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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law professor and Constitutional Law scholar Scott Gaylord, who filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Town of Greece v. Galloway case, discussed the Court’s decision in the case with University of California Irvine School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on May 6 through a National Constitution Center podcast.

The News & Observer spotlights Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law Professor Heather Scavone for her legal advocacy and teaching as director of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic.

As part of her semester-in-practice externship, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law student Caroline Johnson L'14 recently participated in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group V (Insolvency) meeting in New York City from April 23 - 25, 2014.

An April 29 News & Observer article reports that Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law alumna Janison Dillon L’13 is leading a new organization of the North Carolina Bankers Association, created to broaden financial literacy across North Carolina.

An April 23 News & Record article examines the special role that the North Carolina Business Court plays in the education of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law students. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is one of the few law schools in the country to house a working court.

After a ten-year separation caused by civil war in Somalia, a family was reunited on April 16 in Greensboro, N.C., aided by law students in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic. Their story was featured on Fox news stations across the country.

Hosted by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law and the Alliance for Experiential Learning in Law, the June 13-15 symposium will feature William C. Hubbard, President Elect of the American Bar Association, and Bill Henderson, Professor of Law, Maurer School of Law at Indiana University at Bloomington.

At Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law’s April Reception with the Legal Community, 34 students were recognized for significant pro bono and community service, including third-year law student Caitlin Cutchin who was recognized for contributing the most pro bono hours while at Â鶹ÊÓƵ with 581 hours logged. 

Twenty-five teams of law students representing 16 law schools participated in the fourth annual Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition at Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law on March 28 and 29.

Volume 6, Issue 1 of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law Review is titled, “Emerging Issues in First Amendment Jurisprudence: Interpreting the Relationship Between Religion and the State in the Modern Age.”