This article originally appeared in the Fall-Winter 2019 issue of Carolina Law magazine. Ada Wilson ’09 began making an impact in her position at Auburn University’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity on her first day. She encouraged a senior who wanted to study abroad to research scholarship opportunities and apply for a Fulbright award. The …
At a meeting held on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, the Faculty of the University of North Carolina School of Law adopted the following resolution: While we continue to support the permanent removal of the confederate monument known as Silent Sam from campus, we condemn the settlement that gives the statue and $2.5 million to the …
The Senate confirmed Richard E. Myers ’98, Henry P. Brandis Distinguished Professor of Law at UNC School of Law, to be a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on Thursday, December 5. With his confirmation, Myers fills the longest standing vacancy in the federal courts. A native of Kingston, …
Bluford wins the Winston Crisp Award for Student Leadership and the NC Association of Women Attorneys Sarah Parker Scholarship. Erica R. Bluford, a dual degree student who will graduate in 2021 with her JD and master’s degree from the UNC School of Social Work, was recognized in October with two notable awards. Bluford is the …
Charles and Sue Plambeck have bequeathed and pledged $1 million to support the UNC School of Law, UNC College of Arts & Sciences, the Center for the Study of the American South, the American Indian Center and Wilson Library Special Collections. Their largely unrestricted gift enables University leaders to direct dollars where they’re needed most, …
UNC School of Law has received a $374,100 grant from Lumina Foundation to study the relationship between debt, achievement and equity in higher education, with a specific focus on Latino/a students. This project is a partnership between the UNC School of Law, the UNC Center for Community Capital, and UnidosUS, a national nonpartisan organization that …
After a week-long orientation, UNC School of Law welcomed 186 new J.D. candidates in August. The majority of the Class of 2022 is from North Carolina, but students worldwide have also been drawn to Carolina Law, arriving from 25 states. The incoming class includes students from Argentina, Canada, China, Germany, South Korea, Sweden and the United …
The results of the study, which are expected to be published in 2020, will be available to the general public and other researchers using the University of North Carolina’s Dataverse.
For the third time in a row, Carolina Law held the top spot for overall bar passage rate among North Carolina law schools.
The President recently announced his intent to nominate Richard E. Myers ’98, Henry P. Brandis Distinguished Professor of Law, to be a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Myers is being nominated to fill the longest standing vacancy in the federal courts. A native of Kingston, Jamaica, …