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In a May 29 column published in the Triad, Triangle and Charlotte editions of The Business Journal, Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law professor Andrew Haile examines a recent decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals that "introduced further uncertainty into North Carolina's already complicated corporate tax system."

At the inaugural commencement exercises of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law, 107 members of the charter class received their Juris Doctor degrees, marking a major milestone for the school founded on the principle that a legal education should prepare students to be not only excellent lawyers but also leaders in their communities.

George R. Johnson, Jr., Dean of Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law, and Luke Spencer, a member of the charter class, spoke with WFMY News 2 reporter Justin Quesinberry on May 22 about the impacts that the law school is having on the economic and social well-being of Greensboro.

News and Record columnist Jeri Rowe writes in a May 21 article titled, "Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law graduates out to make a difference," that charter class students all sound like Atticus Finch, the legal advocate from the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," in that they all, "want to make a difference."

On the eve of their graduation, members of the charter class presented their gift to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law, a contribution toward a scholarship for future law students and an original commissioned painting by Greensboro artist William Mangum, depicting iconic elements of the law school facility and historic experiences of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law community.

Charter class members Jason Aycoth, Melissa Duncan, Nichelle Harrison, and Eleftherios Xixis, as well as Assstant Dean for Admissions Sharon Gaskin, were featured in a May 19 news story about the contributions of the class to the law school and to Greensboro, on WGHP-TV Fox 8 News.