UNC School of Law

Raleigh Carolina Law Alumni and Students Reception
2024-06-04 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | K&L Gates LLP, 301 Hillsborough St, Suite 1200, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27603
Register by Tuesday, May 31, 2024
Please join Dean Martin H. Brinkley ‘92 for an alumni reception in Raleigh with current students working in the Triangle area this summer and admitted students for fall 2024. Join fellow alumni, meet current students and admitted students, and learn about the exciting things happening in the halls of Van Hecke-Wettach. We hope to see you on June 5 for an evening for the entire Carolina Law community.
Please consider signing up to serve as a Carolina Connector when completing your registration. Carolina Connectors will be paired with a student attendee at the reception to extend a warm Tar Heel welcome and help foster new connections with other alumni in attendance.
Registration is required. Attire is business. Questions about this event? Please contact Kelly Mann Rose (assistant director of alumni and donor relations) at mann@unc.edu.

Washington, D.C. Carolina Law Alumni and Students Reception
2024-06-05 17:30 - 19:00 | The Metropolitan Club of the City of Washington, 1700 H ST. NW, Washington, D.C., 20006
Register by Friday, May 31, 2024
Please join us for an alumni reception in Washington, D.C. with current students working in the capital area this summer and admitted students for fall 2024. Join fellow alumni, meet current students and admitted students, and learn about the exciting things happening in the halls of Van Hecke-Wettach. We hope to see you on June 5 for an evening for the entire Carolina Law community.
Please consider signing up to serve as a Carolina Connector when completing your registration. Carolina Connectors will be paired with a student attendee at the reception to extend a warm Tar Heel welcome and help foster new connections with other alumni in attendance.
The event space at the Metropolitan Club is graciously sponsored by Aubrey Rothrock ’93. Cell phone and electronic device usage is prohibited at the Metropolitan Club. The dress code for the evening is coat, tie, appropriate footwear for gentlemen (no white rubber-soled shoes and no dress sneakers), and commensurate attire for ladies. Registration is required. Questions about this event? Please contact Kelly Rose, assistant director of alumni and donor relations, at mann@unc.edu.

How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal | Unjust Debts | Lunch and Learn with Melissa B. Jacoby
2024-06-20 12:00 - 12:50 | Dilworth Neighborhood Grille, 911 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC, 28204
Please join us for a free lunch and learn as the Carolina Law community celebrates the release of Graham Kenan Professor of Law Melissa B. Jacoby’s new book, Unjust Debts | How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal.
The bankruptcy system exists to cancel or restructure debts for people and companies that have way too many—a safety valve designed to provide a mechanism for restarting lives and businesses when things go wrong financially. Unjust Debts explores how bankruptcy contributes to race, gender, and class inequality in America. Across a broad range of crucial issues, Unjust Debts reveals the hidden mechanisms by which bankruptcy impacts everything from sexual harassment to health care, police violence to employment discrimination, and the opioid crisis to gun violence.
A free lunch will be provided. RSVP by June 13 at 5 p.m.
Questions about this event? Please contact Kelly Mann Rose, assistant director of alumni and donor relations, at mann@unc.edu.

Carolina Law Alumni Reception at the NCBA Annual Meeting
2024-06-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Charlotte Convention Center, 501 S College St., Charlotte, NC, 28202
Please join Carolina Law alumni and friends for a reception at the North Carolina Bar Association annual meeting in Charlotte.
Enjoy appetizers and drinks while catching up with your Carolina Law community!
You do not need to attend the NCBA meeting to attend this event.
Questions about this event? Please contact Kelly Mann Rose, assistant director of alumni and donor relations, at mann@unc.edu.

North Carolina Law Review Symposium
2024-10-11 08:30 - 16:15 | Kathrine R. Everett Law Library
North Carolina Law Review Symposium: Justice in the Age of Criminal Records
This symposium will examine the role of criminal records in American criminal justice. Criminal records are not a formal part of a criminal sentence, but they trigger a host of quasi-punitive consequences. These penalties can attach to arrest as well as conviction. This symposium will explore the reach and impact of arrest and conviction records from a number of perspectives, including juvenile justice, constitutional law, immigration enforcement and expungement.
View the schedule of events here.

Dan K. Moore Program in Ethics
2024-11-08 09:30 - 15:00 | DC
Generative AI for Corporate Attorneys
This four-hour online CLE will feature experienced practitioners, in-house counsel, thought leaders, and scholars discussing the ethical issues related to the use of artificial intelligence in a business and transactional practice.
Program sessions include:

An introduction to generative artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and others
Use of generative AI in a transactional and business practice – inhouse and outside counsel perspectives
Preparing law students to use generative AI
Ethical issues associated with generative AI

The 2024 Dan K. Moore Program will be held online. Information regarding how to access the webinar and materials will be sent prior to the start.
This program is dedicated to the exemplary legacy of professional ethics left to us by the distinguished life and work of Dan K. Moore, former governor of North Carolina and 1929 graduate of the UNC School of Law.

Law Alumni Weekend
2024-11-15 - 2024-11-17 | DC
The UNC Law Alumni Association invites all Carolina Law alumni back to Chapel Hill on November 15-17, 2024, for Law Alumni Weekend.
Bring your family, friends and encourage fellow classmates to come back to Chapel Hill for THE ONLY event that brings together all alumni, students, faculty and staff for a fall weekend of activities for all ages in celebration and support of UNC School of Law.
For the latest updates please visit:
https://law.unc.edu/alumni/events/law-alumni-weekend/

Carolina Law Festival of Legal Learning
2025-02-07 08:00 - 18:00 | Carolina Club
Join Carolina Law alumni and students for a day of legal education and receive six hours of CLE credits, with sessions instructed by members of our community.
Stay and enjoy a reception following the CLE sessions with Carolina Law alumni and students.
CLE sessions include:

Climate and the Insurance-Resilience Link: North Carolina Hits the National News
Donald Hornstein, Thomas F. Taft Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center on Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics (CE3)

Recent Developments in Immigration Law
Rick Su, Arch T. Allen Distinguished Professor of Law

Annual U.S. Supreme Court Roundup: 2024-25 Edition
Maxine Eichner, Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Law
F. Andrew Hessick, Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor of Law
Mary-Rose Papandrea, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law
Ryan Park, Solicitor General, North Carolina Department of Justice

Evolving Strategies for Attorney Mental Health
David Kouba ’02, Arnold & Porter

AI and You
Alison Grounds ’01, Troutman Pepper

Dragging the Law School Forward: Lucius Polk McGehee and Harry Woodburn Chase, 1910-1924
Martin H. Brinkley ’92, Dean and William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law

Important program information:

Registration Fee: $100
Six hours of CLE have been approved by the North Carolina State Bar.
Carolina Law will file CLE credits in North Carolina and will provide attendance certification for out of state attendees.
Parking is available at Rams Head Parking Deck for $15.75 (104 Ridge Road Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514). Access to the Carolina Club is on level three of the garage. Remember to keep your ticket and you will pay for parking as you leave Rams Head Parking Deck.

Festival Schedule

8-9 a.m.
Check in & Continental Breakfast

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
CLE Sessions (lunch provided)

5-6:30 p.m.
Alumni and Student Reception

Stewardship Luncheon (By invitation only)
2025-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Carolina Club
More information coming soon

Cornerstone on the Coast
2025-03-07 - 2025-03-09 | Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
By invitation only
More information coming soon

The Banking Institute
2025-03-27 10:30 - 2025-03-28 19:00 | Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, 201 E Trade St, Charlotte, NC, 28202, United States
Center for Banking and Finance is proud to sponsor the Banking Institute, a continuing legal education program that focuses on important issues for bankers and their lawyers. The Institute is designed to provide the highest quality CLE on cutting-edge issues related to banking law.
The Banking Institute will apply for approximately 8.25 hours of general CLE from the North Carolina State Bar.

Meet the Tar Heels Program and Reception
2025-04-10 | The Dean E. Smith Center

Law Foundation Board of Directors meeting
2025-04-11 10:00 - 13:00 | UNC School of Law Boardroom

Law Alumni Association Board of Directors meeting
2025-04-11 12:00 - 16:00 | UNC School of Law Boardroom

Dean Brinkley's State of the School Address
2025-05-16 12:00 - 12:50 | Virtual

Raleigh Summer Reception
2025-06-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
For more information, please visit:
Carolina Law Summer Reception Tour 2025 | UNC School of Law

Washington, D.C. Summer Reception
2025-06-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Squire Patton Boggs

Greensboro Summer Reception
2025-06-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Brooks Pierce

Charlotte Summer Reception
2025-06-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Katten

New York City Summer Reception
2025-06-17 17:30 - 19:00 | Saul Ewing LLP

Atlanta Summer Reception
2025-06-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Virtual Briefing on Recent SCOTUS Decisions
2025-09-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Virtual Briefing on Recent SCOTUS Decisions
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
12-1 p.m.
Register by September 9
Join UNC School of Law faculty members Andy Hessick and Osamudia James for a virtual and interactive legal discussion on two timely U.S. Supreme Court decisions: Trump vs. CASA and Ames v. Ohio.
This session will offer practitioner-focused analysis of these two impactful rulings from the most recent SCOTUS term.
Kindly register by 5 pm on September 11 to receive the Zoom link. We hope you will join us for this timely and substantive conversation.
Interim Dean Andy Hessick, Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Strategy & Planning, teaches and researches on topics including federal courts, administrative law, remedies, and criminal sentencing.
Osamudia James, Henry P. Brandis Distinguished Professor of Law, teaches and writes on topics including education law, race and the law, administrative law, and torts.
Questions? Contact Brian Stern

2025 UNC Law Alumni Association Awards Ceremony
2025-10-03 17:30 - 21:00 | Carolina Club
The 2025 UNC Law Alumni Association awards ceremony will take place on October 3, 2025, from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Carolina Club. Registration is required by September 25.
Read more about the 2025 award winners:
– Henry E. Frye ’59
– Charles P. Brown ’66
– David B. Sentelle ’68
– Richard E. Myers ’98
– Alison A. Grounds ’01
– Carl R. Fox ’78
– Isabelle R. Stevens ’21
– Professor Thomas Lee Hazen

Carolina Law Connections: New York City Reception
2025-10-16 17:30 - 19:00 | ArentFox Schiff LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 42, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 5:30-7 p.m.
ArentFox Schiff LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 42
New York, NY 10019
Reconnect with fellow alumni and meet Interim Dean Andy Hessick and Professor Lissa Broome, who will be attending with 1L students visiting the city as part of the Center for Banking & Finance Career Trek during fall break.
Enjoy drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and conversation while hearing updates from Carolina Law and supporting our students as they explore legal careers.
Business attire is encouraged.
Register by October 9
Questions? Contact Brian Stern.

AI vs. Human Mock Criminal Trial
2025-10-24 10:00 - 11:30 | UNC School of Law Graham Kenan Courtroom, 160 RIDGE RD CB 3380 CB 3380, CHAPEL HILL, NC, 27514-4387, United States
A Jury of your AI Peers? The Trial of Henry Justus
The year is 2036, and Henry Justus, an African American high school senior, stands trial on a charge of robbery of Victor Fehler, a white high school sophomore, before a jury of widely used artificial intelligence programs under the imaginary AI Criminal Justice Act of 2035. This trial simulation imagines that generative artificial intelligence models will be used in the future as jurors to reduce the operation of human bias and other cognitive errors by judges. This exercise will use present day technology to simulate such a trial with human actors playing the roles of prosecutor, defense lawyer, victim and defendant before a jury of three generative AI programs. This trial will be simulated but not scripted, so all participants will learn the verdicts of the three large language models serving as jurors along with the audience. This simulation will be followed by brief commentary from a panel of experts composed of legal scholars, a philosopher and a data librarian.
This simulated trial—one of the first of its kind–is being conducted by the University of North Carolina School of Law as part of Converge-Con), a large AI Festival taking place at UNC-Chapel Hill from October 22nd through 24th.
The trial of Henry Justus is intended to provoke discussion about the proper scope of artificial intelligence in criminal justice by highlighting the issues of accuracy, efficiency, bias and legitimacy raised by such use. Whether the trial serves as a cautionary tale about a possible dystopian future or a roadmap to a better one will remain to be seen.
The event is available on live stream.

Cornerstone Weekend in the High Country
2025-11-07 - 2025-11-09 | Chetola Resort, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
By invitation only
November 7-9, 2025
Chetola Resort
Blowing Rock, N.C.
Invitations to come this summer.

UNC LAA Virtual Book Club
2026-01-09 12:00 - 13:00 | DC
Join UNC School of Law alum Jennifer Puryear ’95 and Professor Leigh Osofsky for a virtual mid-winter book club on Miracle Creek by Angie Kim with fellow alumni.
Jennifer, author of the blog Bacon on the Bookshelf, will lead a spirited conversation about Kim’s literary courtroom thriller.
We encourage you to make Miracle Creek your holiday read, and we look forward to a great discussion on January 9.
Kindly register by January 5 to receive the Zoom link. We hope you will join us and wish you a wonderful holiday season.

By Invitation Only: With Thanks: Sharing Perspectives, Shaping Futures
2026-02-12 18:00 | The Carolina Inn, 211 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, United States
February 12, 2026
6 p.m.
The Carolina Inn | Chapel Hill, N.C.
By invitation only
With Thanks: Sharing Perspectives, Shaping Futures
In recognition of your generous support of UNC School of Law, please join us for this special dinner to celebrate your impact and engage in meaningful dialogue about shaping the future of Carolina Law.
You are also invited to join us for the Festival of Legal Learning the following morning.
Please register by February 6.
A hotel block is reserved for your convenience at the Rizzo Center.

Book online by January 29
Contact: Laura Rabb at laura.rabb@destinationhotels.com

UNC School of Law Festival of Legal Learning 2026
2026-02-13 08:00 - 18:30 | UNC School of Government
This event is sold out. To join the waitlist, please email mann@unc.edu.

Presented by the UNC Law Alumni Association
February 13, 2026 8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
UNC School of Government Chapel Hill, N.C.
Register by February 5, 2026 Join UNC School of Law alumni and students for a day of legal education and receive five hours of CLE credit and one hour of ethics, with sessions instructed by members of our community. CLE sessions include:

CLE sessions include:

Updates from Carolina Law’s Supreme Court Program
Elizabeth Fisher ’19, Wiley Rein F. Andrew Hessick, Interim Dean and Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor of Law Rick Simpson ’77, Wiley Rein Materials: Handout, Slides

The Front-Line Legal Response to Natural Disasters: Two Mayors’ Perspectives Post-Helene
Rebecca Badgett, Teaching Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government, UNC School of Government Hon. Esther Manheimer ’98, Mayor, Asheville, N.C. Hon. Zeb Smathers ’08, Mayor, Canton, N.C.

Merchant Cash Advances (MCA): Fast Cash, Flexible Terms, and the Law Behind Them
Kara Bruce, Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Law Materials: Slides, The Murky Process of Characterizing Merchant Cash Advance Agreements, Revenue-Based Finance in Bankruptcy and Beyond

Jefferson, Adams and Tacitus: Perspectives on the Framers and the Classics
Martin H. Brinkley ’92, Dean Emeritus and William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law Materials: Handout, Tacitus’ Annals, Slides

The Changing First Amendment
Mark Storslee, Associate Professor and C. Boyden Gray Distinguished Scholar Materials: Slides

AI Panel

Patricia Brown ’86, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, SAS Wab Kadaba ’97, Chair, Kilpatrick John Sieman ’07, Patent Counsel, SASMaterials: Slide

Important program information:

Registration Fee: $100.
Five hours of general CLE and one hour of ethics are approved by the North Carolina State Bar.
Carolina Law will file CLE credits in North Carolina and will provide attendance certification for out of state attendees.

Festival Schedule

8-9 a.m.
Check in & Continental Breakfast

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
CLE Sessions (lunch provided)

5-6:30 p.m.
Alumni and Student Reception

Register by February 5, 2026

Faculty Lunch and Learn with Professor Rick Su
2026-02-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
February 27, 2026, 12-1 p.m. | Virtual
Hosted by the UNC Law Alumni Association, Carolina Law Professor Rick Su presents legal analysis on current immigration topics in the United States during a lunch-time virtual event.
Register by February 24 to receive the Zoom link.
