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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s Donning of the Kente ceremony on the eve of Commencement for the Class of 2020 was the first to be hosted in a virtual format as graduates active in the Black Law Students Association and their families celebrated the significance of their achievement.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law conferred degrees Saturday on 122 graduates who celebrated the end of their legal education with an online ceremony streamed from Alumni Gym and featuring an address by Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Graduates in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s Class of 2020 were recognized in an online program with school and professional honors for advocacy, legal writing and research, academic excellence, and excellence in service.

The 2021 edition of the popular college guide cites student accolades about ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s highly experiential 2.5-year curriculum, its professors, and the resources available from the library and the Office of Academic Success.

The Hon. Albert Diaz, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, accepted ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s 2020 Leadership in the Law Award during a prerecorded segment of an online ceremony hosted by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

Christopher Schroeder L’20 took first place in the inaugural Mock Opening Intern Competition for more than two dozen law students working over the summer at bases across the United States.

Executive board members and class representatives help lead an umbrella organization that governs other law school student groups and committees.

A towering figure in the North Carolina legal community, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law George R. Johnson, Jr., who shepherded ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law through its first accreditation process with the American Bar Association, died November 15 following a lengthy illness.

A group of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law faculty, staff and students is sharing on a monthly basis what members are reading and watching as part of a desire to engage in important discussions on topics related to race and history.

Senior Scholar and Professor of Law Steve Friedland told WXII 12 viewing audiences that "we need to do more training for people so they don't end up with misconceptions about what their rights are."