February 22, 2011 Archive | Today at ��ϲ��

Chairman of USAA to deliver business ethics lecture – Feb. 22

February 22, 2011

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Moellering visits ��ϲ�� on Feb. 22 as part of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business “Ethics in Business” speaker series. The chairman of USAA, one of the nation’s leading insurance and financial services company, will describe ethical dilemmas he faced in the business world and how he addressed them.

��ϲ�� Law students awarded corporate counsel scholarships

February 22, 2011

Pamela Lawrence, '12, and Michael Sprague, '11, are among a select group of North Carolina law students chosen by the Research Triangle Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel to receive the chapter's first-annual scholarship awards. Criteria for the scholarships include academic performance and an interest in the in-house practice of law.

��ϲ��’s Innocence Project presents research and hosts Dwayne Dail, exonerated after 18 years

February 22, 2011

On November 17, ��ϲ�� Law students Daniel Harris, Leah Shellberg, Ashley Smith, Ben Synder, and Melissa Westmoreland presented research into potential wrongful convictions of individuals in North Carolina, before Christine Mumma, Executive Director of the N.C. Center on Actual Innocence. ��ϲ��'s chapter of the Innocence Project also met Dwayne Allen Dail, exonerated after 18 years in prison for a rape he did not commit.

Law students encourage kids to excel in school through mock trial performance

February 22, 2011

Members of the ��ϲ�� Law chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) presented a mock trial before a group of the region's elementary school children on November 21 to teach them about trial advocacy and the range of career and service opportunities created by excelling in school.

Andy Haile’s article recommending changes in N.C. tax code published in State Tax Notes

February 22, 2011

The article "How to Reform North Carolina's Tax Code" by ��ϲ�� Law professor Andy Haile was published in the December 20 edition of State Tax Notes. Haile's article originally appeared in Addendum, an online publication of the North Carolina Law Review.

Scott Gaylord presents on constitutional law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law

February 22, 2011

At the Loyola University Chicago School of Law's Constitutional Law Colloquium, held November 5 and 6, ��ϲ�� Law professor Scott Gaylord presented research analyzing recent U.S. Supreme Court cases related to the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

��ϲ�� Law alumnus Jameson Marks featured in Winston-Salem Journal

February 22, 2011

Jameson Marks, a member of the Class of 2010, was featured in the December 30 edition of the Winston-Salem Journal for the role he will play in the Forsyth County district attorney's office, serving as a prosecutor whose sole focus will be to handle DWI cases.

Jim Exum featured in The Business Journal

February 22, 2011

��ϲ�� Law Distinguished Jurist in Residence Jim Exum was featured in The Business Journal's December 3 Triad issue. The article notes that 2010 marks Exum's 50th year in the legal profession, including 20 years serving as a justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Philanthropy Journal spotlights ��ϲ�� Law’s preceptor program

February 22, 2011

The Philanthropy Journal featured the innovative preceptor program of the ��ϲ�� School of Law in a Dec. 23 story. Reporter Todd Cohen described the ways that practicing attorneys are sharing their wisdom with ��ϲ�� Law students.

��ϲ�� Law student co-authors NC State Bar Journal article

February 22, 2011

��ϲ�� Law student Andrea Davis, along with Nancy Short Ferguson, counsel with the Chicago Title Insurance Company and Lisa Stewart of the Stewart Law Firm, wrote an article for the Winter 2010 issue of the North Carolina State Bar Journal exploring methods established across several states to help attorneys protect client funds entrusted to them.