Alumni Profiles

Alumni Profiles Feature

Q&A with Anika Collier Navaroli ’12, Former Twitter Policy Official Who Testified Before the House Jan. 6 Committee

Anika Collier Navaroli’s expertise lies at the intersection of race, media, technology, law, and policy. She is currently is currently a Senior Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. Before Columbia, Navaroli was a practitioner fellow in the Digital Civil Society Lab that is in partnership with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford PACS (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.) Prior to her fellowship at Stanford, Navaroli worked in senior content policy roles within the Trust & Safety departments at Twitter and Twitch where she re-examined the traditional balance between free expression and safety.

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Get Ready for GiveUNC

Prepare to show your Tar Heel pride and support the Carolina Law community on Tuesday, March 26, for GiveUNC - UNC's largest annual fundraising celebration. 

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An Unexpected Side Career

Attorney Steven B. Epstein (BA ‘87, JD ‘90) never expected to become an author. As a partner at Raleigh law firm Poyner Spruil since 2010, Epstein—a board certified family law specialist—spends most of his days handling divorce and custody cases and litigating civil issues, such as product liability. But one morning in 2017, Epstein woke up with the idea to write about the murder of Michelle Young, a pregnant Progress Energy accountant killed by her husband, Jason.

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Tony Cummings: Focused on Ensuring Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Nation’s Skies

Public service is central to the life and career of Tony Cummings ‘87. Raised by a school teacher mother and a father who served as a career Army soldier before becoming a preacher, Cummings was taught from a young age that he had a duty to help the community and mentor others. This devotion to service has culminated in his current position as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Civil Rights at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In this position, Cummings is focused on ensuring diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the nation’s skies.