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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Professor Hannah Vaughan, director of the Law School’s Elder Law Clinic, authored “Falling On Deaf Ears: Lawyers’ Obligation to Provide Sign Language Interpreters for Deaf Clients.” Vaughan’s article appears in the December issue of Gray Matters, a publication of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Elder and Special Needs Law Section. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Professor Antonette Barilla proposed measures for law school educators to maximize millennial students’ learning and achievement at the New England Consortium of Academic Support Professionals Conference.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Professor David Levine’s article detailing weaknesses of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and its relationship to cybersecurity was published Dec. 1 in the Washington and Lee Law Review Online. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Professor David Levine coauthored a Nov. 17 letter to Congress, signed by 42 law and technology scholars, opposing passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (DTSA) on grounds that it inadequately addresses cyberespionage while creating greater problems in legal and economic spheres. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Dean Luke Bierman, a member of the N.C. Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice, says new polling results can inform efforts led by the state’s Chief Justice to strengthen North Carolina’s judicial system.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Professor Heather Scavone, the director of the Law School's Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, shed light on international and U.S. procedures for screening refugees in an interview with WGHP FOX8 News.

Faith Rivers James, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s associate dean for experiential learning and leadership, and professor of law, presented on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s pioneering leadership program this week in Georgia, at both a scholar/practitioner workshop and a national conference.

Professor George R. Johnson, Jr., who served as dean of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law from 2009 to 2014, was named Dean Emeritus on Nov. 2 at a special ceremony that included the unveiling of Johnson’s portrait. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Professor David S. Levine was joined by 20 cyberlaw and cybersecurity professors and researchers in calling for the U.S. Senate to reject the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act ("CISA"). Their Oct. 26 letter points to legal and privacy issues arising from the legislation and the bill's weaknesses in advancing solutions to cybersecurity challenges.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Professor Michael Rich discusses his scholarship on emerging technologies and predictive models for crime in the 2015 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President's Report.