Agenda for the Elon Law Review’s 2026 Symposium

September 25, 2025

9 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

  • Zak Kramer, Dean and Professor of Law, ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law
  • Rose Peterson L’26, Abigail MacKnight L’26 and Lauren Collins L’26, Elon Law Review Symposium Editors
  • Rachel Claffee L’26, Elon Law Review Editor-in-Chief

9:15 a.m.

Panel: Seeking Asylum – Hands-On Immigration Law

  • Heather Scavone, Assistant Professor of Law and former Associate Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.C.I.S.,
  • Dara Arroyo-Longoria L’22, Attorney at McKinney Immigration Law

    10:30 a.m.

    Break

    10:45 a.m.

    Q&A with panelists

    11 a.m.

    “The Complexities of Immigration Policy”

    Hillary Walsh, Founder of New Frontier Immigration and TedX Speaker

    Noon

    Lunch Break

    1 p.m.

    Panel: American Immigration

    • Allen Orr Jr., Founder and Principal Attorney of Orr Immigration Law Firm
    • David Leopold, Partner at Thomas Hine LLP and former National President
      of American Immigration Lawyers Association
    • Tolulope Folokun, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Detroit
      Mercy School of Law

    2:15 p.m.

    Break

    2:30 p.m.

    Panel: The Family Immigration Landscape

    • Kailey Houck, Judicial Law Clerk for Justice Melissa Hart and Justice Susan
      Blanco of the Colorado State Supreme Court
    • Maria Rosales, Executive Director of FaithAction International
    • Jordin Dickerson, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public
      Administration at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke

    4 p.m.

    Adjourn & Closing Remarks

    • Rose Peterson L’26, Chief Symposium Editor