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The Guilford County Association of Black Lawyers awarded scholarships in October to four accomplished ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students who have demonstrated a commitment to service in their communities and the profession.

Bob Edmunds, who served on the Supreme Court of North Carolina, shared with competitors of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law's Ninth Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition that a lack of diverse professional backgrounds on the U.S. Supreme Court should be remedied.

The Hon. Henry E. Frye, a retired chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and a pioneering figure in North Carolina politics, was honored this month with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s 2018 Leadership in the Law Award.

Anthony DeLucia, who graduates in December with the Class of 2018, earned ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s first ever “best oralist” moot court award at a competition hosted this fall by Regent University School of Law.

Judges heard appellate arguments in an employment discrimination lawsuit involving a former sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina, and a criminal case with Fourth Amendment considerations after police in West Virginia used a GPS tracker without a warrant.

Twenty-five students will help guide the school's Moot Court Program by participating in upcoming national contests and by coordinating ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law's own national moot court competition in October.

Rebecca Elliott L'19 was honored in the Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition sponsored by the Mercer University School of Law and the ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law.

In Convocation remarks to the Class of 2020, one of North Carolina’s top philanthropic leaders encouraged ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law’s newest students to never forget the fortunes of fate that brought them to law school or the responsibilities they have to serve the public with a legal education.

The newest class at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law in downtown Greensboro is the largest and one of the most diverse in school history, crafted from a record number of applicants drawn to a 2.5-year program that emphasizes learning by doing. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students are helping to address important and complex legal questions this summer in placements with law firms, judges, government agencies, corporations, and nonprofits around the United States.