The UNC Law Alumni Association (LAA) welcomes all Carolina Law alumni back home to Chapel Hill for Law Alumni Weekend, October 9-10, 2026.  

With an exciting program of celebration and connection, Law Alumni Weekend will remind you how Carolina Law shaped your path and why this community still feels like home.  

Register and reserve your hotel below by September 30, 2026 to reserve your spot – Law Alumni Weekend wouldn’t be the same without you. 

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Program & Itinerary 

Friday, October 9, 2026  

Afternoon: A Fall Day in Chapel Hill – Options include:

• Franklin Street Restaurants and Shops
  • Suggested stop at TOPO featuring The Carolina Counsel, a custom cocktail celebrating Law Alumni Weekend.
    • Morehead Planetarium 
    • Ackland Art Museum 
    • Carolina Basketball Museum 
    • Self-Guided Walking Tour of Campus 
    • Center for Risk, Resilience, Climate and the Environment (R2E2) 2nd Annual Conference 

 Evening: LAA Awards Dinner, 6-9 p.m. at the Carolina Club

• Join us for dinner to honor our 2026 LAA alumni award winners:
  • Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
    • Jim Delany ’73 
    • Wade Hargrove ’65   
    • Richard Stevens ’74   
  • Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees 
    • Pat Brown ’86   
    • Elizabeth Luck ’89   
    • Wilson White ’06   
  • Emerging Leader Award Honoree 
    • Zac Long ’12   
  • Professor S. Elizabeth Gibson Award for Faculty Excellence Honoree 
    • Professor Bill Marshall 

Saturday, October 10, 2026 

Morning and Afternoon: Carolina Law Community Activities 

• C-PILO Fun Run | 7:45-10 a.m. 
  • The Carolina Public Interest Law Organization (CPILO) is hosting a fun 5K run/walk. Proceeds will go directly towards funding grants for Carolina Law students who accept unpaid summer internships in public interest law. 
• Pro Bono Experience | 9-11 a.m. 
  • For alumni who can practice in North Carolina, we will be holding a Free Legal Answers Pro Bono Project. We hope to have 10-15 alumni join and support ten student participants. 
• Faculty Lunch and Learn: The Trial of Harriet Justus with Professor Joe Kennedy |  11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 
  • In a striking legal experiment that blurs the lines between science fiction and courtroom reality, three artificial intelligence systems (ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok) will act as jurors in a mock trial that was based on a real juvenile case from North Carolina. 
• Game Watch | Time TBD due to football schedule 
  • Hosted at Might as Well on Franklin Street 

   Evening: Milestone Reunions, 5:30-9 p.m. at the Carolina Club 

• The Class of 1986, 1996, 2006, and 2016 will gather for special dinners celebrating our Carolina Law connection and the community we helped build. 

Courtesy Hotel Blocks 

Optional hotel blocks are reserved for your convenience: 

• Rizzo Center: (919) 913-2098, $236, room block closes August 10. 
• Hampton Inn & Suites: (919) 969-6988, $239, room block closes August 25. 
• Residence Inn by Marriott: (919) 933-4848, $131, room block closes September 7. 
• Carolina Inn: (984) 276-1756, $359, room block closes September 9; group code is ULAW and if you are calling in, you can reference Law Alumni Weekend. 
• Courtyard by Marriott: (919) 883-0700, $199, room block closes September 9.  
• Graduate Chapel Hill: (919) 442-9000, $295, room block closes September 9. 
• Hyatt Place Chapel Hill: (919) 929-9511, $239, room block closes September 11; call in code is “UNC Law Alumni Weekend” and online Corporate/Group Rate Code is G-ULAW. 

Law Alumni Weekend Attendees 

Below is a list of Carolina Law alumni who will be attending Law Alumni Weekend. Please note that guest names are not included. If you no longer wish to be displayed on the list, please reach out to mann@unc.edu. 

This list is updated weekly and last updated on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.

Class of 2003 

• Brian Meacham