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George R. Johnson Jr., a distinguished lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in government service and education, has been named the second dean of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law. Johnson’s appointment by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert comes after a five-month national search, and is effective immediately.

The Women's Law Association of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law will host its second annual "Women in the Profession" dinner on Thursday, April 9, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the law school.

Professor Catherine Ross Dunham has been named ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Since arriving at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law in 2006, Dunham has taught courses in Civil Procedure, Appellate Advocacy, Pre-trial Litigation and other courses in the law school’s Trial Practice Program. Dunham also serves on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and teaches in regional and national advocacy programs.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ law professor Andrew Haile writes in a March 27 guest column for The Triad Business Journal that "our government should pursue important goals such as preserving the environment and reducing dependence on foreign oil to improve national security" but that a cap-and-trade system is not the best path to achieve those goals.

S. Christian Smith has been named director of career services for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law.

On Saturday, February 28, the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law team of Melanie Crenshaw and Luke Spencer finished in second place out of 24 teams at the J. Braxton Craven Moot Court Competition hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.

Eight students at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law are offering a free wills clinic for individuals referred by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro.

Glen Edward Chapman, an innocent man recently released from prison after over a decade on death row, spoke at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law on March 16 about his successful struggle to prove his innocence.

On Thursday, March 19, the North Carolina Court of Appeals will hold a special session of court at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law.

The Nathanael Greene Senate of professional law fraternity Delta Theta Phi will be holding its initiations at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law on Tuesday, March 17 at noon in the Robert E. Long Courtroom.