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Learn more about two of our German Exchange students, Christoph Bonarius and Liam Marett! 🇩🇪 We are so happy to have had you at Wake Forest Law this semester.

Before they were shaping future lawyers, they were future professors. ✨

Celebrating #FacultyFriday by showcasing some of our faculty as baby deacs!

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The Southeast Junior/Senior Scholars Workshop brought together rising and established legal scholars from across the region for an intensive academic workshop. This year, Wake Forest Law hosted the rotating workshop, where junior scholars presented work-in-progress and received in-depth feedback from distinguished senior faculty. Over two days, participants engaged in wide-ranging discussions of papers on topics ranging from environmental law and tribal taxation to criminal justice, constitutional law, and administrative power.

Regional scholars participated from @UFLaw, @TAMULaw, @EmoryLaw, @UGALawSchool, @TulaneLawSchool, @FSUCollegeOfLaw, @UNC_Law, @William_and_Mary_Law_School, @AlabamaLaw, and @WFULawSchool.

Over the past couple of months, students participated in the 2025 Transactional Law Competition, a three-round experience that builds practical skills in drafting, redlining, and negotiation. Working as buyer and seller teams on a hypothetical business deal, students moved through the full process—from preparing an initial agreement to marking up the other side’s draft to sitting down for live negotiations.

The final negotiation round took place on Friday, November 14. Congratulations to all who competed, and special congratulations to this year’s winners:

Best Draft: Demetri Papahronis (1L), George Gristina (1L), Josh Benoist (1L), Cameron Knecht (1L), Colin Olson (1L), and Lexington Freeman (1L)
Honorable Mentions: Patrick Patangan (1L), Noah Jacobstein (1L), and Ian Iskra (1L)

Best Redline: Spencer Forstot (1L), Parker Quisling (1L), and Steven Tang (1L)
Honorable Mentions: Juan Reyes (1L), Sara Das (1L), and Katie Helsel (1L)

Best Negotiation: Abigail Emory (1L), Hayley Day (1L), Kat Golden (1L), Cameron Knecht, Colin Olson, and Lexington Freeman
Honorable Mentions: Ethan Thompson (1L), Jeremy Cazes (1L), Demetri Papahronis (1L), George Gristina (1L), and Josh Benoist (1L)

Best 1L Team & Best Overall: Spencer Forstot, Parker Quisling, and Steven Tang
Honorable Mentions: Cameron Knecht, Colin Olson, and Lexington Freeman

Students are pictured with Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Chris Martin.

Last Wednesday, Student Affairs led a group of students on a fall afternoon tour through Reynolda Gardens, followed by coffee and treats from Dough-Joe’s. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a great midweek reset!

The 54th Annual Edwin M. Stanley Moot Court Competition Final Arguments were held on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at the North Carolina Business Court in Worrell Professional Center.

This intramural competition, held in honor of the late Judge Edwin M. Stanley, brought together thirty-five students for multiple rounds on a hypothetical free-speech case. The final round also reunited last spring’s George K. Walker Moot Court champion, Sophie Liechty, and finalist, Isabelle Maule, for an exciting rematch.

The championship panel included The Honorable Justice Allison Riggs, The Honorable Judge Michael L. Robinson, and Professor Wilson Parker.

Congratulations to this year’s participating students and award recipients:

Champion: Sophie Liechty (2L)
Finalist: Isabelle Maule (2L)

Best Brief: Isabelle Maule
Runner-up, Best Brief: Hanna Yalew (2L)

Best Oralist: Caroline Morgan (2L)
Runner-up, Best Oralist: Jordyn Brown (2L)