School of Law. Faculty and Staff Records
The Wake Forest College School of Law opened in September 1893 under the leadership of the first Professor of Law, Needham Y. Gulley. The school now includes more than 100 resident and extended faculty members and over 50 staff. This collection highlights work by faculty and staff. Materials include special appointment announcements, correspondence, course proposals, and resumes, known as curriculum vitas.
Biographical and Historical Note
The Wake Forest College School of Law's first professor was Needham Y. Gulley, who taught the first classes in 1894 and also served as the first dean. The school notes that by 1931, approximately half of attorneys in North Carolina had been taught by Dean Gulley. He remained at Wake Forest for 44 years. Today, Wake Forest University School of Law includes over 50 staff and more than 100 resident and adjunct faculty members. Faculty have expertise in various areas of law and typically pair research with teaching. Many faculty are world-renowned scholars, producing work that impacts the development and application of law all over the world.
Sources:
"Faculty - Overview," Wake Forest Law. Available online at https://law.wfu.edu/faculty/
Collection Overview
Materials in this collection include faculty appointment announcements, an open letter from faculty member to students, a typed course proposal, and faculty resume.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Process by Emily Houlditch, 2023 December
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for use.
- Conditions Governing Use
- The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
- Preferred Citation
- School of Law. Faculty and Staff Records (RG19.4), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.