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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law’s Phi Alpha Delta gives back to community during month of March
March 18, 2011
During the month of March, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law's largest student organization Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) gave back to the Greensboro community through fundraisers aimed at raising money and awareness for Housing Greensboro.
Jewish Law Students Association hosts presentation on humanistic values
March 18, 2011
On March 10, the Jewish Law Students Association (JSLA) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law presented a special lunchtime conversation with Rabbi Eli Havivi from Congregation Beth David in Greensboro.
Outlaw hosts Rebecca Perry for seminar on same sex partnership agreements
March 18, 2011
On March 8, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law student organization, Outlaw, held a seminar titled "The Importance of Same Sex Partnership Agreements in Light of Boseman." Family law attorney Rebecca Perry discussed Boseman v. Jarrell, a recent North Carolina case that decided whether an adoption decree granting the non-parent in a same sex relationship parental rights was valid after the relationship dissolved.
Three Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni among N.C. Triad’s ’40 Leaders Under Forty’
March 16, 2011
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area selected three Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduates - Kristen Wither Yntema '95, Wade G. Jurney Jr. G'09 and Jeb Brooks L'10 - among its 2011 "40 Leaders Under Forty." They were honored at a Feb. 17 event at the Embassy Suites in Greensboro, N.C., and were profiled in the Feb. 18 edition of the periodical.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law Review elects editors for 2011-2012
March 3, 2011
On February 21, members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law Review, the student-edited scholarly journal of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Law, held elections for its 2011-2012 editorial board. Eleven members from the Class of 2012 were elected to the board, including James Grant, who will serve as editor-in-chief.
Women’s Law Association hosts Spring Coffee and Conversation
March 3, 2011
On February 23, the Women's Law Association (WLA) hosted its semi-annual Spring Coffee and Conversation on "Life After the Bar." Three attorneys from the region spoke about their experiences entering the legal profession.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law students awarded corporate counsel scholarships
February 22, 2011
Pamela Lawrence, '12, and Michael Sprague, '11, are among a select group of North Carolina law students chosen by the Research Triangle Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel to receive the chapter's first-annual scholarship awards. Criteria for the scholarships include academic performance and an interest in the in-house practice of law.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Innocence Project presents research and hosts Dwayne Dail, exonerated after 18 years
February 22, 2011
On November 17, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law students Daniel Harris, Leah Shellberg, Ashley Smith, Ben Synder, and Melissa Westmoreland presented research into potential wrongful convictions of individuals in North Carolina, before Christine Mumma, Executive Director of the N.C. Center on Actual Innocence. Â鶹ÊÓƵ's chapter of the Innocence Project also met Dwayne Allen Dail, exonerated after 18 years in prison for a rape he did not commit.
Law students encourage kids to excel in school through mock trial performance
February 22, 2011
Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) presented a mock trial before a group of the region's elementary school children on November 21 to teach them about trial advocacy and the range of career and service opportunities created by excelling in school.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law student co-authors NC State Bar Journal article
February 22, 2011
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law student Andrea Davis, along with Nancy Short Ferguson, counsel with the Chicago Title Insurance Company and Lisa Stewart of the Stewart Law Firm, wrote an article for the Winter 2010 issue of the North Carolina State Bar Journal exploring methods established across several states to help attorneys protect client funds entrusted to them.