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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. 

“War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice” by Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s David Crowe is a global history of battlefield horrors and the international humanitarian law that developed in response to barbaric behaviors of armies and their leaders.

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.”

As part of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law Reunion Weekend, four alumni were recognized for professional and philanthropic achievement, the Class of 2009 celebrated its five-year reunion and alumni celebrated the contributions of Dean George R. Johnson, Jr. to the early successes of the law school. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law and MBA students met with top business and law leaders in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Cuba and the Cayman Islands through collaborative international business courses.

A Feb. 24 National Law Journal article about the growth of employer outreach programs at law schools features insights from S. Christian Smith, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law’s assistant dean for professional development and chair of the Employer Outreach Section of NALP (National Association of Law Placement).