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Marking the ten-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the 27-member editorial board of the Elon Law Review welcomed law scholars and criminal law enforcement experts from across the country on Oct. 21 to participate in a symposium titled, "Terrorism's Impact on Criminal Justice: How the Detection, Investigation, and Prosecution of Criminal Activity Has Changed Since 9/11."

Elon's Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic assisted in bringing together a family caught up in political unrest in the West African country of Togo.

¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law and the Elon Law Review are major sponsors of a jointly presented conference scheduled for Nov. 4 in Raleigh, NC, titled, "A Radical Notion of Democracy: Law, Race, and Albion Tourgée, 1865-1905."

On Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law and the Elon Law Review will present a symposium to discuss criminal law issues emerging in the decade since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

At Elon Law's Sept. 2011 Reception with the Legal Community, faculty members presented Strongest Comprehensive Performance awards to recognize outstanding overall performance by a student in each of the school's required courses of the 2010-11 academic year.

Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden spoke with Elon law students Sept. 16 and with undergraduate students Sept. 15 on a range of subjects including political appointments, the evolving priorities of the Department of Justice and the role of attorneys as advocates.

Volume three, issue one of the Elon Law Review includes four articles by scholars and teachers of law who are experts in legal education pedagogy. The authors explore enhancements to casebooks, testing techniques, teaching methods, teacher evaluation, and other aspects of law school instruction to improve learning in legal education.

After retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke at Elon Law on March 8, several North Carolina newspapers editorialized in favor of her call to change the state's system of selecting judges.

Faculty, students, alumni and friends of Elon Law gathered June 21 for an informal reception to celebrate the law school’s achievement of ABA full approval. Speakers included ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· President Leo M. Lambert, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Steven House, and law school Dean George R. Johnson, Jr.