David Medine Discusses Privacy and Civil Liberties on Constitution Day,...
Celebrate the Constitution of the United States on Wednesday, Sept. 17, by attending a timely discussion about protecting the privacy of U.S. citizens. David Medine, chairman of the U.S. Privacy and...
View ArticleUNC Cancer Pro Bono Project Wins N.C. Bar Association Award
Sylvia Novinsky, Assistant Dean for Public Service Programs; Kimberly Ann Bart, Assistant Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono at Duke Law School; and Jodi Schur '14 accept the 2014 Law Student Group...
View ArticleLaw School Welcomes Class of 2017, LL.M. Students and International Scholars
Dean John Charles "Jack" Boger '74 officially welcomed the newest students to the Carolina Law family on Thursday, Aug. 21. The entering classes of J.D. and LL.M. students have now begun their first...
View ArticleGrads Achieve 87 Percent Bar Passage Rate
UNC School of Law graduates achieved the highest bar exam passage rate in the state, at 86.79 percent, according to the official July exam results released by the Board of Law Examiners of the State...
View ArticleUSPTO Selects UNC to Join Trademark Law School Pilot Program
Starting this fall, UNC School of Law students will have a new hands-on learning opportunity: providing trademark counsel to entrepreneurs in conjunction with a program of the U.S. Patent and...
View ArticleUNC Sports and Entertainment Law Association Holds Panel on NCAA Antitrust...
Tyler O'Hara 2L introduces panelists Jay Bilas, Barbara Osbourne, Paul Pogge and Ken Hammer. In a spacious hospitality center overlooking UNC’s football fields, a group of law students, lawyers and...
View ArticleN.C. Law Review Hosts Symposium on Vulnerable Defendants in the Criminal...
The North Carolina Law Review hosts "Vulnerable Defendants in the Criminal Justice System," a symposium to examine the overrepresentation of certain groups within U.S. courtrooms and prisons and to...
View ArticleDan K. Moore Program in Ethics to be Held Friday, October 24
The annual Dan K. Moore Program in Ethics will be held at the UNC Center for School Leadership Development on Friday, Oct. 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The continuing legal education program is...
View ArticleBill Lann Lee to Speak at 2014 Murphy Lecture
Bill Lann Lee, a shareholder at Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson P.C. in Oakland, Calif., will deliver the 2014 William P. Murphy Distinguished Lecture at UNC School of Law on Wednesday,...
View ArticlePro Bono Program Launches Alumni Volunteer Portal
UNC School of Law Pro Bono Board 2014 On Oct. 1 the UNC School of Law pro bono student and alumni boards launched a new program through which law school alumni and other attorneys may easily sign up...
View ArticleAlumnus Wade Smith ’63 to Be Honored on University Day, Oct. 12
Carolina Law Alumnus Wade Smith ’63 will be among five UNC graduates honored at the annual University Day ceremony Sunday, Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. University Day is an occasion to remember the University’s...
View ArticleSchool Celebrates Courtroom Renovation
Students, faculty and staff gathered in a newly renovated Graham Kenan Courtroom on Sept. 25 to celebrate the reopening and learn about the cutting-edge technology the space now features. “Our...
View ArticleFlatt Proposes Better Method for Water Pollution Regulation
In an article just published by the University of Houston Law Review, Victor B. Flatt, Taft Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, proposes modifications to the current regulatory trading...
View ArticleElection Protection Hotline to Field Questions and Concerns on Nov. 4...
UNC School of Law students and faculty, along with other community volunteers, are staffing a toll-free, non-partisan hotline to answer voter questions on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 6:00 a.m....
View ArticleAnnual C-PILO Auction Set for Jan. 29, 2015
The annual Carolina Public Interest Law Organization (C-PILO) Auction will be held Jan. 29, 2015, at 7 p.m., in the Great Room at Top of the Hill in Chapel Hill. The auction, a signature Carolina Law...
View ArticlePro Bono Program Launches Alumni Volunteer Portal
UNC School of Law Pro Bono Board 2014 On Oct. 1 the UNC School of Law pro bono student and alumni boards launched a new program through which law school alumni and other attorneys may easily sign up...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Debate Focus of First Amendment Law Review Symposium
First Amendment Law Review Symposium participants, from left, Sarah Morris, Marvin Ammori,Professor Dawn Nunziato, Professor Enrique Armijo, Professor Kevin Werbach, Professor JamesGrimmelmann,...
View ArticleUNC Hotline Fields Record Number of Calls on Election Day
More than 40 volunteers at UNC School of Law fielded 928 phone calls on Election Day, Nov. 4, as part of the national, non-partisan Election Protection Hotline. The UNC Center for Civil Rights...
View ArticleClass of 2013 Honors Carolina Law Pioneer N.C. Chief Justice Henry Frye ’59...
Portrait of Henry E. Frye '59 by John Seibels Walker. More than 100 alumni, community members, students and faculty gathered in the UNC School of Law Graham Kenan Courtroom Nov. 14 to view the...
View ArticleAfter National Recognition in Hong Kong, Lau Studies Marriage Equality...
After a presentation to Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunities Commission and Legislative Council at a symposium in August, Professor Holning Lau received a certificate of appreciation for his years of...
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