UNC School of Law was founded in 1845 and has been approved by the American Bar Association since 1928. It is home to centers and initiatives that offer expertise in civil rights, banking, environmental law, intellectual property, entrepreneurial and securities law, critical studies, bankruptcy and constitutional inquiry. There are approximately 740 students enrolled currently, and the school has about 10,000 living alumni.
As UNC community members await a Supreme Court decision regarding the University's use of affirmative action, academics and activists explain the history and importance of previous affirmative action decisions that have set the precedent for this case.
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As UNC community members await a Supreme Court decision regarding the University's use of affirmative action, academics and activists explain the history and importance of previous affirmative action decisions that have set the precedent for this case.
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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 in 2023-24 Student Body President Christopher Everett and reviewed the committee meetings on May 17.
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After being charged with domestic terrorism after protests at an Atlanta police training construction site, second-year law student Jamie Marsicano was banned from UNC's campus. Hundreds of students and community members marched in protest from the UNC School of Law to South Building and then delivered a petition that they said had over 500 signatures.
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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 in mentorship opportunities. Specific programs include pro bono work and research opportunities, as well as a recycling initiative. “The core of what we do is giving people the knowledge of what this field looks like, giving them the resources they need to pursue it further,” Rachel Coutinho, treasurer of the ELP, said.
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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 groups in North Carolina's government. “The first thing I hope people see is that we are literally in a battle for the future of democracy in North Carolina, and we are frequently losing that battle,” Nichol said.
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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 met by student protesters, who began engaging with the speaker following some of his comments.
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"The UNC Federalist Society made a deliberate and ultimately self-defeating choice to invite a speaker who was not only purposefully provocative, but also failed to deliver any substantive message capable of surviving academic scrutiny."
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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 leader and a mother of eight children. Daughters Elizabeth and S. Kathryn Allen said the impact of the final portrait was intense and breathtaking.
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"There are many factors that must go into budgetary decisions, some of which are indisputably valid. But public interest work is constantly devalued. It is devalued economically, in how different legal institutions are funded. It is devalued politically, in how public defenders and legal services are not invested in. It is devalued in labor, down to the extreme pay gap present even in summer internships."
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"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 and administrators sticking their heads in the sand, and the only decision being delegated to me is whether or not I risk my life to attend my classes. That’s a difficult decision to make."
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“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 a book,’ and I said, ‘Ah, that's a nice idea.' A good friend of mine pulled me aside and said, ‘Write the damn book.'”
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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 a letter asking for the school's administration to condemn the words and actions of the student. The letter and an accompanying petition were presented to the administration and gathered over 360 signatures from current students, alumni and professors in the law school.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday of complications from cancer. As conversations surround the political implications of her vacant seat, some UNC law students are mourning the personal loss of someone they saw as a role model.
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The day after a statewide moratorium on eviction cases expired in June, UNC’s Civil Legal Assistance Clinic and immigration advocacy group Siembra NC launched the CARES Act Eviction Information Line. The groups launched the eviction defense hotline for Spanish-speaking tenants as an effort to inform and empower tenants about their rights.
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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 lack of resources and its culture of antipathy towards Black students, as well as the dean for a failure to retain Black students and faculty. Here's how the school has responded.
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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 services will address legal questions around CARES Act loans and loan forgiveness, real estate issues and employment law.
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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 of challenges for everyone. UNC law professor John Orth's method for continuing lectures garnered extra attention — and even went viral on Twitter.
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Burr is under investigation for selling stock after confidential briefings on COVID-19.
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From Asheville to Charlotte, UNC law students will be traveling across North Carolina to offer free legal services.
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