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Appeals court at Ƶ Law: Cocaine convictions & a wrongful death
March 9, 2020
Judges from the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on March 4 in the case of a man convicted of drug possession who alleges an illegal search by police, and a civil lawsuit brought by the estate of a man killed when his riding mower overturned at a construction site.
Ƶ Board of Trustees approves faculty promotions and tenure
March 2, 2020
The Ƶ Board of Trustees met on Feb. 28 and granted tenure and approved promotions for several faculty members.
Ƶ Law professor participates in discussion on student loan debt
February 28, 2020
Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 took part in a “Life After Student Debt” panel discussion at Bennett College presented by the Greensboro Commission on the Status of Women and the city's Human Relations Commission.
LGBTQ+ NFL athlete Ryan Russell to speak in Alumni Gym on March 1
February 25, 2020
Ryan Russell, the first openly LGBTQ+ athlete in the NFL is the keynote speaker for the Men's Leadership in Gender Equity Conference - an event to engage men on empathy, communication & allyship.
Ƶ Law alum helping to build court’s institutional memory
February 25, 2020
Grant Buckner L’13 leads a small team at the Supreme Court of North Carolina that crafts rules, reviews opinions, and provides counsel for the state’s highest court.
Reflections on an Ƶ Law visit to South Africa
February 24, 2020
Ƶ Law students traveled to Johannesburg and Cape Town as part of a fall trimester Prisoners’ Rights course that took them to American and South African penitentiaries, including the now-closed Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent nearly two decades as a prisoner.
An Ƶ Law alum’s ‘split second’ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
February 19, 2020
Very few people ever have the opportunity to win big money on a talk show hosted by one of the most beloved pop culture icons of the past quarter-century. Lauren Hossfeld L’Dec.’17 is in that elite group.
Events bring awareness to gender-based violence
February 14, 2020
The Gender & LGBTQIA Center, with campus and community partners, coordinates many events for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and Supporting Survivors week.
Family reunites with help from Ƶ Law clinic
February 12, 2020
Advocacy by students and staff in the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic culminated this month with a young Congolese refugee seeing her family for the first time in nearly four years.
El-Sabawi and Carroll selected for NIDA-funded research development program
February 10, 2020
The program, designed to develop research capacity at the intersection of health and criminal justice, is co-sponsored by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse and the Justice Community Opioid Intervention Network.