Elon University School of Law
Established	2006
School type	Private
Dean	George R. Johnson, Jr.
Location	Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Enrollment	311
Faculty	27
Bar pass rate	83% (2009)
Website	http://law.elon.edu

The Elon University School of Law is an American law school located in Greensboro, North Carolina, occupying the former downtown public library building. The school spent $10 million renovating the 84,000 sq ft (7,800 m²). facility. The School of Law is one of four graduate programs offered by Elon University. Established in 2006, the School features concentrations in Business, Litigation, Public interest, and General practice. On September 19, 2006, former Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the Dedication Address for the School of Law. In the fall of 2006, 115 students were enrolled to form the law school's inaugural class and in 2007 a second class of 107 students were enrolled. In the fall of 2008, another 107 students were enrolled, placing the law school at full capacity. The school's largest incoming class enrolled in 2010 with 132 members. The class of 2013 have a median LSAT score of 155 and undergraduate GPA of 3.12. This class makes for the third consecutive increase in median LSAT score since 2008.^[1]

Leary Davis, one of North Carolina's most experienced and respected legal educators, is the founding dean emeritus and a professor of law. David Gergen, a presidential advisor to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board. George R. Johnson Jr., a distinguished lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in government service and education, was named the second dean of Elon University School of Law on February 5, 2009.^[2]

The school collaborates with the neighboring American Judicature Society Institute of Forensic Science & Public Policy, researching issues at the intersection of law and science. In addition, Elon Law offers a preceptor program for 1L's and provides leadership education during the winter-term semester.^[3]

The graduating class of 2009 achieved an 83% bar passage rate and as of February 15, 2010 nearly 90% were employed.^[4]

Post-graduation employment

According to LawSchoolTransparency.com[1], the Class of 2009 had a reported employment rate of 81.3% at 9 months post-graduation.^[5] The remaining 18.7% of the Class of 2009 were either pursuing a graduate degree (3.7%), did not report an employment status (9.3%), or were unemployed (5.6%).^[6] Of the 81.3% reporting an employment status, 82.7% were employed in the private sector.^[7]
According to Career Services at Elon Law, the Class of 2009 had a job placement rate of 89.7%.^[8] This job placement rate is based on criteria established by the National Association of Law Placement (NALP) [2].

Average Student Loan Debt

The average Class of 2009 graduate had $103,059 of student loan debt. ^[9]

Full ABA Accreditation

On June 10, 2011 the American Bar Association granted full approval to Elon Law School.^[10]

Student organizations

Notable Advisory Board and Faculty Members

• Rhoda Bryan Billings - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1986)
• Leary Davis - Founding Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, Former Dean of Campbell Law School (1975–1986)
• Catherine Ross Dunham - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Law, Director of Trial Practice Program
• James G. Exum - Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Elon Law; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1986–1995)
• Eric M. Fink - Jennings Professor of Law and Emerging Scholar
• Steven Friedland - Professor of Law; director of the Center for Engaged Learning in the Law (CELL)
• Henry Frye - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1999–2001)
• Henry Gabriel - Professor of Law, Elected Member of UNIDROIT
• David Gergen - Chair of the Advisory Board; Former Adviser to Four U.S. presidents
• Andy Haile - Assistant Professor of Law (Business & Tax Law)
• James E. Holshouser - Former Governor of North Carolina (1973–1977)
• James B. Hunt - Governor of North Carolina (1977–1985, 1993–2001)
• George R. Johnson - Dean (2009-), Professor of Law; former president of LeMoyne-Owen College (1996–2002); Assistant General Counsel for U.S. President Jimmy Carter's administration
• Howard Katz - Professor of Law (Public Policy & Legal Education)
• David S. Levine - Assistant Professor of Law; Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School (CIS); founder & host of Hearsay Culture^[11] (Intellectual Property)
• Bonnie McElveen-Hunter - Chair of the American Red Cross (2004–Present); CEO of Pace Communications; U.S. Ambassador to Finland (2001–2003)
• Alan Woodlief - Associate Dean for Administration, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Moot Court Program

North Carolina Business Court

The Elon University School of Law is one of only a handful of law schools in the nation to house a working court—the North Carolina Business Court. The court hears cases involving complex commercial and corporate law disputes in the law school's Robert E. Long Courtroom. The courtroom includes three large flat screen monitors to display motions, briefs and other documents, wireless technology and videoconferencing capabilities. All Business Court cases are assigned by the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Judge Ben Tennille presides over cases heard in Greensboro, and the court also has judges and holds hearings in Raleigh, North Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina.^[12]

Clinical Law Center

In fall 2009, The Elon University School of Law opened a Clinical Law Center to support legal services provided by law school students. The center will provide a facility for students, under the supervision of law faculty and attorneys, to work with clients referred by nonprofit organizations and government agencies in the greater-Greensboro region.

The Center will house the law school's Wills Clinic and its Juvenile Justice Intervention and Mediation Clinic. The Wills Clinic provides wills drafting services to low-income clients referred by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro. The Juvenile Justice Clinic offers victim-offender mediation in juvenile cases referred by Guilford County Schools and other regional government institutions.

References

External links

• Elon University School of Law
• Elon University School of Law Facilities
• Elon Law Review
• Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition
• Elon University

Coordinates: 36°04′26″N 79°47′30″W / 36.0738°N 79.7917°W / 36.0738; -79.7917