���ϲ����� Law professor: Commerce Clause not enough for abortion, COVID response

Eric Townsend

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Media Relations

I joined the Office of University Communications at ��ϲ�� in August 2007 and today serve as assistant vice president for strategic communications and media relations. In this role, I coordinate a team of embedded academic communicators and staff who oversee the news bureau, social media, internal… Read More

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��ϲ�� Law professor: Commerce Clause not enough for abortion, COVID response

October 19, 2022

An article by Professor Tom Molony in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy explains limits on federal power to address key concerns raised by President Joe Biden and, previously, former President Donald Trump.

Moot Court tournament returns in-person at ��ϲ�� Law

October 17, 2022

Students from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School triumphed over 35 other teams in ��ϲ�� Law’s 2022 Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition, which saw participants argue a problem inspired by a Harvard/UNC admissions case now before the U.S. Supreme Court.

��ϲ�� Law administrator takes leadership role with Hispanic bar association

October 10, 2022

Krista Contino Saumby, who mentors and advises law students as associate director of career development, will develop programming and networking opportunities for attorneys across the Carolinas as a regional president of the Hispanic National Bar Association.

��ϲ�� Law student co-moderates ABA national webinar

September 30, 2022

Lauren Jones L’23 was invited to help lead an online program hosted by the American Bar Association intended for prospective and current law students of diverse backgrounds to hear from successful lawyers about their journey to the profession.

Symposium explores COVID-19’s impact, both good and bad, on justice system

September 27, 2022

The Hon. Sam J. Ervin IV of the Supreme Court of North Carolina noted how “the courts are never going to be the same as they were before the pandemic” in a keynote address for an annual program hosted by the ��ϲ�� Law Review.

��ϲ�� Law announces 2022-23 speaker series lineup

September 22, 2022

The Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series presented by The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation returns to the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro this year with Dan Abrams of ABC News, Sunny Hostin of The View, and Shannon Bream of FOX News.

��ϲ�� Law to host global webinar on election security

September 20, 2022

Professor David S. Levine has convened several of the nation's leading experts on election law and voting technology for an October 19 online program that is free and open to the public with advanced registration.

��ϲ�� Law scholar: Time to rethink how courts handle workplace discrimination

September 19, 2022

In a newly published article, Professor Catherine Dunham argues that a “win at all cost” approach to gender discrimination lawsuits in the United States does a disservice to employees and employers alike.

At Student Organization Fair, an opportunity to grow networks and friendships

September 13, 2022

Students filled the law library on September 8 for an annual event that, in the words on one Student Bar Association leader, showcases “everything ��ϲ�� Law has to offer.”

Wall Street Journal quotes ��ϲ�� Law scholar on defamation trial

September 13, 2022

Professor Enrique Armijo spoke with the newspaper for its coverage of a defamation trial against media mogul Alex Jones, who was sued after using his Infowars website to push a conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 was a government hoax.