Have you thought about studying law as a way to continue your liberal education and cross a bridge into the professional world? The Wake Forest School of Law plans to offer a one-year Master of Studies in Law (MSL) program beginning in the Fall 2012 semester. There will be an informational session for prospective students at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, in Room 1134 of the Worrell Professional Center.

Students at Wake Forest University learn ways the professional business network LinkedIn can help them prepare for their careers after college.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visited the School of Law, meeting with students, faculty and alumni, visiting a class and lecturing on professional responsibility. He was interviewed by Marc Rigsby (JD ’12) in front of a 350-plus audience in the Worrell Professional Center.

Law student Kelly Amell recently received a community service award from the Coalition for Drug Abuse Prevention in Winston-Salem. She was nominated for her volunteer work with the students at the Hanes Hosiery Community Center through the School of Law’s Youth Advocacy Group and the Sports and Entertainment Law Society.

Angie Hobbs, reference coordinator for the Professional Center Library, challenged the library staff to recycle law books and other materials into decorative and useful items for display in the library during the holiday season.

Air Force Capt. Chris Sanders (JD ‘08) has been deployed in Afghanistan since May. Sanders supports and assists local judicial officials who are working to strengthen and legitimize a formal system of justice in a country that has been torn apart by war for centuries.

The School of Law’s Pro Bono Project provides free legal advice and services to community organizations. Recently, it has connected law students with youths in the juvenile-justice system and held Wills Clinics in Pembroke, N.C.

Professor Steve Nickles recently taught a course for the School of Law. Only Nickles and his students weren’t actually in the school. The course was taught in a virtual environment. Last spring, Wake Forest became the only university in the world with a site-wide license for WebEx from Cisco, making this level of interaction possible.

Nicole Little, a junior sociology major, used her passion for social justice to protest the execution of a death row inmate in Georgia and inspire fellow students to stand up for improving the criminal justice system. Find out more in Little’s own words.

The School of Law is once again among the nation’s “Best Value” law schools, according to the National Jurist and preLaw magazines.