UNC School of Law

Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity (CRCGE)
2021-03-19 - 2021-03-20 | Virtual, NC, United States
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 survivors,
the effects of climate change on global migration,
and the expansion of executive power as it pertains to immigration.

Alina Das, Professor of Clinical Law and Supervising Attorney at New York University (NYU) School of Law is this year’s keynote speaker. Professor Das is Co-Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, a leading institution in local and national struggles for immigrant rights.
About CRCGE
The CRCGE was founded in 1996 by a group of students at the UNC School of Law. It was designed as an academic forum where recent political and legal developments could be examined through critical legal and social justice perspectives. This conference is an annual event, held in early spring, drawing scholars and activists from across the state and nation to address a topic chosen by the organization. A coalition of student groups at UNC School of Law work together to host the conference.

Faculty Speaker Series: Abbye Atkinson
2021-03-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | NC
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/

Admitted Students Trivia Night
2021-03-16 18:00 - 19:30 | NC
A registration link from the Office of Admissions will be emailed to admitted students prior to the event.
For more info

Faculty Speaker Series: Issa Kohler-Hausmann
2021-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
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

Week Against Mass Incarceration
2021-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
UNC School of Law’s chapters of the National Lawyers Guild, Black Law Students Association and American Constitution Society present programming for the 2021 Week Against Mass Incarceration.

Monday, March 1

Emancipate NC Pro Bono Project: Scorecards for Police Accountability 12pm-2pm

Join us to help create police accountability scorecards with data from local police departments for Emancipate NC

Movement Lawyering in NC Panel from 7pm-8pm

Moderated by Sloan Taylor, UNC BLSA
Speakers include:

Dawn Blagrove, Emancipate NC
Kerwin Pittman, Emancipate NC
Whitley Carpenter, Forward Justice
Mark Dorosin, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Tuesday, March 2

Intersection of Mass Incarceration and Civil Legal Services Panel from 12pm-1pm

Moderated by Professor Kathryn Sabbeth, UNC Law
Speakers include:

Siya Hegde, Bronx Defenders
Professor Erika Wilson, UNC Law
Jen Story, Advocates for Children’s Services
(we may have another exciting speaker for this panel!)

Wednesday, March 3

Plea Bargaining and the Fourth Amendment Panel from 12pm-1pm

Moderated by Chris Heaney, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services
Speakers include:

Professor Joseph Kennedy, UNC Law
Professor Shon Hopwood, Georgetown Law
Professor Carissa Hessick, UNC Law
Professor Thea Johnson, Rutgers Law

Thursday, March 4:

COVID and Incarcerated People in NC Panel from 12pm-1pm

Moderated by Professor Barbara Fedders, UNC Law
Speakers include:

Kristie Puckett-Williams, ACLU of NC
Leah Kang, ACLU of NC
Ben Finholt, NC Prisoner Legal Services
Zach Tooman, UNC Law

Film Screening: Judas and the Black Messiah 6:30pm-9:00pm

The film will be followed by a discussion led by Professor Kerrel Murray

Friday, March 5

Day of Action

Priority FAFSA Deadline
2021-02-28 | NC
For more info

Lunch Break: Gaming Law Discussion
2021-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual, NC, United States
The Office of Advancement hosts Canon Pence (BA ’01, JD ’07), general counsel for Epic Games, and S. Gregory Boyd (MD ’02, JD ’04), Frankfurt Kurnit New York co-chair of Interactive Entertainment, to discuss intellectual property, regulations, and international legal issues around growing and managing a company like Epic Games. Epic Games, based in Cary, N.C., develops games like Fortnite and has 1,000+ employees and 40 offices worldwide. Attendees will have a chance to ask questions to both Pence and Boyd about the world of gaming law.

Tax Institute Speaker Series
2021-02-26 11:00 - 13:45 | Virtual, NC, United States
Presented by Caplin & Drysdale at UNC School of Law, the online Tax Institute Speaker Series is a continuing legal education program that features tax practitioners and scholars from throughout the country to address current developments in taxation. The online speaker series offers periodic, short sessions (2-3 hours) with networking opportunities throughout the year.
CLE credit is available.

Chancellors Scholars Weekend
2021-02-26 - 2021-02-27 | NC
Scholarships

Faculty Speaker Series: Jay Butler
2021-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
Jay Butler
William & Mary Law School
His scholarship and teaching focuses on International Law, and Corporations And
Contracts. He served as a law clerk to Judges of the International Court of Justice
and worked as a legal adviser to the Government of Japan.
https://law2.wm.edu/faculty/bios/fulltime/jbutler.php

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Where We Are and Where We Are Going at Carolina Law
2021-02-24 19:00 - 20:15 | Virtual, NC, United States
In the wake of the tragic death of George Floyd, UNC School of Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) sent a letter to the law school’s administration and faculty on June 15, 2020, sharing their expectations. Carolina Law community leaders have since vowed to address the systems of oppression and the institutional racism that impacts students and the legal profession.

After a semester of work, we are coming together as a Carolina Law community to present the changes that have been made, answer questions, and look forward as we continue to do our part to make Carolina Law a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable place for all students.

This event is hosted by BLSA. Registration is limited to 300 people.

Watch: UNC Center for Civil Rights Symposium
2021-02-18 - 2021-02-19 | Virtual, NC, United States
Equal Protection’s Grand Promise and Betrayals: Reconstruction, Plessy to Bakke and Beyond: Is there a Way Forward?
30 speakers | 6 panels | 2 days
Three months following the November 2020 elections and a last-minute appointment to the Supreme Court, the UNC Center for Civil Rights will meet to explore the origins, present status, and future promise of the Equal Protection Clause in these times. The symposium’s premise is that the Supreme Court may well have lost its jurisprudential way, with far-reaching and adverse consequences, especially for people of color, in areas including school desegregation, housing and employment law, access to governmental services, the criminal justice system, voting rights, and higher education. The symposium will give special attention to the 1978 Bakke opinions and the continuing battle over affirmative action policies in higher education. During this two-day journey on February 18-19, 2021, attendees will hear and learn from some of the nation’s foremost legal scholars, attorneys, and advocates. We hope you will join us.

Watch Recording (Feb 18, 2021)

Watch Recording (Feb 19)

February 18 Agenda

February 19 Agenda

Canceled: Greensboro Alumni Club Trivia Night
2021-02-17 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual, NC, United States
Join the UNC School of Law Greensboro Alumni Regional Club representatives and fellow alumni for a night of fun with virtual trivia, right from the comfort of your own home!

Wellness Days - No Classes
2021-02-15 | NC
Wellness Days – No Classes

Faculty Speaker Series: Rick Su
2021-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
Asylum and Refugee Law, Federalism, Immigration Law, Land Use Law, Property
Law and Real Estate, State and Local Government Law. His research focuses on the
intersection between cities and immigration.
Rick Su

Prelude to the Banking Institute - Sinking the Inc.
2021-02-09 12:00 - 13:15 | Virtual, NC, United States
The UNC Center for Banking and Finance is offering its annual Banking Institute in a virtual format on March 18-19, 2021. As a Prelude to the Banking Institute, thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, the center has planned two free webinars:

What’s the Buzz: Current Trends and Supervisory Expectations in Cannabis and Hemp Banking
Tuesday, January 26, 12:00-1:15pm
1.25 CLE credit hours in North Carolina
Register

Sinking the Inc.: eNotes, eMortgages, and Hybrid Closings Amid COVID-19 and Beyond
Tuesday, February 9, 12:00-1:15pm
1.25 CLE credit hours in North Carolina
Register

UNC/Duke Peloton Rivalry Ride #TourDeCarolina
2021-02-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual, NC, United States
Join UNC School of Law on the day of the Duke-UNC game for a Peloton Rivalry Ride!
On your Peloton bike, search for search for Jess King “on demand” and select her 45-minute Sweat Steady Ride (from 8/8/20). Join the ride at 11:00am ET so that we can all start at the same time!
UNC alumni and fans will use the #TourDeCarolina hashtag as their leaderboard tag. At the end of the ride, we will compare the total outputs of the Duke riders vs. the UNC riders to see who wins!

Virtual CPILO Auction
2021-02-04 - 2021-02-18 | Virtual, NC, United States
The Carolina Public Interest Law Organization (CPILO) will host its annual Community Auction during the month of February.
This annual event raises funds to issue grants for students who accept unpaid or under-paid summer internships in the public interest sector. Last year, CPILO raised over $22,500, which helped provide grant funding to over 65 law students serving the public interest sector over the summer months.
The auction will take place in two parts: (1) virtual silent auction between February 4-18 and (2) live event on Thursday, February 18, hosted by Professors Sara Warf and Rachel Gurvich. Guests may bid on unique experiences with professors; UNC athletics; once-in-a-lifetime vacations; wine and food tastings; art; and more. Additionally, on February 18, if you stop by Carolina Brewery along Franklin Street for take-out or dine-in, all proceeds will directly benefit CPILO.
View Silent Auction Items
View Live Auction Items

Michael Gerhardt's Book Launch "Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader"
2021-02-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, NC, United States
This event is presented by the National Constitution Center
Join Michael Gerhardt, Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina School of Law and scholar in residence at the National Constitution Center, to celebrate the launch of his latest book, Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader—an examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership, and how five men mentored an obscure lawyer with no executive experience to become one of America’s greatest presidents. Gerhardt will be joined by leading historians H.W. Brands, professor of history and Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of the new book The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom, and Judith Giesberg, professor of history at Villanova University and director of the Last Seen Project, in conversation moderated by Jeffrey Rosen.

Meet and Greet with Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa
2021-02-01 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual, NC, United States
Alumni, students, friends, and prospective students of Carolina Law are all welcome to attend; meet Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa virtually; and hear more about what brought her to the law school this past January 2021. Facilitated by Bianca Mack (assistant dean for admissions), there will also be a time for attendees to ask questions.

ABA Regional Client Counseling Competition
2021-01-29 - 2021-01-30 | Virtual, NC, United States
Want to help judge or act as a client for a virtual law school competition?
UNC School of Law will be hosting the American Bar Association’s Regional Client Counseling Competition on January 29-30, 2021. The competition will be held entirely over Zoom, so you don’t need to be in or near the Triangle, North Carolina area to help out with the competition.
The American Bar Association (ABA) oversees the Regional and National Client Counseling tournaments. Law schools throughout the country host regional competitions on a rotating basis, and the regional champions advance to the National competition. Judges for the competition include attorneys, as well non-attorney professionals who are knowledgeable in the counseling profession (such as therapists, mediators, counselors, social workers, etc.).
The competition aims to increase awareness and development of skills in the preventive and counseling functions of law practice. Some of these skills include listening to the client, identifying the client’s goals, acknowledging the client’s feelings, questioning the client, and advising the client.
Volunteers needed:

40+ volunteer judges for the competition (with the majority of these judges judging preliminary rounds on Friday, 1/29).
16+ volunteer clients (clients are provided a two-page story that they use to help answer interview questions by the competing team members)

Time commitment:
Friday, January 29, 1:00-4:30pm – 3 1/2-hour judging commitment in the afternoon. Clients would need to be available for roughly the same time.
Saturday, January 30, 9:00-11:30am – the semifinal rounds require a 2 1/2-hour judging commitment. Clients would need to be available for roughly the same time.
Saturday, January 30, approximately 1:00-5:00pm – the final round. The client would need to be available from about 1:00-4:30pm.
Unlike appellate advocacy moot court competitions, there is not much preparatory work for judging the client counseling competition (for example, there are no research briefs to read in advance or questions to prepare). All that you would be asked to do as a judge is to observe the teams interview a client. You don’t even ask any questions during the interview. After the interview is over, you are free to provide some short feedback to the teams. The ABA would provide you with a set of judging standards to help you evaluate the competitors’ performances, and the tournament host administrator would forward all Zoom links to you in advance of the competition.
Learn more:
If you are interested in serving as a judge or client, or if you would like more information on the competition, contact UNCLawABAClientCounseling@gmail.com or Professor O.J. Salinas.

Faculty Speaker Series: Meghan Boone
2021-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
Meghan Boone
Wake Forest University Law School
Civil Rights/Anti-Discrimination Laws, Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination,
Family Law, and Sex Discrimination. Her recent scholarship has focused
on Lactation Law, Reproductive Law, and Gender Equality in the Workplace.
https://law.wfu.edu/faculty/profile/boonem/

Prelude to the Banking Institute - Cannabis and Hemp Banking
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:15 | Virtual, NC, United States
The UNC Center for Banking and Finance is offering its annual Banking Institute in a virtual format on March 18-19, 2021. As a Prelude to the Banking Institute, thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, the center has planned two free webinars:

What’s the Buzz: Current Trends and Supervisory Expectations in Cannabis and Hemp Banking
Tuesday, January 26, 12:00-1:15pm
Register

Sinking the Inc.: eNotes, eMortgages, and Hybrid Closings Amid COVID-19 and Beyond
Tuesday, February 9, 12:00-1:15pm
Register

"In person" classes begin
2021-01-25 08:00 | NC
“In person” classes begin, to the extent provided for by the law school’s spring plan.

Mandatory "all remote classes" period ends
2021-01-22 17:00 | NC

Faculty Speaker Series: Rich Saver
2021-01-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual, NC, United States
Biotechnology and the Law, Business Organizations Law, Corporate Law, Food and
Drug Law, Health Law and Policy, Life Sciences Law, Medical Jurisprudence, Nonprofit Organizations Law, Products Liability, Regulatory Compliance, Torts.
Richard S. Saver

Faculty Speaker Series: Deborah Gerhardt
2021-01-14 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
Deborah Gerhardt
University of North Carolina, School of Law
Advertising and Marketing Law; Art Law; Copyright Law; Entertainment, Arts,
and Sports Law; Entrepreneurship And The Law; Intellectual Property Law; and
Trademark Law.
https://law.unc.edu/people/deborah-r-gerhardt/

Attack on the Capitol: An Analysis of the Aftermath of the 2020 Election with Professor Michael Gerhardt and Former NC Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr '75
2021-01-13 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual, NC, United States
Left with questions after the attack on the Capitol? The UNC Institute of Politics will be hosting the event “Attack on The Capitol: An Analysis of the Aftermath of the 2020 Election” with Professor Michael Gerhardt and Former NC Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr ’75 on Wednesday, January 13th at 5:30 PM via Zoom. Register to attend this event at https://forms.gle/nXSMrbSTYitEQS1FA

1L Grades Due
2021-01-08 | NC
Academic Calendars

Post-Election Q&A with UNC Experts: The Endgame Edition!
2021-01-05 19:30 - 20:30 | Virtual, NC, United States
The President is not done, so neither are we! Please join experts from UNC School of Law and UNC’s Department of Political Science online on Tuesday, January 5, at 7:30 p.m., as they reprise the series of question-and-answer sessions on constitutional and criminal law and politics for one final session devoted to the extraordinary recent events in the U.S. presidential election. Topics will include congressional ratification of the vote of the Electoral College, the President’s taped phone call with Georgia state officials, the status of the President’s fraud allegations … and whatever else you’re curious about.
Panelists may include Andy Hessick, Lawrence Cameron ’10, Jason Roberts, Carissa Hessick, Ted Shaw, and Eric Muller.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Read more about the November 2020 Q&A sessions: Answering Election Questions for the Community
