{"id":99032,"date":"2026-01-13T18:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/99032\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:56:32","slug":"new-full-time-law-program-to-launch-in-charlotte-with-elon-queens-merger-wsoc-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/99032\/","title":{"rendered":"New full-time law program to launch in Charlotte with Elon-Queens merger \u2013 WSOC TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHARLOTTE \u2014 Elon University announced Tuesday a new full-time law program will be created in Charlotte as part of a merger with Queens University.<\/p>\n

The announcement brings Charlotte its first on-campus, full-time law school since the Charlotte School of Law closed its doors nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Elon and Queens have a definitive agreement to merge and will place the law school on Queens\u2019 campus.<\/p>\n

Stakeholders from both schools as well as members of Charlotte\u2019s law community were there for the announcement Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

The program is set to start accepting applications in the fall and expects to open up in the fall of 2027. The full-time program plans to enroll 75 students.<\/p>\n

The hope for administrators is to give Charlotte and surrounding communities a place to get an education where they didn\u2019t have access.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you were a lawyer that started your career in Charlotte, you had to have been educated somewhere else,\u201d Zak Kramer, dean of Elon University Law School, said. \u201cIt\u2019s important to grow lawyers in the community that they\u2019re going to serve, so they can form mentor relationships, they can form networks, they can give back, and they pay it forward to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elon has offered a part-time flex program for law students since 2024. That program will also be continuing.<\/p>\n

VIDEO: Queens University of Charlotte to merge with Elon<\/p>\n

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Queens University of Charlotte to merge with Elon <\/p>\n

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