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. 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."

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 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."

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 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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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 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.

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 seat, some UNC law students are mourning the personal loss of someone they saw as a role model. 

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 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.

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 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. 

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 services will address legal questions around CARES Act loans and loan forgiveness, real estate issues and employment law.

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 of challenges for everyone. UNC law professor John Orth's method for continuing lectures garnered extra attention — and even went viral on Twitter. 

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.

Law students to spend spring break giving back through free legal services

From Asheville to Charlotte, UNC law students will be traveling across North Carolina to offer free legal services. 

'A small seed planted': This nonprofit hopes to improve the bail system in Orange County

The organization is working to establish a $50,000 revolving bail fund that will be used to post low-cost bail for people in the county who cannot afford to pay it so that individuals can continue their lives while waiting for trial. 

UNC's School of Law wants to know how attorneys influence criminal justice

Carissa Byrne Hessick, a professor in the UNC School of Law, launched the Prosecutors and Politics Project to study campaign finance for prosecutor elections. 

The LSAT will go fully digital starting this month

The Law School Admission Council is changing the LSAT format starting this September. 

UNC School of Law unveils portrait of civil rights champion Julius Chambers

"Julius Chambers deserves to be remembered, and would want to be remembered, for always being available to the thousands of poor people of color, who for centuries had not had anybody to represent them but who knew that they could call first the lawyer, Chambers."

UNC School of Law professor wins 2019 BOG Excellence in Teaching Award

Donald Hornstein, a winner of the 2019 Award of Excellence in Teaching selected by the UNC Board of Governors, has been teaching "Environmental Law and Policy" for around a decade.

Here's what you missed at Saturday's Critical Race Theory Symposium

The Critical Race Theory Symposium hosted students to discuss racial and gender discrimination in housing, environmental justice, and health care.

Meet the deans of UNC's nationally ranked graduate schools

U.S. News & World Report ranked graduate programs throughout the United States. How did UNC's graduate schools fall on the leaderboard?

What you should know about court-packing, according to a Washington D.C. insider

The UNC School of Law hosted a distinguished lawyer to talk about court packing, and what it means for the judicial system in the current political climate.