Posted: October 24th, 2012 | By: Gabrielle Baldini
Kelly Pope, adjunct professor of law, will be screening her documentary “Crossing the Line: Ordinary People Committing Extraordinary Crimes” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8 ,in the Brendle Recital Hall.
Posted: October 16th, 2012 | By: Gabrielle Baldini
Posted: October 11th, 2012 | By: Gabrielle Baldini
The North Carolina Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Division and the Wake Forest University School of Law invite local high school students to participate in an interactive program involving students, lawyers, and community leaders titled “The Rule of Law – Your Rights, Your Life: How the Law Affects You” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Worrell Professional Center. Continue reading »
Posted: October 8th, 2012 | By: Gabrielle Baldini
Professor Laura P. Graham will teach a program titled, “Legal Writing for Practitioners: Lessons from Aristotle (2012),” at the N.C. Bar Center on Friday, Nov. 16.
Posted: October 4th, 2012 | By: John Boyle
Let’s face it: “free speech” is a bit of a misnomer.
Posted: October 4th, 2012 | By: Sidney Shapiro
When the government succeeds in protecting the public from harms, is that good news – or something to be atoned for by eliminating other successful protections? If the Department of Labor issues a new rule on construction crane safety, saving dozens of lives each year, should the agency also be required to eliminate an existing safety regulation? A policy of regulatory “pay-go” would prohibit agencies from issuing new rules, no matter how beneficial they are, unless they first identify and eliminate an existing rule that involves greater or equal costs for industry.
Posted: October 3rd, 2012 | By: Todd Luck
A panel of death penalty opponents used the one-year anniversary of the execution of Troy Davis to call for the elimination of a system that they say is broken.
Posted: September 27th, 2012 | By: Gabrielle Baldini
Professor Omari Simmons will be presenting on Higher Education Access for America’s Vulnerable Students at the 68th Annual National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) Conference on Oct. 6 in Denver, Colo.
Posted: September 27th, 2012 | By: Gabrielle Baldini
Professor Kami Chavis Simmons was elected to the American Law Institute (ALI) on Sept. 21, 2012. The ALI will have its 90th Annual Meeting in May 2013 in Washington, D.C.
Posted: September 27th, 2012 | By: Stephanie Carroll Carson
RALEIGH, N.C. – A year ago this month, Georgia death-row inmate Troy Davis was executed for the murder of a police officer. It was a crime he denied up until his death, and his execution sparked protests around the world. Opponents of the death penalty in North Carolina are using the anniversary of Davis’ death as a platform to discuss the issue.
