UNC School of Law

State of the School Address with Dean Brinkley
2021-04-12 18:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | NC
The Office of Advancement and Dean Martin H. Brinkley ’92 invite alumni to a state of the school address.

Challenging and Confronting Student Debt for Borrowers with Disabilities
2021-04-16 12:00 - 14:15 | Virtual
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 Elengold, Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, directs the Consumer Financial Transactions Clinic. She also teaches and researches consumer credit and debt, civil rights, property, and professional responsibility. Elengold’s scholarship bridges consumer and civil rights doctrines, with a specific focus on student debt. Elengold is a 2005 graduate of New York University Law School. She has been on the faculty at UNC School of Law since 2016.
Rachel Grossman*, Certified Student Attorney, University of North Carolina School of Law
Madeline Labovitz*, Certified Student Attorney, University of North Carolina School of Law
Tisha Martin*, Certified Student Attorney, University of North Carolina School of Law
Frank Qin*, Certified Student Attorney, University of North Carolina School of Law
*students in the Consumer Financial Transactions Clinic work with allied organizations and represent low-income individuals in civil litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters related to consumer credit and debt, with a specific emphasis on issues related to student debt.

Artificial Intelligence Conversation with USC Annenberg's Dr. Kate Crawford
2021-05-12 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
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, and epistemological assumptions that underlie the contemporary artificial intelligence. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers a political and a material perspective of how AI is “made:” from lithium mines in Nevada, to the exploited workers behind “automated” systems, to the regimes of classification in training data. This talk outlines how AI functions as a registry of power, which has only amplified during the pandemic at a time of deepening inequality around the world.
This event, hosted UNC School of Law’s AI Decision-Making Research Program (AI-DR) is free and open to the public.
About Kate Crawford
Dr. Kate Crawford is a leading scholar of the social and political implications of artificial intelligence. Her work focuses on understanding large-scale data systems, machine learning and AI in the wider contexts of history, politics, labor, and the environment. She is a Research Professor of Communication and STS at USC Annenberg, a Senior Principal Researcher at MSR-NYC, and the inaugural Visiting Chair for AI and Justice at the École Normale Supérieure. Her academic research has been published in journals such as Nature, New Media & Society, Science, Technology & Human Values and Information, Communication & Society. Crawford’s work also includes collaborative projects and visual investigations. Her project Anatomy of an AI System with Vladan Joler – which maps the full lifecycle of the Amazon Echo– won the Beazley Design of the Year Award in 2019, and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her collaboration with the artist Trevor Paglen, Excavating AI, won the Ayrton Prize from the British Society for the History of Science. Crawford’s latest book, Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence is published by Yale University Press in 2021.

Beyond the Headlines: Bankruptcy in the Shadow of COVID-19
2021-05-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
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 Beyond the Headlines: Bankruptcy in the Shadow of COVID-19 (sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP), where you will explore how a shock like each of these events intersects with bankruptcy use in a variety of contexts.
This presentation is of interest to lawyers specializing in other areas because it will highlight how restructuring professionals and other repeat players in the bankruptcy system use crises like the pandemic to advance expansive and “off-label” uses of bankruptcy that affect legal and policy issues far beyond its intended domain.
Approval pending for one hour of CLE credit for attending this event.
Questions about this event? Please contact Kelly Mann Rose (assistant director of alumni and donor relations) at mann@unc.edu.

Equal Protection Under Algorithms: A New Statistical and Legal Framework
2021-06-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
The Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making Research (AI-DR) Program invites students, faculty, staff and community members to a keynote address by Professor Crystal S. Yang of Harvard Law School. She will be discussing her work regarding Equal Protection Under Algorithms: A New Statistical and Legal Framework.

Employer Reception
2021-06-08 17:30 - 19:30 | Virtual
Employers are invited to join the Career Development Office and our students for a virtual reception. Employer attendees will receive a single link for their virtual room and meet with small groups of up to three students in 15-minute time slots. Students will move from employer room to employer room.

Alumni Awards Celebration
2021-06-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual
The UNC School of Law Alumni Association proudly honors members of the Carolina Law community through its annual alumni awards. These five awards—The Lifetime Achievement Award; The Distinguished Alumni Award; The Outstanding Recent Graduate Award; Professor S. Elizabeth Gibson Award for Faculty Excellence; and The Extraordinary Service Award—showcase alumni, faculty and friends who have contributed to the profession and the law school.
Join us as we recognize our 2020 and 2021 recipients at this virtual celebration, which includes a performance from Dean Martin H. Brinkley ’92.
Registration closes Sunday, June 27, 2021. Information on how to access the event link will be sent 24-48 hours prior to the start of the celebration.
Questions about this event? Please contact Carrie Clifford (director of alumni and donor relations) at carrie.clifford@unc.edu.

Fiscal Year-End Gift Deadline
2021-06-30 | NC
By supporting the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, you are ensuring that students realize their dreams of a Carolina Law education and faculty have the resources available to perform innovative research over the next academic year. With your help, we can continue to deliver the exceptional value that a Carolina Law degree is known for and remain competitive in the current education environment.
Make your gift to UNC School of Law by 12 p.m. ET on June 30.
View all Giving Opportunities (including a current challenge to unlock) at UNC School of Law.

Trial Advocacy Intensive Session
2021-08-19 08:00 - 2021-08-22 17:00 | NC
Trial Advocacy Intensive Session
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE for those enrolled in Trial Advocacy

Faculty Speaker Series - Rick Su
2021-09-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road, CB #3380, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Faculty Speaker Series:
Rick Su

Law Reunion Weekend
2021-09-17 - 2021-09-18 | Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road, CB #3380, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Celebrating the Classes of ’70, ’71 ’75, ’76, ’80, ’81, ’85, ’86, ’90, ’91, ’95, ’96, ’00, ’01, ’05, ’06, ’10, ’11, ’15, ’16, and the Golden Tar Heels
Each year, the UNC Law Alumni Association hosts Law Reunion Weekend for classes marking another five years since law school graduation. This proud tradition provides a wonderful time to reconnect with professors and classmates and reflect on all you have accomplished since graduation.

Fall For All: Bluegrass & BBQ
2021-09-17 - 2021-09-18 | Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road, CB #3380, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Fall for All is back! Join alumni, family and friends for a scholarship golf tournament, reunion class gatherings, Bluegrass &BBQ tailgate, Carolina football and more.

Constitution Day: "The Constitution and the 6-3 Supreme Court"
2021-09-23 17:30 - 19:00 | Virtual
WATCH NOW: “The Constitution and the 6-3 Supreme Court”
Each year, UNC School of Law organizes the campus-wide Constitution Day celebration to commemorate September 17, the day on which the Constitution of the United States was signed. Constitution Day allows schools and colleges across the country to reflect on United States history, the deeper meanings within the Constitution and hopes it represents for the future.
The law school will celebrate the federal observance this year on September 23 with an online panel about the Supreme Court of the United States.
Professors from the law school and political science department will discuss the past, present and future of the U.S. Supreme Court. This round table conversation will focus on the impact recent retirements from and appointments to the court have made on the court’s decisions. Panelists will discuss some of the court’s landmark decisions in the 2020 term and significant cases on the docket for the coming 2021 term.
Moderator/Panelist:

Mary-Rose Papandrea, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, UNC School of Law

Panelists:

Andy Hessick, Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
Eisha Jain, Assistant Professor, UNC School of Law
Bill Marshall, William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
Kevin McGuire, Professor of Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Isaac Unah, Associate Professor of Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill

First Amendment Day
2021-09-29 | NC
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill celebrates its annual First Amendment Day on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. This campus-wide, daylong event is designed to both celebrate the First Amendment and explore its role in the lives of Carolina students.

Faculty Speaker Series - Sean Williams
2021-09-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road, CB #3380, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Sean Williams, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law/visiting Duke Law this fall
Behavioral Law and Economics; Contracts; Torts; Family Law.
https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/sean-h-williams/

Postponed: Virtual Meet & Greet: Judge Richard Myers II '98
2021-10-07 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual
UNC School of Law alumni in Wilmington, N.C., are invited to an exclusive virtual meet & greet with Judge Richard E. Myers II ’98 (Henry Brandis Professor of Law Emeritus and Judge of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of North Carolina) and LeeAnne Quattrucci ’06 (Member at Large, Wilmington Alumni Regional Club).
Hosted by the Wilmington Alumni Regional Club, Judge Myers will speak about his time as a professor at Carolina Law and the transition to his current role as judge. Attendees will have time at the end to ask questions. Additionally, LeeAnne will share upcoming plans for the Wilmington area this next year.

Class of 2020 Bagels and Brews with Dean Brinkley '92
2021-10-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road, CB #3380, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
UNC School of Law’s Office of Advancement invites members of the Class of 2020 and their families to join Dean Martin H. Brinkley ’92 for bagels and coffee prior to the Class of 2020 Commencement ceremony. We are providing a professional photographer who will gladly take any photos you would like before you head to the ceremony. After a bite to eat, attendees will head over to Kenan Memorial Stadium for Commencement.

University Day
2021-10-12 | NC
University Day (no classes from 1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.)

Technology, Inclusiveness, Structural Racism, and Silicon Valley
2021-10-15 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
The UNC Center for Civil Rights; UNC Center for Media Law and Policy; UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life; and Common Sense Media will host a panel discussion on “Technology, Inclusiveness, Structural Racism, and Silicon Valley.”
We are at a crossroads. Our lives and entire society have been transformed by a technology revolution and its 24/7 influence on so many aspects of our reality. But even as we rely on technology for connection and collaboration, we’re also feeling the negative impacts of its deep roots into our lives, our culture, and our beliefs. Nowhere is that impact felt more keenly than in the systemic problems of racial justice and inequality in our society. As we begin to truly do the work as a society to unravel these threads, we also see how technology has been wielded as a tool to reinforce unjust and inequitable systems and norms. It has been used maliciously to disenfranchise Black voters, to create “e-carceration” systems that prevent those out of prison from ever truly gaining access to jobs and opportunities, to fuel the rampant distribution of racist and hateful content across their platforms, all while systematically denying children in Black and low-income neighborhoods access to the devices and connection speeds they need to succeed in school and beyond. And all of this has happened under the watch of technology leadership that lacks the diversity of Black and Brown faces, and downplays their complacency. This timely panel will explore how the major tech companies will inevitably be judged by their impact, for better or worse, on racial justice and inequality in America, and what steps we need to take to create a more equitable future.
Panelists include:

Amelia Gibson, Assistant Professor, UNC School of Information and Library Science
Rachel Kuo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
Ted Shaw, Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil Rights, UNC School of Law
Jim Steyer, CEO/ founder of Common Sense Media and editor of Which Side of History? How Technology is Reshaping Democracy and Our Lives,
Francesca Tripodi, Assistant Professor, UNC School of Information and Library Science; Senior Faculty Researcher, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
moderator: David Ardia, Associate Professor of Law, UNC School of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy

The event will be held on Zoom and will be open to the public.

Fall Break
2021-10-21 - 2021-10-22 | NC
Fall Break
Academic Calendars

Faculty Speaker Series - K-Sue Park
2021-10-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
K-Sue Park Georgetown University Law Center (remote)
Property Law; Land, Dispossession and Displacement.
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/k-sue-park/

Law & Literature Alumni Book Club with Professor Bryan and Professor Orth
2021-10-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual
Back by popular demand, alumni are invited to join the Law Alumni Association and the Office of Advancement for another installation of the virtual Law and Literature Alumni Book Club, featuring UNC School of Law’s Professor Patricia L. Bryan and Professor John V. Orth.
Featuring Professor Orth’s short story from 2010, entitled Self Defense, this selection begins with a daily dog walk and leads its readers into deep thoughts around the state of American law and happenings in today’s society. A discussion around this story will be modeled after Professor Bryan’s popular Law & Literature class at Carolina Law, and alumni will be able to submit questions for Professor Orth to answer about his work.

Military and Veterans Law Clinic - Purple Heart Ceremony
2021-11-04 16:30 - 17:30 | Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road, CB #3380, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
In observation of Veterans Day, Dean Martin H. Brinkley ’92 and Professor John W. Brooker ’03, director of the Military and Veterans Law Clinic, invite the UNC-Chapel Hill community to an outdoor Purple Heart Ceremony honoring Army veteran John Spencer, with presiding officer Brigadier General Alison C. Martin ’00. Seating will be provided.
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Faculty Speaker Series - Cathy Hwang
2021-11-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Cathy Hwang University of Virginia School of Law, remote
Business Law, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Contracts, and Corporate Governance. https://www.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/ch6cq/2914983

Thanksgiving Recess
2021-11-25 - 2021-11-26 | NC
Thanksgiving Recess (begins after final class on Wed, Nov 24)
Academic Calendars

Faculty Speaker Series - Anne Tucker
2021-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Anne Tucker Georgia State University College of Law, remote
Financial Institutions; Business Organizations; Contracts; Legal Analytics.
https://law.gsu.edu/profile/anne-tucker/

Trial Advocacy Intensive Session
2022-01-02 - 2022-01-04 | NC
Academic Calendars

Faculty Speaker Series - Marie Boyd
2022-01-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Marie Boyd University of South Carolina School of Law, remote
Torts, Food & Drug Law, Food Law and Policy, Administrative Law.
https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/law/faculty_and_staff/directory/boyd_marie.php

Watch: UNC Center for Civil Rights Panel on Critical Race Theory
2022-01-19 12:00 - 12:50 | Virtual
What is Critical Race Theory (CRT) and why are we hearing about it now?
Join the UNC Center for Civil Rights for an in-depth panel discussion centered around CRT. Learn more about it from our expert panelists as they take a deep dive into this highly debated school of thought. Submit questions prior to the event via the registration form.
Panelists include:

– Richard Delgado, the co-founder of CRT
– Brian Gibbs, Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC School of Education
– Theodore M. Shaw, Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil Rights, UNC School of Law
– Jean Stefancic, Professor and Clement Research Affiliate, University of Alabama School of Law
– moderator: Erika Richmond, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Civil Rights, UNC School of Law

Q&A
Read additional audience questions answered by Professor Brian Gibbs (PDF)
Video Recording
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First Amendment Law Review Symposium
2022-01-21 09:00 - 15:45 | Virtual
The First Amendment Law Review’s annual symposium is free and open to the public. Every year the First Amendment Law Review hosts a symposium for First Amendment scholars from around the country to discuss and debate different First Amendment issues. Past themes include Fake News, Free Speech and Higher Education, and Net Neutrality and the First Amendment.
