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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law celebrated its 10th anniversary Wednesday with a breakfast sponsored by Biscuitville and remarks by school leaders who reflected on the school's nationally recognized approach to legal education.

The Class of 2018 is one of the most diverse in the history of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law with students drawn to North Carolina for a legal program focused on experiential education like no other law school in the nation.

The university’s Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic received a "Pro Bono Champion" award for student efforts last year to assist asylum seekers at a civil detention center in Texas.

From the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law in Rome to the North Carolina Supreme Court, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law students are gaining hands-on experience in a variety of opportunities that develop their knowledge of the legal profession.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law's Student Bar Association will raise money for Partners Ending Homelessness at a September golf tournament at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Before she graduated in May, Angelique Ryan L'16 traveled to Ethiopia to advocate for a family separated by war, and a top North Carolina television station covered that family's reunification this week at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law alumni and staff fielded phone calls from residents of Wilmington, North Carolina, and nearby communities in a June 21 televised program that offered answers to viewers unsure of where to turn for help with their legal questions.

Marcelline Nyiramagaju received asylum in the United States after fleeing violence in her native Democratic Republic of Congo. On June 2, 2016, with assistance from Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law's Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, Nyiramagaju embraced two daughters for the first time in years.

The first-year student with a passion for social justice passed away June 8, 2016, following a brief illness. His funeral service will be June 11 in Greensboro.

Marissa Kuzbyt L'16 accepted Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law's highest honor at May's Commencement when she received the 2016 David Gergen Award for Leadership & Professionalism.