Articles by Eric Townsend
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鶹Ƶ Law scholar discusses COVID-19 in prisons for N.C. podcast
February 8, 2021
“It’s a vector for disease spread.” Assistant Professor Taleed El-Sabawi spoke with Stephanie Carson of Carolina Public Press for an episode of “The Kicker” exploring the dynamics of a pandemic in North Carolina’s penal system.
鶹Ƶ Law’s Antiracism Working Group announces Black History Month writing contest
February 4, 2021
The inaugural competition with a top prize of $200 for the winning essay prompts students to reflect on the current antiracism movement and what roles as future lawyers they have in the movement for equality and Black lives.
BloombergLaw quotes 鶹Ƶ Law expert on artists’ rights
February 2, 2021
Professor Sue Liemer shared insights into the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 and how an artist's "moral rights" may protect his or her public work from removal or destruction.
鶹Ƶ Law faculty member elected to SALT Board of Governors
January 26, 2021
Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 will help guide the Society of American Law Teachers in its mission to make the legal professor more inclusive and enhance social justice training.
MLK Teach-In explores intersections of poverty, crime, and housing
January 22, 2021
Faculty from 鶹Ƶ Law and Duke Law joined with the CEO of the United Way of Greater Greensboro to share with students how structural barriers hinder opportunities for many people in marginalized communities.
On MLK Day, a call to ‘be aspirational in the causes for which you choose to advocate’
January 18, 2021
Read 鶹Ƶ Law Dean Luke Bierman's message to students, faculty, and staff on January 18, 2021, a holiday set aside to commemorate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his work to ensure equal justice for all people.
鶹Ƶ Law’s Luke Bierman among signatories to statement by U.S. law deans
January 12, 2021
Days after a deadly mobbed ransacked the halls of Congress, deans from law schools across the United States published a statement addressing the 2020 election and how "the violent attack on the Capitol was an assault on our democracy and the rule of law."
鶹Ƶ Law professor relaunches radio show with interview of Smartmatic CEO
January 11, 2021
鶹Ƶ Law’s David S. Levine welcomed Antonio Mugica, who leads a company at the center of President Donald Trump’s “stolen election” allegations, as the first guest of 2021 in his reconstituted “Hearsay Culture” podcast and program at KZSU-FM at Stanford University.
Former N.C. Supreme Court justice named Visiting Distinguished Jurist in Residence
January 8, 2021
The Hon. Mark Davis, whose career has included service on the North Carolina Supreme Court and the North Carolina Court of Appeals, will lead 鶹Ƶ Law courses this winter and spring in criminal law and the judicial process.
鶹Ƶ Law Dean Luke Bierman: Events in Washington ‘appalling’
January 6, 2021
The following message was delivered to the 鶹Ƶ Law community on January 6, 2021, following the violent events inside the U.S. Capitol while "Congress was undertaking solemn processes and procedures required by our Constitution and prescribed by law."