal Deacon Digest – September 2024
- Heirs’ Property Project Receives $300,000 Wells Fargo Foundation Grant
What’s Happening at Wake Forest Law
Students from Wake Forest Law`s Environmental Law & Policy (ELP) Clinic and Professor Sarah Morath`s Environmental Justice Seminar recently attended the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, Oregon. The conference, titled, "Rising to the Challenge: Justice on the Horizon," aimed to address the significant challenges we face in positive environmental change. The conference also celebrated diverse leaders in the environmental movement and highlighted important voices that continue to build a more inclusive, community-minded approach to addressing environmental challenges in the world.
ELP Clinic Director and Professor Scott Schang, along with Tia Ebarb Matt, Genevieve Herbert-Fajardo, and Jada Williams (JD `24, MDiv `24), served as panelists for "Protecting Heirs` Property as Environmental Justice Work."
The countdown begins! 2️⃣ 2️⃣ 8️⃣ days remaining until Law Alumni & Homecoming Weekend! All alumni are welcome back October 24-26 for a weekend of festivities. Classes ending in 5 and 0 will be celebrating milestone reunions. Stay tuned for more information! @wfualumni
Last month, representatives from Wake Forest Law’s Moot Court competed in the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, the nation’s largest moot court competition.
2Ls Katie Koesters, Jack Liechty, and Chris Whipple won the Boston region and will compete in Chicago at nationals in April.
2Ls Nayeli Selkis, Melissa Stuckey, and Matt Wolpe earned an above-average brief score and high praise from judges.
Students prepared for the competition with help from Professors John Korzen (’81, JD ’91) and Luellen Curry.
Congratulations on your outstanding work!
Last month, students from the Wake Forest National Trial Team showcased their advocacy skills at a tournament in Columbia, South Carolina. Representing Wake Forest Law`s Team One were Kenzie Matthews (3L), Nik Rapparport (2L), and Carson Sanford (2L) (who also won the Best Advocate Award). Representing Team Two were Caleb Osborne (2L), Mary McCullough (2L), and Jay Ramesh (2L).
Leah Necas (1L), Jannine Huby (2L), Virginia Brown (2L), and Faith Shelman (2L) served as witnesses.
Congratulations to the competitors, witnesses, and coaches for a job well done!
Meet Leslie Kott Wakeford, metadata services librarian and archivist for the Wake Forest Law Library! Leslie earned her bachelor of arts degree in art history from @SkidmoreCollege. She earned her master of arts in the humanities from @UChicago and her master of library and information science from @Illinois1867. Prior to working at Wake Forest Law, Leslie worked in a variety of libraries and museums. She has worked in the Wake Forest Law Library since 2007.
“What I enjoy most about my work in the Law Library is maintaining resources–editing, adding updates, making sure everything is current for our users–and finding new ways to make resources more accessible,” says Leslie. “I’ve been able to bring my background in the humanities and library work here and learn so much more about the legal landscape. To date, my favorite project has been creating the Darryl Hunt and Hunt Trials Collection, which features correspondence, court transcripts and investigative files donated by Professor Mark Rabil. It was a collaborative team effort, involving colleagues at the Law School, Special Collections & Archives at ZSR Library and the Department of English, and is still developing.”
We are glad to have you at Wake Forest Law, Leslie!
View the Darryl Hunt and Hunt Trials Collection at the link in our bio.
What is the community like around Wake Forest Law? Hear the answer from Honor Council Chair and 3L Faiza Ali in the final part of our Insight: Life as a Student Series! @faizaali123
In January, Professor Fabio Siebeneichler de Andrade, a civil law professor from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (@PUCRS) in Brazil, led a discussion about Brazilian law and how it differs from that of the United States.
Thank you for sharing your insights and giving our faculty and students a deeper understanding of legal systems beyond our borders!
