UNC School of Law proudly announces that Kerri-Ann Rowe, clinical associate professor of law and reference librarian, has received the 2025 Black Law Librarians Special Interest Section (BLL-SIS) Emerging Leader Award. This national honor recognizes early-career librarians who have made meaningful contributions to law librarianship and show great promise for future leadership. Since joining Carolina …
The Rotunda pulsed with excitement today as tax students, faculty, and staff members gathered for UNC School of Law’s Tax Day Celebration, where the #18 nationally ranked tax program turned education into an engaging community experience. Students tackled a series of tax-themed games that made complex concepts come alive. The event kicked off with tax …
In the final session of the semester for Adjunct Professor M. Scott Peeler‘s White Collar Crime class at Carolina Law, students witnessed something extraordinary: a former federal prosecutor and the attorney he once prosecuted sharing their story, revealing the human dimensions of criminal justice that textbooks simply can’t capture. Peeler, a double Tar Heel (B.A. …
The UNC School of Law’s Center for Banking and Finance recognized the academic excellence and dedication of ten rising third-year editors of the North Carolina Banking Institute Journal by awarding each a $10,000 scholarship. The presentations occurred during the annual Banking Institute, held March 27-28, 2025, at The Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, which drew over 200 …
Don Hornstein, Thomas F. Taft Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the School’s Center for Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics (CE3), teamed up in 2024-25 with Professor Maria Savasta-Kennedy, George R. Ward Professor of Law, and the student-run Environmental Law Project (ELP) to launch new initiatives focused on climate resiliency. The results have been dramatic. …
UNC School of Law has reached its highest ranking ever, advancing to No. 18 among approximately 200 law schools in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” released today. The new ranking caps Carolina Law’s ascent from No. 45 in 2018 to today’s record-high No. 18, a twenty-seven-spot climb …
By: Michele Lynn The passion that Zeb Smathers ’08 feels for his hometown is palpable. As the eighth generation of his family to live in Canton, Smathers relishes the opportunity to serve as mayor, as his father did in the early 2000s. The younger Smathers was first elected as mayor in November 2017, after a …
Updated: April 7, 2025 UNC School of Law students have blazed through the competition circuit this season, racking up impressive victories that put the School’s advocacy talent on full display. The Prince Memorial Evidence Moot Court Team of 2Ls Emily Kaplan, Stevie Baar, and Kristina Smith advanced to the Quarterfinals of the Jerome Prince Memorial …
UNC School of Law welcomed Dr. Karen Korematsu to deliver this year’s Murphy Distinguished Lecture, a prestigious series established by the class of 1990 to honor distinguished professor William P. Murphy, who championed civil rights from 1971 to 1990. Students, faculty, staff, and prospective students packed the classroom to capacity, eager to hear about her …
UNC School of Law’s Cornerstone Club broke attendance records at its Weekend on the Coast event March 7-9, as members – donors who give $10,000 or more to the School annually – gathered in Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach for three days of connection, history, and shared purpose. The event narrowly surpassed the previous attendance record …