{"id":1019,"date":"2022-06-29T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/july-2022\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2022-06-30T13:53:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:53:27","slug":"2022-unc-school-of-law-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/june-2022\/2022-unc-school-of-law-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 UNC School of Law Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

North Carolina Sen. Sydney J. Batch \u201905 Delivers Inspiring Commencement Address<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina Sen. Sydney Batch \u201905, a triple Tar Heel, delivered the UNC School of Law Commencement address on May 7, 2022 at Carmichael Arena. Batch was selected by the Student Bar Association<\/a> (SBA) to address this year\u2019s graduating class. UNC School of Law Dean Martin H. Brinkley \u201992 presided during the ceremony.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since graduating from Carolina Law in 2005 with a dual degree in law and social work, Batch has practiced law as a founding partner at Batch, Poore & Williams, PC in Raleigh, N.C. Her primary practice areas are family law and child protective services. She is a certified Child Welfare Specialist.

She is currently a member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state\u2019s 17th<\/sup> Senate district since 2021. She previously represented the state\u2019s 37th<\/sup> House district from 2019 until 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSenator Sydney Batch is an impactful leader in the state of North Carolina, and the Student Bar Association is truly honored that Senator Batch was the commencement speaker this year. As a Triple-Tar Heel and an esteemed alumna of Carolina Law herself, Senator Batch certainly knows what it means to be a Tar Heel and what it was like to have been a student that walked the halls of this law school,\u201d said Trey Ellis, Class of 2022 and Student Bar Association president.

View some of the special graduation moments below.
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