Wake Forest Law Review 2024 Symposium:

The Future of Death Care in America

This Symposium was held at Wake Forest School of Law on March 1, 2024. Speakers included Dr. Terry Brock, Caitlin Doughty, Barbara Kemmis, Poul Lemasters, Philip Olson, Sarah Pojanowski, and Katrina Spade. Papers were largely co-written by the speakers and students in the Fall 2023 Funeral and Cemetery Law class at Wake Forest School of Law. Links to the papers can be found below:

Anyah Barber & Dr. Terry Brock, A Past Forgotten: A Look at Governmental Efforts to Recover and Restore Historic African American Cemeteries, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 835 

Caitlin Doughty & Kaylee Tillett, Deregulation of Funeral Licensing and Disposition Options in the United States, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 851

Grace Genereaux & Poul Lemasters, Let It Lie: The Unintended Consequences of Changing the Funeral Rule, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 867

Gabby Korb, When Barriers Become Brick Walls: Breaking Down Barriers to Solve the Funeral Director Shortage, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 879

Ty Long, ‘Til Death Doula-Part: The Unauthorized Practice of Caring for the Dead and Dying, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 895

Tanya D. Marsh & Quincey J. Pyatt, Maybe It’s Time to Let the Old Ways Die: New Data on Consumer Preferences in Death Care, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 909

Tanya D. Marsh & Joe L. Whalley, An Eco-Conscious Farewell, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 941

Philip Olson & Lane Wilson, The Affordable (Death) Care Act: Radical Reformation of Federal Funeral Regulation to Address Funeral Poverty, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 963

Sarah Pojanowski & Kate Childs, Transparency in the Funeral Industry: Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing?, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 981

Connor D. Reid & Barbara Kemmis, Killing the Funeral Industry: The Problem with States’ Piecemeal Approach to Legalizing Alternative Methods of Disposition, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 997

Emily Stiles, Natural Organic Reduction: Environmentally Friendly Death Dispositions for a Greener Tomorrow, 59 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1019