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Roy Cooper, the attorney general of North Carolina, will deliver ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law’s Commencement address on May 23, 2015. 

On April 2, students of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) provided commentary to raise awareness and advance discussion about racially motivated crimes and police brutality in the United States. Excerpts from their commentary follow. 

Six ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students led an effort to raise funds for a local foundation that provides sports and fitness opportunities for children in the foster care system, children with disabilities and other youth. 

Contributors to the fourth issue of the online Journal of Leadership and the Law report on law students working creatively to disrupt, innovate and lead in the legal profession. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law student Joshua Bonney and alumnus Andrew Realon were part of a national conference examining change in legal education sponsored by Wolters Kluwer. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s Moot Court Board is pleased to announce the 20 members of the class of 2016 who have been selected for membership on the Board.

Mackenzie Myers and Joshua Bonney won the final round of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s Seventh Annual Intramural Moot Court Competition. Jaclyn Maffetore and Anne Evangelista were the first-runner up team. Evangelista was also named “Best Oralist from the Final Round.” Nickie Young was named “Best Oralist from the Preliminary Rounds.” The team of Megan Boorsma and Marissa Kuzbyt took “Best Brief” honors.

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. 

Following a spring 2014 semester-in-practice with Judge Martin Reidinger of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Hannah Davies L'14 accepted the opportunity to serve as judicial assistant and law clerk to Judge Reidinger beginning in August.

Brian Park is the 2014 recipient of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s highest honor for a graduating student, the David Gergen Award for Leadership and Professionalism.