Academics and activists share the history of affirmative action ahead of SCOTUS decision

As UNC community members await a Supreme Court decision regarding the University's use of affirmative action, academics and activists explain the history ...

BOT hears School of Civic Life and Leadership updates at board meeting

At the UNC Board of Trustees board meeting on May 18, board members discussed updates to the planning of the School of Civic Life and Leadership, swore ...

'Free our Jamie': Protesters fight campus ban of law student charged with domestic terrorism

After being charged with domestic terrorism after protests at an Atlanta police training construction site, second-year law student Jamie Marsicano was ...

UNC's Environmental Law Project fosters community for students

At the UNC School of Law, the Environmental Law Project is a space for students interested in the field to socialize, serve their communities and engage ...

UNC law professor plans launch of new book, focused on NC representation and politics

UNC School of Law professor Gene Nichol is publishing a new book this April that focuses on the political effects of lacking representation of marginalized ...

UNC Federalist Society hosts guest lecturer, interrupted by student protest

On Oct. 25, Jeffery Ventrella of the Alliance Defending Freedom was invited to speak by UNC's campus chapter of the Federalist Society. The speech was ...

Op-ed: A student organization’s attempt to divide the School of Law falls flat

"The UNC Federalist Society made a deliberate and ultimately self-defeating choice to invite a speaker who was not only purposefully provocative, but ...

UNC School of Law honors first Black female graduate Sylvia X. Allen in portrait unveiling

Sylvia X. Allen was not only the first Black woman to graduate from the UNC School of Law, but also a prosecutor, an assistant attorney general, a community ...

Column: UNC Law devalues public interest work

"There are many factors that must go into budgetary decisions, some of which are indisputably valid. But public interest work is constantly devalued. ...

Column: Disabled people are experts on our own health

"Now, I’m assumed to add so little to my classes that it is perfectly acceptable when I’m not really a part of them. I see campus opening back up ...

UNC alumnus uses law experience to write second trial novel, 'You Have Your Way'

“One night I was standing in a restaurant with a bunch of friends and had just told a story,” Glenn said. “Somebody said, ‘You ought to write ...

LISTEN: UNC Law School Racist Incident & COVID-19 Vaccine Updates

Racist incident during UNC law class raises questions about diversity and inclusion

Following an incident during a Zoom class where one student was accused of making racist remarks toward a student of color, some UNC law students wrote ...

In the days after RBG’s death, UNC law students mourn the loss of a role model

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday of complications from cancer. As conversations surround the political implications of her vacant ...

UNC’s Civil Legal Assistance Clinic and immigrant advocacy group launch COVID-19 hotline

The day after a statewide moratorium on eviction cases expired in June, UNC’s Civil Legal Assistance Clinic and immigration advocacy group Siembra NC ...

UNC School of Law responds to letter from group of Black students

A group of Black law students sent a letter to UNC School of Law titled "Why UNC Law is Not a Place for Black Students." The letter condemned the school's ...

UNC School of Law to offer free legal services to N.C. nonprofits impacted by COVID-19

A group of UNC law students is providing free legal services to charitable nonprofit organizations that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

Meet the UNC law professor who went viral for bringing a doll to his empty lecture

From learning how to teach remotely to updating curricula to fit a new online structure, the cancellation of in-person instruction brings its own set ...

Here's a UNC law professor's take on the investigation into Richard Burr's stock sales

Burr is under investigation for selling stock after confidential briefings on COVID-19.