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Wisdom from an Ƶ Law leader
November 17, 2020
“One does one's best work where one is really engaged and committed.” Dean Emeritus George R. Johnson, Jr. praised Ƶ Law students and graduates while reflecting on his contributions to legal education in a video conversation recorded weeks before his passing.
Ƶ mourns the passing of Ƶ Law Dean Emeritus George R. Johnson, Jr.
November 16, 2020
A towering figure in the North Carolina legal community, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law George R. Johnson, Jr., who shepherded Ƶ Law through its first accreditation process with the American Bar Association, died November 15 following a lengthy illness.
November resources from Ƶ Law’s Antiracism Working Group
November 12, 2020
A group of Ƶ 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.
In TV interview, Ƶ Law scholar talks individual rights & police interactions
November 12, 2020
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."
Legal writing professor named a 2020-21 Sustainability Faculty Scholar
November 2, 2020
Ƶ Law Assistant Professor Caroleen Dineen is one of eight faculty members selected for an Ƶ program that supports professors interested in incorporating or enhancing a focus on sustainable principles and practices in their courses.
October resources from Ƶ Law’s Antiracism Working Group
October 19, 2020
A group of Ƶ 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.
Ƶ Law scholar presents on intersection of COVID-19 and trade secrecy
October 2, 2020
Professor David S. Levine outlined the ways in which legal scholars and medical practitioners must better understand how intellectual property laws can help - or hinder - the pursuit of therapeutics and vaccines.
‘There’s always more that you can learn’
September 25, 2020
What was one of Assistant Professor Amanda Elyse’s observations to aspiring attorneys who took part in the inaugural program of a new video series hosted by the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division? "Where we start in legal writing is not a fixed point."
An award-winning question: Should a person’s reputation on social media be admissible in court?
September 24, 2020
Ƶ Law Professor Catherine Ross Dunham's latest essay, named the 2020 Edward D. Ohlbaum Paper in Advocacy from Temple University, suggests that federal courts should reconsider the rules by which witnesses are allowed to testify to someone's character.
Statements from Ƶ Law scholars on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
September 18, 2020
Ƶ Law Dean Luke Bierman, Associate Dean Wendy Scott, and Senior Scholar Steve Friedland reflect on the legacy of the second woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, a jurist who died September 18, 2020, at the age of 87.