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The Hispanic and Latinx Law Students Association is hosting events open to the entire ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law community in commemoration of September’s Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Black Law Students Association leads a series of programs from Sept. 16-20 to encourage students of color - both those already at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law and those considering law school - to find mentors, develop networks, and learn of available resources for achieving academic and professional success.

Jennifer Hoverstad L’11 visited her law school alma mater on September 9 to open a fall trimester speaker series aimed at helping students prepare for their future roles in the legal profession.

Ashley Jay Elizabeth Poling L'13 was sworn in last month as a commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, an independent agency that provides regulatory oversight over the United States Postal Service.

Twenty-five students in the Class of 2020 will help guide the school's moot court program over the next year by participating in upcoming national contests and coordinating ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law's own national moot court competition.

Assistant Professor Taleed El-Sabawi traveled to Chicago and Rome over the summer to participate in international conferences focused on health law and mental health.

"A Symposium to Assess Judicial Independence in 2019" will feature contributions from some of the nation's top legal scholars and political observers visiting ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law in downtown Greensboro.

Second- and third-year ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law students completed internships over the summer months with judges, law firms, nonprofits and government agencies around the United States.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law's Class of 2021 was reminded this month of the ways a legal education can benefit society when students gathered on main campus for a Convocation ceremony that emphasized academic and professional expectations for law students.

The second-largest class in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law history is also its most diverse, with more than half of new students hailing from outside of North Carolina and nearly a third who identify as students of color.