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Julianna Kober’s efforts to help digitize hundreds of pre-Civil War bills of sale of people enslaved in Greensboro, North Carolina, and nearby communities earned her ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law’s top honor for embodying the highest levels of selfless leadership and service.

Led by a matching gift from an anonymous donor, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law’s Class of 2020 expanded a student emergency fund and sponsored a memorial that will celebrate the legacy of Dean Emeritus George R. Johnson, Jr.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law’s Donning of the Kente ceremony on the eve of Commencement for the Class of 2020 was the first to be hosted in a virtual format as graduates active in the Black Law Students Association and their families celebrated the significance of their achievement.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law conferred degrees Saturday on 122 graduates who celebrated the end of their legal education with an online ceremony streamed from Alumni Gym and featuring an address by Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Graduates in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law’s Class of 2020 were recognized in an online program with school and professional honors for advocacy, legal writing and research, academic excellence, and excellence in service.

The 2021 edition of the popular college guide cites student accolades about ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law’s highly experiential 2.5-year curriculum, its professors, and the resources available from the library and the Office of Academic Success.

The Hon. Albert Diaz, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, accepted ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law’s 2020 Leadership in the Law Award during a prerecorded segment of an online ceremony hosted by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

Christopher Schroeder L’20 took first place in the inaugural Mock Opening Intern Competition for more than two dozen law students working over the summer at bases across the United States.

Executive board members and class representatives help lead an umbrella organization that governs other law school student groups and committees.

A towering figure in the North Carolina legal community, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law George R. Johnson, Jr., who shepherded ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law through its first accreditation process with the American Bar Association, died November 15 following a lengthy illness.