Alumni Stories

Few law graduates ever work at the center of the federal judiciary’s administration. Connor Fraley ’25 earned one of four spots in the Supreme Court Fellows Program after a law school career spent chasing appellate work.

Colleagues call her the smartest person in the room and a living legend. Discover why the American College of Bankruptcy honored Professor Emerita Elizabeth Gibson ’76 with its Distinguished Service Award.

A Big Ten commissioner, a Google executive and the head of the nation’s federal defender system were among eight honorees at this year’s Law Alumni Association Awards. Watch the 2026 recipients share what Carolina Law means to them.

A talk by a former U.S. attorney general changed the course of John Day’s career. Today the Carolina Law alum leads the nation’s most prestigious trial lawyer organization and is teaching young lawyers how to build a reputation worth keeping.