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What’s Happening at Wake Forest Law

It's #FacultyFriday!

Once a Demon Deacon, always a Demon Deacon! 🖤 💛 

Today we’re spotlighting Wake Forest Law faculty who started in these very classrooms as students—earning their degrees from @wfuniversity and returning to shape the next generation of #LegalDeacs.

From left to right, front to back: Professors Laura Graham ('86, JD '94), Jordan Crosby Lee ('09, MA '13, JD '16), John Korzen ('81, JD '91), Matthew Lewis (JD '20), Margaret Shea Burnham (JD '83), Chris Nero Coughlin (JD '90, P '20, P '27), Francie Schultz Scott (JD '04), Ellie Morales (JD '10), John Carter (MDiv '10), and Zaneta Robinson (JD '03)

Not pictured: Professors Shannon Gilreath (JD '02) and Ellen Murphy (JD '02)

@margaret.shea.burnham @franciescott23 @profgrahamwfu @ellenbakesellensews @chris_n_coughlin @wfualumni
Happy LDOC, #LegalDeacs! 🌷 🌼
Congratulations to 1Ls Lanie Angelo and Cassidy Gibson, who represented Wake Forest Law at the Colonial Cup Transactional Law Competition at William & Mary Law School last month and brought home the Runner-Up Award for Negotiation!

As the only 1L team, our students held their own against powerhouse teams from across the country and earned standout praise from the judges.

@_lanieangelo
@wmlawschool
Big congratulations to Mariah Webb (JD '26) and Mary Catherine Baker (JD '25) for their outstanding recognition in last month's 16th annual Family Law Writing Competition, hosted by @hofstra_law's @familycourtreview and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)!

Mariah won first place for her article, “Sexual Healing: The Case for a Medical Exception to the Ban on Prostitution,” and Mary Catherine earned an honorable mention for “Advance Healthcare Directives: Parents Do Not Owe Life and Limb.”

Both articles were written for a course taught by Professor Marie-Amélie George.

In addition to a cash prize and certificates of recognition, their articles are being considered for publication in an upcoming issue of Family Court Review.

@marycatebaker
@mariahwebb