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UNC School of Law

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'There’s so many different avenues': Pre-law students launch Law Society at Carolina

By Michael Singleton | August 21

The Law Society at Carolina, founded by three undergraduate students, hopes to provide students interested in law with opportunities to learn about law ...

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UNC School of Law overproduces 'fossil fuel lawyers,' according to climate report

By Lauren LaRoche | July 3

Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies discusses race and politics in North Carolina

By Keerthana Gotur | April 15

Beard Hall of the Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2016.

Eshelman School of Pharmacy ranked No. 1, other UNC graduate programs in top 10

By Jessica Walker | April 14

UNC School of Law was founded in 1845 and has been approved by the American Bar Association since 1928. It is home to centers and initiatives that offer expertise in civil rights, banking, environmental law, intellectual property, entrepreneurial and securities law, critical studies, bankruptcy and constitutional inquiry. There are approximately 740 students enrolled currently, and the school has about 10,000 living alumni.

UNC law students deliver petition demanding Jamie Marsicano attend graduation

By Celia Funderburk | April 11

A petition demanding Jamie Marsicano, a third-year UNC law student currently attending classes at Duke University, be allowed to walk at the School of ...

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Students petition for UNC law student Jamie Marsicano to attend graduation despite campus ban

By Emmy Martin | April 9

Jamie Marsicano was banned from campus last spring following a charge of domestic terrorism. Her fellow third-year law students are asking interim Chancellor ...

Community mourns David Dansby Jr., first Black undergraduate to get their degree from UNC

By Lena Miano | February 8

“He wasn’t ever looking for the limelight,” UNC class of 1967 graduate Melvin Watt said. “He was there always as an advisor, as a supporter, as ...

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Students found UNC's first undergraduate law review to 'level the playing field'

By Aidan Lockhart | January 31

The Undergraduate Law Association at Carolina (ULAC) became a registered student organization in November 2023 to provide law writing experience to undergraduate ...

'Inspiring and educational': Students start Women in Pre-Law organization

By Daneen Khan | January 17

Founder Alana Kendrick said she created the Women in Pre-Law organization because she felt frustrated and wished there was an organization for women going ...

Column: Future LSAT changes cause concerns for some prospective law students

By Eleanor Goldstein | November 2

"As a current student looking to take the LSAT exam, worrying about the exam is nothing new. What is most worrisome is that one of the most learnable ...

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UNC student law organizations hosting Lunch & Learn to highlight farmworkers

By Michael Singleton | September 28

The Farmworker Lunch & Learn will highlight migrant and seasonal farmers across all 100 counties in North Carolina who either live in the state permanently ...

UNC Black Pre-Law Student Association to create space for Black students pursuing legal careers

By Kamryn Hailey | September 25

Co-founders Joann Obioma, Taylah Smith and Jaleah Taylor founded the BPLA last summer, a student organization that aims to support aspiring Black legal ...

Academics and activists share the history of affirmative action ahead of SCOTUS decision

By Eliza Benbow | June 6

As UNC community members await a Supreme Court decision regarding the University's use of affirmative action, academics and activists explain the history ...

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BOT hears School of Civic Life and Leadership updates at board meeting

By Eliza Benbow | May 19

At the UNC Board of Trustees board meeting on May 18, board members discussed updates to the planning of the School of Civic Life and Leadership, swore ...

'Free our Jamie': Protesters fight campus ban of law student charged with domestic terrorism

By Satchel Walton | April 14

After being charged with domestic terrorism after protests at an Atlanta police training construction site, second-year law student Jamie Marsicano was ...

UNC's Environmental Law Project fosters community for students

By Akash Bhowmik | March 9

At the UNC School of Law, the Environmental Law Project is a space for students interested in the field to socialize, serve their communities and engage ...

UNC law professor plans launch of new book, focused on NC representation and politics

By Stella Griffin | February 26

UNC School of Law professor Gene Nichol is publishing a new book this April that focuses on the political effects of lacking representation of marginalized ...

UNC Federalist Society hosts guest lecturer, interrupted by student protest

By Collin Tadlock | November 21

On Oct. 25, Jeffery Ventrella of the Alliance Defending Freedom was invited to speak by UNC's campus chapter of the Federalist Society. The speech was ...

Op-ed: A student organization’s attempt to divide the School of Law falls flat

November 13

"The UNC Federalist Society made a deliberate and ultimately self-defeating choice to invite a speaker who was not only purposefully provocative, but ...

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UNC School of Law honors first Black female graduate Sylvia X. Allen in portrait unveiling

By Brooke Elliott | November 8

Sylvia X. Allen was not only the first Black woman to graduate from the UNC School of Law, but also a prosecutor, an assistant attorney general, a community ...