It earned full accreditation from the American Bar Association in 2011[4] and has announced plans to introduce a part-time program for working professionals in Charlotte, North Carolina, beginning in Fall 2024.

[5] In October 2004 Elon University trustees voted to start a law school in the former Greensboro Central Public Library at West Friendly Avenue and North Greene Street.

Former Greensboro mayor and Joseph M. Bryan Foundation president Jim Melvin led the effort to raise $10 million over a period of eight months.

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dedicated the new law school September 19, 2006.

[14] In 2011, Elon announced plans for buying land in Greensboro to expand the law school, which had 132 students.

[11] Starting in fall 2015, Elon students attended for two and a half years rather than the usual three, using a trimester schedule.

Leadership Fellows complete summer externships that allows them the opportunity to serve within the public sector while also earning course credit.

The center provides a facility for students, under the supervision of law faculty and attorneys, to work with clients referred by nonprofit organizations and government agencies in the greater-Greensboro region.

The courtroom includes three large flat screen monitors to display motions, briefs and other documents, wireless technology and videoconferencing capabilities.

[28] Elon Law was ranked #5 with a grade of A+ in preLaw Magazine's 2023 annual guide to "Best Schools for Practical Training.

He also said that the Communist Workers' Party, in that confrontation, "picked a fight" with the Klan and Nazis, but "they never intended on getting killed."

Students representing a group seeking changes intended to make the law school more inclusive found the suggestion that the Klan was provoked to be offensive.

They sought removal of "any paintings and photographs of historical perpetrators of social injustice and racial inequity currently present at Elon Law."