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Legal Deacon Digest – June 2025

Message from Leadership Dear Wake Forest Law Alumni, I was honored and humbled to be chosen by this year’s graduating class to receive the Jurist Excellence in Teaching Award and deliver remarks during Hooding & Commencement. At the awards ceremony the […]


Interview with Professor Zaneta Robinson (JD ’03) 

Growing up, Professor Zaneta Robinson (JD ’03) had no idea she would one day use her love of hands-on learning to lead the Intellectual Property Law Clinic at Wake Forest Law.  In fact, she didn’t know she would become a professor at all. But law […]


Practicing What They Teach

by Suzi Morales 5 Adjunct Professors Share Insights on Life and Law Long before legal education as we know it today, new lawyers learned the craft by apprenticeships with seasoned practitioners. Much has changed since those days, but the importance of learning from those who […]


Wake Forest Law Welcomes Three New Professors

Wake Forest Law is thrilled to welcome three new faculty members to our community: Assistant Professor Nia Johnson, Teaching Professor Wayne Logan, and Assistant Professor Abel Rodríguez.  Nia Johnson Professor Nia Johnson, who will be teaching torts and bioethics in the law, is joining us […]


Legal Deacon Digest – March 2025

Message from Leadership Dear Wake Forest Law Alumni, After 33 years of joyful and meaningful work as a teacher and scholar at Wake Forest Law, I’m a bit surprised to find myself with an office in the Dean’s Suite serving as […]


On Being American: Picking Up the Mantle from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Reality is what humans make of it—there’s no fatalistic tinge to it. If we want justice we have to work for it and believe it’s possible.” Professor Shannon Gilreath When Professor Shannon Gilreath and Professor Emerita Suzanne Reynolds were approached by the American Bar Association […]


Legal Deacon Digest – December 2024

Message from Leadership Season’s Greetings Wake Forest Law Alumni, As the calendar year draws to a close, the halls of Wake Forest Law are abuzz with the energy of students preparing for exams and faculty and staff reflecting on the incredible […]


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