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Protecting American Indian land rights

April 6, 2011  |   Community, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Law, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

To chart a course of action for the protection of American Indian land rights, scholars, policy makers and community members will gather to consider issues such as environmental pollution and the protection of sacred sites.

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‘Social capital’ and college counseling

March 23, 2011  |   Admissions, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Law, Top Stories

If college counseling for underrepresented students does not become a crucial part of education reform, then reform will not bear nearly enough fruit, writes Omari Simmons, an associate professor at the School of Law.

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Tax time

March 21, 2011  |   Community, Faculty, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Business, School of Law, Student, Top Stories

More than 50 Wake Forest accountancy and law students are preparing tax returns for free at the Goodwill Industries in Winston-Salem through April 16. The VITA program helps lower-to-moderate-income, elderly, disabled or non-English-speaking taxpayers get their refunds faster.

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Law students help Lumbee tribe

March 17, 2011  |   Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Law, Student, Top Stories

Six students from the School of Law spent the week of spring break in Pembroke, N.C., offering free legal assistance to members of the Lumbee tribe. The students were participants in the school’s Pro Bono Project.

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Law students do pro bono work

March 7, 2011  |   Community, For Alumni, Pro Humanitate, School of Law, Student, Top Stories

A group of School of Law students will travel over spring break to southeastern North Carolina, where they will be helping the Lumbee Indians, among others, with a range of legal issues.

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Scholars beyond borders

March 4, 2011  |   Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, School of Divinity, School of Law, School of Medicine, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Students from Wake Forest’s Schools of Divinity, Law and Medicine will travel to Nicaragua during spring break for a cross-disciplinary course focusing on professional development. While in Nicaragua, students will have access to resources available in Wake Forest’s newest international facility, Casa Dingledine, which was dedicated last week.

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Founders’ Day Convocation 2011

February 17, 2011  |   Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, School of Divinity, School of Law, School of Medicine, Speakers, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Students, faculty and alumni were honored during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation, celebrating Wake Forest’s founding, on Feb. 17. The program featured seniors Catherine Berenato, Ashley Gedraitis and Ava Petrash presenting their senior orations.

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Law team wins regional competition

February 16, 2011  |   Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Law, Student, Top Stories

The School of Law team won the South Super Regional Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Houston, Texas. The team now heads to Washington, D.C., for the international round. The Jessup Competition is the largest appellate moot court competition in the world; 500 law schools from more than 80 countries participate every year.

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Justice for all

February 6, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Law, Speakers, Top Stories

Young lawyers have to ensure that justice is available to all people, no matter the color of their skin or their socioeconomic status, Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, told students at the School of Law on Friday.

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The fate of health-care reform

December 17, 2010  |   For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Business, School of Law, School of Medicine, Top Stories

School of Law Professor Mark Hall, who is one of the nation’s leading scholars in health-care law and policy, was quoted about the health-care reform law this week in the New York Times, Washington Post and other national sources.

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