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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law forum explores recent and future changes in North Carolina tax law
October 8, 2009
On October 5, North Carolina Senator Daniel Clodfelter spoke at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law about the need to modernize the state's tax code. His presentation was part of a forum exploring recent actions and future plans of the N.C. General Assembly.
Faith Rivers James presents research on Heirs’ Property at S.C. Black Lawyers Association Conference
October 7, 2009
Faith Rivers James, an associate professor at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law, delivered a presentation at the South Carolina Black Lawyers Association Continuing Legal Education Conference on October 2, detailing injustices in court actions involving individuals who had inherited property purchased by former slaves during the Reconstruction period.
First annual ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Alumni Homecoming Celebration – October 23
October 6, 2009
On Friday, October 23, from 5 to 7 p.m., the first annual ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Alumni Homecoming Celebration will take place in The Loft space of Natty Greene's, 345 South Elm Street in Greensboro.
Panelists Discuss Implications of First Amendment
September 30, 2009
First Amendment experts and advocates argued at length about whether corporations and individuals both share the same free speech protection and emphasized their optimism about the future of the First Amendment in an Internet-dominated age in a Sept. 29 panel discussion in Whitley Auditorium, one part of the larger daylong First Amendment Day celebration on campus.
Jeffrey Kinsler elected to The American Law Institute
September 30, 2009
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law professor and senior scholar Jeffrey Kinsler has been elected to The American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law to host public debate on North Carolina’s judicial selection system – October 29
September 30, 2009
On Thursday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m., ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law will host a public debate to explore whether North Carolina should maintain its current system of judicial elections or move to a system of judicial selection. James G. Exum, Jr., former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, will argue for a move to judicial selection, and Wade E. Byrd, a North Carolina/Fayetteville attorney and past president of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, will defend the system of judicial elections.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law student Bernard Brown co-authors article on patents for international nanotechnology conference
September 30, 2009
Third-year ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law student Bernard Brown recently co-authored an article on the impacts of patenting and the patent review process on the emerging field of nanotechnology, with Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice attorneys Greg Grissett and Jack Hicks.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s career services office launches panel series in business, litigation and public interest law
September 30, 2009
The Office of Career Services at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law recently began a series of employment planning forums for law students, with attorneys from a variety of practice settings offering advice on how to prepare for and cultivate career opportunities in diverse arenas of the legal profession.
Frank family establishes Carole W. Bruce endowed scholarship at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law
September 30, 2009
In support of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law, the Stanley and Dorothy Frank Family Foundation, together with sons William A. Frank and Barry S. Frank, has dedicated $100,000 to create the Carole W. Bruce Endowed Scholarship at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law hosts second annual Family and Friends Day
September 29, 2009
On September 26, the faculty and administration of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law welcomed more than 300 students, friends and family members for the law school's second annual Family and Friends Day, introducing ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law families to the law school experience.