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A renowned expert in litigation and advocacy skills, Peter Hoffman joins the Â鶹ÊÓƵ law faculty after serving for the past year as Fulbright Senior Scholar at Chinese University in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was director of the Blakeley Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. Hoffman has served as the Neibel Professor of Law and the Newell H. Blakeley Chair in Evidence at Houston and has served as director of clinical legal education since 2005.

Larry A. Hammond joins the Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty in Fall 2008 while on sabbatical from the law firm of Osborn Maledon, P.A. in Phoenix, Ariz. Hammond served as law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black and Lewis Powell, Jr., and was assistant special prosecutor for the U.S. Justice Department’s Watergate Special Prosecution Force in 1973-74.

During the second Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law session (July 7-August 6), the school will offer Wills and Trusts (Prof. Kinsler) and Secured Transactions (Dean Woodlief).

Four Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law students are among 100 North Carolina college, graduate and law students selected for 10-week summer internships with state agencies this summer. They are Lila Riley, Stephanie Fabricius, Melanie Crenshaw and David Morrow. Read this note for details..

Former U.S. president and hero of the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson will help fund an endowed scholarship at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s School of Law – through the sales commissions of reproductions of his portrait.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law hosted a state-wide conference organized by the North Carolina Legal Education Assistance Foundation (NCLEAF) on May 22. The group heard a presentation by Heather Jarvis of Equal Justice Works on the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 which provides exciting opportunities for income-based repayment and loan forgiveness options for public interest attorneys.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law will hold two sessions of summer school this year. Read this note for details...

Prospective students can attend a mock class, tour the facilities, and meet current students and faculty during an Admissions Open House at Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law from 2 to 4 p.m., Friday, May 16. Details...

The Accreditation Committee of the American Bar Association has recommended provisional approval for Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law, and a final decision will be made June 6-8. Read more about this step in the ABA approval process...