At the end of each academic year, UNC School of Law presents awards to students recognizing writing, leadership, service and practice interest. This year, six 3Ls received the Bane Writing Award, The Millard S. Breckenridge Prize in Law, the Coates Rule of Law Essay Award, Winston Crisp Award for Student Leadership and the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Outstanding Student Award. Eight 3L students were inducted into the James E. and Carolyn B. Davis Society.

The board of the UNC School of Law Pro Bono Program awarded the 2022 recipients of the Pro Bono Publico Awards at the annual Pro Bono Celebration Thursday, April 7. Graduating students with more than 75 pro bono hours were recognized as was the Class of 2022 for reaching 100 percent participation in pro bono projects. This is the fifth year in a row that the graduating class has reached 100 percent participation. The Class of 2022 completed more than 11,000 hours of pro bono services over the past three years.

There are many things that permeate society like hierarchy and structural inequality. Law schools aren’t immune. In Professors Alexa Chew and Rachel Gurvich’s upcoming essay in the Nebraska Law Review Vol. 100, they tackle the ways in which students can feel inequities affecting their legal education even though those inequities aren’t clearly seen to begin with.

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Take a deep dive into mental health/wellness resources with these 9 book recommendations compiled by law librarian Kerri-Ann Rowe.