Wake Forest Law’s Guardian ad Litem Project has been selected for the Law Student Group Pro Bono Award by the North Carolina Bar Association. Three attorneys, two law firms and one law student group were selected as recipients of the North Carolina Bar Association’s 2013 Pro Bono Awards. The recipients were chosen by members of ...

After its creation during the 2009-2010 school year, the Pro Bono Project has experienced great success, according to Director of Outreach Beth Hopkins. “The Pro Bono Project has helped to connect Wake Forest Law students to hundreds of opportunities with attorneys in varies fields including non-profit work, private practices and other legal service organizations,” she said. “Congratulations to ...

Wake Forest University students living off campus have had an uneasy relationship for years with long-time residents who live around the university. Residents have complained about all-night parties, loud music, parking on front lawns and discarded cups and beer bottles littering their property. Many of those complaints resulted in judicial hearings at Wake Forest or ...

Wake Forest law students have a new way to use some of their existing legal skills and learn new skills. Through Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Call4All program, law students can be connected to North Carolinians with legal questions. Through this program, the student interviews the client, researches the issues involved, and consults with a ...

Juliana and I are so excited to begin our tenure as the new Co-Directors of the Pro Bono Project in 2013, although we are sad to see Kristina Wolf (’13) take her skills to Washington, D.C., for a semester externship. We both became involved with the Pro Bono Project in our 1L year, acting as ...

Pro bono work can come in many different subject areas and involve a diverse group of clients. Mike Wells (’74), president of the North Carolina Bar Association, made this message ring true when he spoke with Wake Forest students about his pro bono work throughout his career.  He began by telling students about the speech ...

I was very excited when I found out that the Pro Bono Project was expanding its areas of focus to include immigration.  I was even more excited when I was appointed as the Immigration Group Projects Coordinator. I knew that there were students with a passion for immigration law, and some who thought that they ...

The fourth Annual Public Interest Retreat will be held on Friday, Feb. 22. This year, the retreat will focus on non-profit and public interest attorneys with a connection to North Carolina. The lunch program will start at noon in Room 1312 of the Worrell Professional Center where all the retreat speakers will introduce themselves.  Law ...

Wake Forest law students will be returning to the Pembroke office of Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) for a fourth time this spring to serve area clients at two free Wills Clinics. The clinics are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16, and Saturday, March 2. Although LANC receives a grant to prepare advance directives for ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Professor Beth Hopkins (’73) and Kristina Wolf (JD ’13) were among nine Wake Forest women recognized at the 2012 Women of Justice Awards reception at the Raleigh Marriott City Center on Nov. 15, 2012. North Carolina Lawyers Weekly hosted the reception that recognized women across the state who have demonstrated leadership, integrity, service, ...