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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, June 14, 2017.

Here's how the political climate could be making it even harder to get into law school

By Evely Forte | March 3

Both pre-law students and law admission officers attribute some increase in law school applications to the current political climate.

Sammie Espada (right), a junior women's and gender studies and poll sic double major, holds out a letter addressed to the Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office as Michele Natale (left) signs.

'They’re not prosecutors': Due process not always clear under Title IX

By Eva Ellenburg | November 8

As Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos rolls back Obama-era protections for sexual assault survivors, questions are raised about the application of due ...

Editor from Breitbart met with protest from UNC law students during guest lecture

By Stephanie Mayer | October 30

Students protested guest lecturer Ken Klukowski, senior legal editor for Breitbart News Network, condemning his place of employment and positions on Brett ...

Taking the LSAT in 2019? It will be digital

By Evely Forte | October 7

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) will begin administering digital Law School Admission Test (LSAT) exams to all law school applicants starting ...

Free speech is protected on public campuses like UNC, but isn't guaranteed elsewhere

By Blake Weaver | September 10

As emails from UNC administrators reaffirming their support of First Amendment rights become almost a weekly tradition, students at other universities ...

Is Silent Sam going back up within 90 days? This law might hold the answer.

By Casey Quam | August 27

In the week following Silent Sam's forced removal on Aug. 20, questions over what will become of the statue have centered on the interpretation of N.C. ...

New entrepreneurship program hopes to attract students to UNC law school

By David Saff | July 1

A new program at the law school aims to attract new students thanks to a $1.53 million gift from the Kenan Trust.

Debunking NC tax changes and what they mean for public funding and universities

By Blake Weaver | April 17

Kathleen Thomas, a tax law professor at the UNC School of Law, said there is definitely a potential for a loss in higher education funding, especially ...

Struggling to pass the bar exam? It might not be your fault

By Casey Quam | April 11

Every pre-law student spends the better part of their career prepping for the inevitable bar exam. But what they don't know is the state of North Carolina ...

DOE no longer releasing weekly Title IX investigation updates

By Anna Pogarcic | March 26

The Office for Civil Rights used to publish a list of universities with ongoing Title IX investigations and provide details on which universities were ...

Show us the money: UNC's Prosecutors and Politics Project tracks attorneys' finances

By Kate Karstens | February 28

The U.S. prides itself on being a place where checks and balances broker power of high-ranking officials. But prosecutors slip between this crack. That's ...

UNC administrators at South Building after fire

UNC police department offers student training for active shooter situations

By Emily Davis | February 27

Shots Fired on Campus, a program through the UNC-Chapel Hill Police Department, offers training so students know what to do in active shooter situations. ...

Net neutrality was repealed. Here's what that means for you and UNC.

By Bailey Aldridge | February 13

The repeal of net neutrality could lead to content discrimination, even for some UNC students.

UNC School of Law holds annual auction to fund students working in public interest

By Giselle Pagunuran | January 21

Students and professors from the UNC School of Law will unite Thursday for a night of food, fun and some spirited bidding.

Mark Dorosin, managing attorney at the UNC School of Law's Center for Civil Rights, stood and questioned the UNC Board of Governors' decision following the vote to ban litigation at all UNC System academic centers Sept. 8. Dorosin has been terminated from his position at the Center.

Two UNC Center for Civil Rights staff members abruptly terminated amid Center shutdown

By Becca Heilman | November 30

According to tweets by NC Policy Watch environmental reporter Lisa Sorg, UNC terminated the employment of UNC Center for Civil Rights staff Elizabeth ...

UNC Center for Civil Rights plans for the future following the September BOG decision

By Tallman Boyd | November 15

This past September, the UNC Board of Governors voted to ban litigation work done by the UNC School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights — which provided ...

The Duke University Chapel on Duke’s West Campus, as photographed in 2017, serves as a symbol of the university.

Duke professor attempts to ban student journalists from class

By Lucas Risinger | November 12

A Duke University economics professor’s syllabus prohibiting The Duke Chronicle writers from taking the class has been met with public concern and outcry. ...

Students find free legal advice from Carolina Student Legal Services

By Cy Neff | November 1

There are many stresses related to going to college — financial, academic and, for some students, legal troubles. Luckily enough for students finding ...

NC Commission of Inquiry on Torture to hold public hearings

By Emily Davis | October 29

The North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture will hold a public hearing Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 to explore North Carolina’s role in supporting the ...

Executive order aims to ensure rights of NC LGBTQ community — but many are still left unprotected

By Lucas Risinger | October 23

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's most recent executive order allows some transgender people in the state to use bathrooms according to their gender identity. ...