UNC School of Law

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

Spring Break
2025-03-10 - 2025-03-14

American Contract Law for Social Enterprises
2025-03-10 - 2025-03-20 | Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France
Date: March 10-20, 2025
Location: Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France
Presenter: Professor Tom Kelley
Join Professor Tom Kelley for a special lecture series on American Law of Contracts with a focus on how social enterprises in the United States structure entrepreneurial joint ventures through contractual agreements. This two-week program provides valuable insights into the intersection of contract law and social entrepreneurship in the American legal context.
Please contact UNCLawInnovation@unc.edu for more information.

The future of BioPharma Innovation
2025-03-17 17:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Carolina Inn, 211 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, United States
Please join us for the UNC School of Law’s
Institute for Innovation Speaker Series
Held in conjunction with
Eshelman Innovation
at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Sponsored by Alexandria Real Estate

March 17, 2025
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm — panel discussion
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm — reception
The Carolina Inn
211 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Join our panelists as they discuss the future of BioPharma Innovation:
Patrik Jonsson
Executive Vice President of Eli Lilly and Company,
President of Lilly Cardiometabolic Health and Lilly USA
Dr. Sue Mahony
Independent Board Member
Former President of Lilly Oncology
Larry E. Robbins ’79
Founding Partner, Wyrick Robbins
Kathleen Sebelius
Independent Board Chair
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Norman E. Sharpless, MD
Professor of Cancer Policy and Innovation, UNC School of Medicine
Managing Director, Jupiter BioVentures
Former Director, the National Cancer Institute
Former Acting Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration

Korematsu v. United States: Is My Father's Case Still Relevant? - Murphy Lecture
2025-03-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Classroom 5042
Korematsu v. United States: Is My Father’s Case Still Relevant?
In 2018, the Supreme Court overruled its notorious World War II decision upholding the removal of Fred Korematsu and tens of thousands of other innocent Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Or so it said. It announced this in Trump v. Hawaii, a case upholding what the president called a “Muslim ban,” so some remain doubtful that the danger of the Korematsu decision has truly passed.
This year’s Murphy Distinguished Lecture features Dr. Karen Korematsu on the continued relevance of her father’s legendary fight for his constitutional rights during one of the most challenging moments in U.S. history. His remarkable story of courage, resilience, and commitment to civil rights for all will echo loudly in the law school’s rotunda at a time when constitutional rights and values are once again challenged.
About the speaker:
Dr. Karen Korematsu is the Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute
and the daughter of the late civil rights icon, Fred Korematsu. Since her father’s passing in 2005,
Karen has carried on his legacy as a national public speaker and educator, traveling throughout
the country advocating for civil liberties, social justice, civics, and ethnic studies education.
Her message encompasses Fred’s story, legal history, the relevance of his case to today’s issues
and the promotion of Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution on January 30th
in perpetuity for all fifty states.
She has presented to K-12 schools, colleges, universities, law schools, national and state
conferences, including the National Judicial College, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and
the South Carolina State Judicial Conference. She has signed on to amicus briefs in several cases
opposing violations of constitutional rights arising after 9/11, including Odah v. United
States, Turkman v. Ashcroft, Hedges v. Obama, and Hassan v. City of New York and Trump v.
Hawaii.
In 2015, Karen was inducted as the first non-lawyer member of the National Asian Pacific
American Bar Association. She serves on the board of directors of Advancing Justice-AAJC. She
serves on the National Advisory Board of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at
the University of California, Irvine, School of Law.
She has been interviewed on radio, podcasts and TV. Her Op/Ed’s have appeared in the NY
Times and the Washington Post. Karen has received numerous awards and honors including
GMNY 2015 Isidore Starr Award, Muslim Advocates-Voice of Freedom Award,
the ACLU Chief Justice Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award, and in 2017 was a recipient of the
Key to the City of Dearborn, Michigan by the Mayor of Dearborn.
Karen received her first honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. Michael’s College in
Burlington, Vermont, May 2019. She received her second honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
from Haverford College in Pennsylvania, May 2022.

ABCs of Banking Law
2025-03-26 08:00 - 17:30 | Chapman and Cutler LLP, Charlotte, NC

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.

Responsible Innovation Begins with Responsible Innovators
2025-03-27 17:30 | Mandela Auditorium FedEx Global Education Center, 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC
A Discussion with Reggie Townsend
Vice President of Data Ethics at SAS, member of The National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee

For questions and more information, please contact: UNCLawInnovation@unc.edu

Outer Banks Entrepreneurs / Nonprofit presentation / UNC School of Law
2025-03-31 18:30 - 20:30
Outer Banks Entrepreneurs / Nonprofit presentation / UNC School of Law
Guest Speaker: Thomas A. Kelley III, J. Dickson Phillips, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Director of Community Development Law Clinic
When: Monday, March 31, 2025 6:30 PM-8:30 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: Kitty Hawk, NC – location TBD

International Law Journal Symposium: Refuge in a Divided World: The Evolving Landscape of U.S. Immigration & Refugee Policy
2025-04-04
The JIL Vol. 50 Symposium presents Refuge in a Divided World: The Evolving Landscape of U.S. Immigration & Refugee Policy.
Friday, April 4th 9:00am – 2:00pm *Breakfast starts at 8:00am*
Breakfast and lunch is guaranteed to those who register in advance
The Symposium is open and free to all — please spread the word!
Location: The Carolina Club
Parking: Rams Deck Parking Structure or Raleigh Road Visitor Parking Lot (pay-for-parking)
Speakers:

Katherine Donato, Professor of International Migration and former Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University
Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Seigle Immigration Clinic for Immigrant Youth and Families at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Sarah Paoletti, Professor and Director of Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Yoana Kuzmova, Clinical Instructor and Lecturer in the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University School of Law

Carolina Angel Network X Initiative for Innovation/Law School Tar Heel Mix and Mingle
2025-04-04 17:30 - 19:00 | Froth New York – Cafe & Coffee Shop, 90 Rivington Street, New York, NY, 10002
SPONSORED BY: The Institute for Innovation

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

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

Classes End
2025-04-16

Well-being Day 3 (UNC-wide)—no classes
2025-04-17

University Holiday
2025-04-18

Reading Day/ Makeup Day
2025-04-21

Examinations
2025-04-22 - 2025-05-02

Commencement
2025-05-09 12:30 - 15:00 | Carmichael Arena, 310 South Road, Chapel Hill, 27514, United States

Externship Orientation
2025-05-12

Summer Classes Begin
2025-05-12

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

DDI Bootcamp
2025-05-21 - 2025-05-22 | Rizzo Center, 150 DuBose Home Lane, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States

Memorial Day Holiday—No Classes
2025-05-26

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

Summer Classes End
2025-06-17 - 2025-06-20
