Faculty Speaker Series: Issa Kohler-Hausmann

Issa Kohler-Hausmann A Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale. Her primary research interests are in Criminal Law, Sociology of Law, Empirical Legal Studies, and Social And Legal Theory. https://law.yale.edu/issa-kohler-hausmann

Faculty Speaker Series: Abbye Atkinson

Abbye Atkinson University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Credit and Debt; Consumer Bankruptcy; Debt, Discrimination, and Inequality. Atkinson’s research focuses on the law of debtors and creditors as it affects economically disenfranchised communities. https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/abbye-atkinson/

Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity (CRCGE)

Virtual NC

UNC School of Law's 26th annual Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity (CRCGE), "Immigration: A Global Humanitarian Crisis" considers the effects of state and national law on the lives of immigrants, as well as conditions leading to migration. Conference discussion topics include: the effects of immigration laws on LGBTQ asylum seekers and domestic abuse ...

Law & Literature: Alumni Book Club with Professor Patricia Bryan

Alumni are invited to join Professor Patricia Bryan in reading Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino. Styled in the model of Professor Bryan’s popular Law & Literature class at Carolina Law, alumni are invited to take part in a thoughtful virtual conversation about this important ...

High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion of the Two Impeachments of Donald Trump (and What’s Next)

UNC School of Law presents a look back at the impeachments of Donald Trump from the perspectives of three experts and participants. Speakers will provide an inside look at the process for both impeachments and their ramifications for presidential accountability in the future. Speakers include: Congressman David E. Price Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell ...

Challenging and Confronting Student Debt for Borrowers with Disabilities

Virtual NC

UNC School of Law's Consumer Financial Transactions Clinic is partnering with Disability Rights of North Carolina to present a program on student loan debt for borrowers with disabilities. Learn how current federal law can provide persons with disabilities relief from student debt for certain federal education loans. You must register to attend. Panelists Kate Sablosky ...

Artificial Intelligence Conversation with USC Annenberg’s Dr. Kate Crawford

Virtual NC

Law students, faculty, staff and community members interested in artificial intelligence are invited to attend a discussion with author Dr. Kate Crawford. Crawford will share a preview of her new book Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence, published by Yale in April 2021. Atlas of AI explores the historical origins, labor practices, infrastructures, ...

Beyond the Headlines: Bankruptcy in the Shadow of COVID-19

Virtual NC

Within the last two decades, major shocks such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the global financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic have fueled and complicated the use and effectiveness of the American bankruptcy system. Join UNC School of Law's New York City Alumni Regional Club and Melissa B. Jacoby, Graham Kenan Professor of Law, for ...