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In a May 29 column published in the Triad, Triangle and Charlotte editions of The Business Journal, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law professor Andrew Haile examines a recent decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals that "introduced further uncertainty into North Carolina's already complicated corporate tax system."

At the inaugural commencement exercises of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law, 107 members of the charter class received their Juris Doctor degrees, marking a major milestone for the school founded on the principle that a legal education should prepare students to be not only excellent lawyers but also leaders in their communities.

News and Record columnist Jeri Rowe writes in a May 21 article titled, "ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law graduates out to make a difference," that charter class students all sound like Atticus Finch, the legal advocate from the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," in that they all, "want to make a difference."

George R. Johnson, Jr., Dean of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law, and Luke Spencer, a member of the charter class, spoke with WFMY News 2 reporter Justin Quesinberry on May 22 about the impacts that the law school is having on the economic and social well-being of Greensboro.

On the eve of their graduation, members of the charter class presented their gift to the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law, a contribution toward a scholarship for future law students and an original commissioned painting by Greensboro artist William Mangum, depicting iconic elements of the law school facility and historic experiences of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law community.

Charter class members Jason Aycoth, Melissa Duncan, Nichelle Harrison, and Eleftherios Xixis, as well as Assstant Dean for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Sharon Gaskin, were featured in a May 19 news story about the contributions of the class to the law school and to Greensboro, on WGHP-TV Fox 8 News.