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Thoughtful discussions and messages shared by students in recent weeks regarding the issues of racism and racial violence helped shape a statement unanimously approved June 5, 2020, by faculty of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s Moot Court Board hosted its largest-ever intramural competition this spring with a contest conducted online for the first time in program history.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law Dean Luke Bierman sent the following message to all ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students, faculty, and staff on the afternoon of May 29, 2020, in which he emphasized that recent traumatic events against communities of color "is a pain that should not be borne alone."

Fifteen students from the Class of 2021 were selected to help publish the law school's annual journal aimed at advancing legal education and scholarship.

Law School in Brief, created and co-hosted by an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law student and her friend from Washington University in St. Louis, regales listeners with stories both silly and serious of life as a law student.

A national nonprofit organization that advocates for expanded access and affordability to law school has awarded ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law a grant to assist students facing emergency needs related to COVID-19.

Keep it concise and know your audience: N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Richard Dietz’s writing advice in a virtual presentation to first-year ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students was drawn from his experience as an appellate attorney and six years on the bench.

Assistant Professor Taleed El-Sabawi recently hosted the first of what she hopes will be several online social gatherings for first-year students learning from home during the 2020 Spring Trimester.

Jackie Gauntlett L'19 and Megan Reilly-Dreas L'21 were recognized for their entries in the 2020 Multimodal Writing Competition hosted by the university's Center for Writing Excellence.

The Constitutional Law Appellate Advocacy Clinic tasked students this winter with researching and writing amicus curiae briefs in the Supreme Court of the United States and a U.S. Court of Appeals dealing with questions of judicial process and freedom of speech.