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�鶹��Ƶ Law Dean Luke Bierman invited law school students, faculty and staff to reflect on the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth - and then "put into action today’s cause for remembrance" - in an email delivered to the community on June 19, 2020.

Four graduates of �鶹��Ƶ Law’s Class of 2019 were sworn into the practice of law on Tuesday in a Zoom ceremony hosted by the Hon. Teresa Vincent, chief judge of the North Carolina District Court in Guilford County.

“Frankly, I protested because I don’t want to be the next hashtag.” Paris Henderson L’21 was one of four women who shared in a recent Charlotte Observer column their motivations for taking part in recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations across North Carolina.

With funding from AccessLex Institute, �鶹��Ƶ Law will conduct research on new and emerging programs aimed at supporting students in the classroom and on the bar exam.

Thoughtful discussions and messages shared by students in recent weeks regarding the issues of racism and racial violence helped shape a statement unanimously approved June 5, 2020, by faculty of the �鶹��Ƶ School of Law.

�鶹��Ƶ Law’s Moot Court Board hosted its largest-ever intramural competition this spring with a contest conducted online for the first time in program history.

�鶹��Ƶ Law Dean Luke Bierman sent the following message to all �鶹��Ƶ Law students, faculty, and staff on the afternoon of May 29, 2020, in which he emphasized that recent traumatic events against communities of color "is a pain that should not be borne alone."

Fifteen students from the Class of 2021 were selected to help publish the law school's annual journal aimed at advancing legal education and scholarship.

Law School in Brief, created and co-hosted by an �鶹��Ƶ Law student and her friend from Washington University in St. Louis, regales listeners with stories both silly and serious of life as a law student.

A national nonprofit organization that advocates for expanded access and affordability to law school has awarded �鶹��Ƶ Law a grant to assist students facing emergency needs related to COVID-19.