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Weissman Research Has Broad Impacts for U.S. and Other Countries
UNC School of Law professor Deborah Weissman has experienced firsthand a Cuban approach to domestic violence. While researching the issue there, she walked through neighborhoods with physicians and...
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From the N.C. Mountains to a London Law Firm: Sherri Snelson '95 Loves Her...
Growing up on a 230-acre farm outside of Asheville, N.C. — where her daily chores included bottle feeding baby calves — Sherri Snelson ’95 always knew she wanted to be an attorney. “I idolized my...
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Opening Doors: Daniel Fitz '85 Supports Students Who Want to Study Abroad
Daniel Fitz ’85 supports UNC School of Law and UNC’s Honors Program consistently because “we need more people who know how to think clearly,” he says. Born and raised in Hickory, N.C., Fitz has made...
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World Wise: Judges, High Finance and Sovereign Nations
In 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling in a legal battle over payments to bondholders who owned debt issued by Argentina. The court’s ruling hinged on how to...
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World Wise: The LL.M. Program at UNC
UNC School of Law’s fourth class of LL.M. students started this fall, and Beverly Sizemore, director of international and LL.M. programs at UNC, said the number of applications rose significantly this...
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Flatt 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...
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Net 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,...
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UNC 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...
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Class 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...
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After 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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Weissman Research Has Broad Impacts for U.S. and Other Countries
UNC School of Law professor Deborah Weissman has experienced firsthand a Cuban approach to domestic violence. While researching the issue there, she walked through neighborhoods with physicians and...
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From the N.C. Mountains to a London Law Firm: Sherri Snelson '95 Loves Her...
Growing up on a 230-acre farm outside of Asheville, N.C. — where her daily chores included bottle feeding baby calves — Sherri Snelson ’95 always knew she wanted to be an attorney. “I idolized my...
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Opening Doors: Daniel Fitz '85 Supports Students Who Want to Study Abroad
Daniel Fitz ’85 supports UNC School of Law and UNC’s Honors Program consistently because “we need more people who know how to think clearly,” he says. Born and raised in Hickory, N.C., Fitz has made...
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World Wise: Judges, High Finance and Sovereign Nations
In 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling in a legal battle over payments to bondholders who owned debt issued by Argentina. The court’s ruling hinged on how to...
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World Wise: The LL.M. Program at UNC
UNC School of Law’s fourth class of LL.M. students started this fall, and Beverly Sizemore, director of international and LL.M. programs at UNC, said the number of applications rose significantly this...
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Research on Solitary Confinement Contributes to National Movement for Reform
Deborah Weissman Tamar Birckhead Solitary confinement began as a way to give men a quiet place to reflect on their sins without distraction. The first penitentiary — the word derives from “penitence”...
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Earn CLE Credit at 2015 Festival of Legal Learning Feb. 13-14
The 25th annual Festival of Legal Learning takes place Feb. 13-14, giving attendees an opportunity to complete 12 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) credits from 116 sessions focusing on a...
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Influential Alumni Featured in Documentary on N.C. Leaders
A documentary highlighting the storied careers of North Carolina leaders and UNC School of Law alumni Bill Friday ’48, Terry Sanford ’46 and William Aycock ’48, among others, aired on UNC-TV Jan. 8....
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LDF President Sherilynn Ifill to Participate in Post-Ferguson Panel at UNC...
A full-day program for discussion of recent high-profile incidents of alleged police brutality in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City will take place at UNC School of Law on Friday, Jan. 23. The program...
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LDF President Sherrilyn Ifill to Participate in Post-Ferguson Panel at UNC...
A full-day program for discussion of recent high-profile incidents of alleged police brutality in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City will take place at UNC School of Law on Friday, Jan. 23. The program...
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