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Applicants to ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law are encouraged to consider the law school's Leadership Fellows program, applications for which are available below and through the admissions section of the law school's web site.

On Saturday, January 16, from 10 am to 12 pm, the admissions office of ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law will host the YMCA of Greensboro's Black and Hispanic Achievers Program for a discussion of law school admissions, state government, the state judicial system, and opportunities in the legal profession.

Elon Law's Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Karol K. Sparks, has completed the 2010 edition of the book Insurance Activities of Banks, offered each year with updates and supplements by Aspen Publishers since Sparks originally authored the book in 1998.

Forty-three students from ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law were recognized Nov. 19 with the Greensboro Bar Association's annual pro bono award for providing free tax return preparation assistance to elderly and low-income residents of Greensboro.

In a November 13 article in The Triad Business Journal, Elon Law Distinguished Practioner in Residence John Englar proposes changes to traditional in executive pay structures in order to reward the successful execution of long-term strategies for corporations while minimizing compensation for short term gains.

Speaking with Elon Law students on November 11, David Gergen, adviser to four United States presidents, Director of the Center for Public Leadership and Professor of Public Service at the Harvard Kennedy School, and chair of the Law School Advisory Board at Elon, said that rising public confidence in lawyers would depend on meeting higher standards within the profession.

Second year Elon Law students Carla Rogers and David Stephens spearheaded a multi-week campaign this fall to collect goods for military servicemen and women overseas. The campaign drew support from regional corporations, local high schools and middle schools, and from ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·'s MBA program.

Norman Leonard, a Class of 2009 graduate of ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law, has been awarded the Sir Frederick Pollock Scholarship by University College London (UCL). The scholarship is given annually to an outstanding North American law graduate pursuing a Master of Laws degree at UCL.