Hello! I am Hannah McCabe, a 2L at Elon University School of Law. I am originally from a small town in Central Texas. I attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where I obtained a B.A. in Journalism with a concentration on International and Intercultural Communications. I have known since I was 10 that I wanted to become a lawyer, and upon graduating Texas Tech I moved to North Carolina to begin my journey of achieving this goal.

At Elon Law, I am involved in the Business Law Society, and am currently the Editor-In-Chief of We The People, Elon’s Constitutional Law Journal. Next trimester, I will be completing my residency with Expro, an oil and gas company in Houston, Texas.

I have had a passion for business law since I was in high school. Small businesses make the economy greater, and those that start their own business have a passion that I have always admired. I am excited to begin helping people in North Carolina make their dreams of owning a business come true!

 

Hi all! My name is Brooke McCormick, and I am a current second-year student at Elon University School of Law. Before coming to Elon, I lived in Illinois my entire life, growing up outside of Peoria and attending Monmouth College, where I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in English in three years. After graduating from Monmouth, I packed my bags and moved to sunny Greensboro.

During my first year and a half at Elon, I have had the privilege of being a part of many organizations. Currently, I am a staff editor on the Elon Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Board, a member of the Mock Trial team, Co-Director of the Pro Bono Board, Co-President of People Not Property (an organization dedicated to the transcription of slave deeds throughout North Carolina), President of the Business Law Association, a Teaching Assistant for civil procedure and criminal law, an Academic Fellow, a Guardian ad Litem with the Guilford county courts, a North Carolina Bar Association student representative, and a Business Fellow. Additionally, I began my study to obtain a master’s degree in business administration in early 2023 and anticipate graduation in 2025.

I decided to come to law school with very little knowledge of what law school would be. I am a first-generation law student and only had the opportunity to intern for a summer at a law firm before beginning the application process. I knew that coming to law school was the right choice for me, however, because of my passion for advocacy and desire to help others.

During my 1L summer, I spent five weeks with the judges of the Orange and Chatham county courts, having the opportunity to sit in on both district and superior court trials, probable cause hearings, Department of Human and Health Services hearings, and community resource court hearings. Not only did this opportunity provide me with a breadth of knowledge related to how a judge decides a case but I was also given the opportunity to present a closing argument before a district court judge.

This spring, I will be a resident with the Honorable Chief Judge Bledsoe and Judge Conrad at the North Carolina Business Court in Charlotte. Following the completion of my spring trimester, I will be moving to Wilmington, North Carolina to work at the firm of Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm, and Sayed.

I am excited to be a part of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic as a student attorney and look forward to assisting local businesses in the formation of entities and establishment of nonprofits as well as intellectual property applications.

For assistance with your small business’s legal needs, please contact Hannah and Brooke at businessclinic@elon.edu.