The board of the UNC School of Law Pro Bono Program awarded the 2023 recipients of the Pro Bono Publico Awards at the annual Pro Bono Celebration Wednesday, April 12. Graduating students …
Pro Bono Program Announces 2023 Publico Awards
The Future of the First Amendment-2023 Wade H. Hargrove Media Law and Policy Colloquium
On April 10, the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy will host the 2023 Wade H. Hargrove Media Law and Policy Colloquium featuring Floyd Abrams, Senior Counsel at Cahill Gordon …
GiveUNC is March 28
On March 28, you have the opportunity to help shape the next 175 years of a place like no other: UNC School of Law.
Prosecutors and Politics Project Releases New Report on Media Coverage of Prosecutors and Their Elections
Very little is known about the media coverage that prosecutors receive. UNC School of Law’s Prosecutors and Politics Project (PPP) recently released a report that aims to improve the discussion surrounding media coverage of the criminal justice system more generally and of prosecutors in particular. In “Media Coverage of Prosecutors and Their Elections: Results of a Pilot Study,” PPP looks at prosecutor elections in Arizona, Kansas, New York and Oregon.
UNC School of Law Announces Annual Alumni Association Awards for 2023
Seven will be recognized for their significant contributions to the legal field. Seven will be recognized for their significant contributions to the legal field. The University of North Carolina at …
Report Shows N.C. Women Are Faced with Decisions that Lead to Low-Wage Work
The latest report on poverty in North Carolina from Professor Gene R. Nichol and Heather A. Hunt ’02 examines the ways that women in North Carolina are caught in the crosshairs of irreconcilable social and economic demands.
Honoring Charles E. Daye, Henry Brandis Professor of Law emeritus
Dear Carolina Law family: I write to share news of the passing of our beloved Charles E. Daye, Henry Brandis Professor of Law emeritus. Our loss of Charles is momentous …
Support Carolina Law in 2022
Make your year-end gift to Carolina Law. Hear from Roy Dixon ‘18 – Why He Supports Carolina Law Your gift to the annual fund shapes the entire Carolina Law experience. …
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appoints Deborah Gerhardt to the Trademark Public Advisory Committee
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently appointed Professor Deborah R. Gerhardt to its Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC). Gerhardt is the Reef C. Ivey II Excellence Fund Term Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law where she specializes in intellectual property law with an emphasis on the intersection of law and creativity. She teaches Arts Entrepreneurship, Art Law, and Copyright and Trademark Law. She is the only legal academic of the three people appointed to the committee. Gerhardt will serve a three-year rotating term.
Moracco and Weissman receive N.C. Evaluation Fund Grant to support Project RESTART
A multi-disciplinary collaboration co-led by Dr. Beth Moracco (Associate Professor at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Associate Director of the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center) and Professor Deborah M. Weissman (Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law at UNC School of Law) recently received a funding award from the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM)’s inaugural NC Evaluation Fund Grants program to support measurement, development, and evaluation planning for Project RESTART.