A new Elon Law graduate who served over the past two-and-a-half years in a variety of leadership roles that allowed him to mentor and encourage classmates has received the law school’s highest.
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Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11
As the oldest members of the most diverse generation in United States history begin to enroll in law school, an Elon Law professor is calling on the legal academy to begin “getting serious” about diversity by creating a stronger culture of inclusion and activism.
Among Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins’s recommendations outlined in a new article for one of the nation’s top specialty law journals:
Revise an influential standard established by the American Bar Association that guides the way law schools teach.
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Assistant Professor Tiffany D. Atkins L’11
An Elon Law legal writing professor has been elected for a two-year term to the governing body of a national organization that promotes cultural competency and social justice within the legal profession.
Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 officially joined this month the Board of Governors of the Society of American Law Teachers, a community of law teachers, law school administrators, librarians, academic support experts, students and affiliates “working for more than 40 years to improve the legal profession, the law academy and expand the power of law to under-served communities.”
An Elon University School of Law alum who led local efforts to transcribe and digitize hundreds of âslave deeds,â thereby helping the public to learn more about the lives of enslaved people in antebellum Greensboro, is the 2020 recipient of the law schoolâs most prestigious honor for new graduates.
Julianna Kober, former president of the law schoolâs pro bono âPeople Not Propertyâ Project, was recognized December 12 at Elon Lawâs 13th Commencement ceremony with the David Gergen Award for Leadership & Professionalism.
Elon Law students are nominated for the award by their peers, professors, or staff. Honorees are selected by a faculty and staff committee based on law school activities that represent the twin principles of leadership and professionalism.