North Carolina Court of Appeals judges brought the appellate courtroom directly to Carolina Law on Tuesday, hearing two cases that gave students a rare inside look at appellate advocacy in action. The Court considered State v. Smathers, a criminal law case from Buncombe County presenting a First Amendment challenge to North Carolina’s sex offender registration program. Attorneys …
UNC School of Law’s Pro Bono program has been named a 2025 Pro Bono Leader by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service for the second consecutive year, making it the only law school to receive this national award twice. The recognition is based on Carolina Law’s response to 133 questions through …
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already reshaped how law is practiced. Major law firms now include AI platform training in their standard associate onboarding, and summer programs routinely feature sessions on prompting techniques and output evaluation. Legal employers have started asking candidates about their AI literacy during interviews, treating it less as a specialized skill and more as …
Students at UNC School of Law recently connected with potential employers from across the legal profession at the school’s Spring 2026 Meet the Tar Heels reception, where recruiters from firms like Troutman Pepper Locke and McGuireWoods mingled alongside representatives from the Navy JAG Corps and the Office of Indigent Defense Services. The event, held three …
UNC School of Law screened “Death & Taxes,” an award-winning documentary exploring wealth inequality and estate tax policy through filmmaker Justin Schein’s personal story with his father, on Wednesday afternoon. The film, which is not yet publicly available and has only screened at festivals, drew more than 30 students and tax faculty to Van Hecke-Wettach Hall. Schein joined virtually for a …
Noor Sandhu, a third-year student at the University of North Carolina School of Law, has become the first Carolina Law student to receive the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Westin Fellowship, one of the most competitive honors in the emerging field of privacy and data protection law.