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Attorney Kearns Davis of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP will be the featured speaker at this forum. The event is scheduled for 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. in Room 206 of the law school.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law's Leadership Fellows hosted a second annual Leadership Academy on February 16, welcoming ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows to collaborate in the examination of global problems and local solutions.

Legal scholar Judd Epstein, from Monash Law School in Melbourne, Australia, recently visited ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law to provide an international perspective on mediation and alternative dispute resolution for third-year law students.

In his keynote address at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law, U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. focused on disparities in educational opportunity.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law’s Study Abroad/International Fair, held February 1, included representatives from five law schools who spoke with students about opportunities for international study.

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law team of Chantelle Lytle, Jason Senges and Adam Spivey advanced from preliminary rounds to reach the quarterfinals of the William B. Spong Moot Court Tournament at William & Mary School of Law.

On February 9, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law hosted the spring meeting of the ABA Fourth Circuit Law Student Division. Three ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law students contributed significantly to planning this event: , Jenifer McCrea L’13, who served as ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law’s student representative to the ABA this year, and Bill White L’14, who served as ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law’s associate student representative to the ABA.

David Lambert, a member of the Class of 2014 at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law, has been elected Governor of the American Bar Association Fourth Circuit Law Student Division representing 17 law schools in four states. His election occurred at .

On Feb. 7 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law students and faculty were entertained and educated by Nancy Rapoport, a nationally known expert on legal ethics and bankruptcy. Rapoport presented “Lawyers and Pop Culture,” focusing on the portrayal of lawyers in the media and the impact of such portrayals on perceptions of legal ethics.

The Connecticut Law Review recently published, “Casey and a Woman’s Right to Know: Ultrasounds, Informed Consent, and the First Amendment,” authored by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law Professors Scott Gaylord and Tom Molony.