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Several candidates for the Supreme Court of North Carolina discussed their qualifications and vision for the state judicial system at an Oct. 13 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law forum.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law will launch a fully redesigned curriculum in fall 2015, better positioning students to excel in the rapidly evolving legal profession.

Members of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law's Classes of 2015 and 2016 served this summer in executive and judicial branches of state and federal government, law firms, the offices of corporate counsel and in public interest positions.

A panel of legal, law enforcement and political experts at a Sept. 23 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law forum discussed legal and policy issues surrounding race and policing in the United States. The event was organized in the wake of the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and subsequent protests and police responses.

The article spotlights the assistance of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students on behalf of a family from Afghanistan fleeing persecution and threats from al-Qaida for their work as translators for a medical organization.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law Dean Luke Bierman presented Mark Martin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s highest professional honor, the Leadership in the Law Award, recognizing Martin’s significant contributions to law, the legal profession and society.

Friends and family members of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students are invited to the seventh annual Friends & Family Day on Oct. 25. The event begins at 9 a.m. and concludes with a 1 p.m. luncheon.  

Join us for this special forum on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law, beginning at 6:15 p.m. 

Genna Petre, Class of 2015, has been selected for the Attorney General’s Honors Program with the U.S. Department of Justice, the most prestigious federal entry-level hiring program of its kind. 

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 6 to 8 p.m., join the International Civil Rights Center & Museum and ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law in celebrating the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment, the first of the civil rights amendments. Speaker William M. Carter, Jr., dean and professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, will lead a conversation about the 13th Amendment and its use in contemporary civil rights legislation and litigation.