Alumni Stories

Alumni Steve Lewis and Brett Denton make the case for doubling the annual fund, and why the moment to act is now.

Kevin Howell '92 left Carolina Law and never practiced law in a traditional sense. Nearly 30 years later, that turned out to be exactly the point.

William Edgar "Willie" Greene practiced law in western North Carolina for five decades. His daughter Diana McGee '87 spent eight years in legal proceedings to make sure his legacy would live on at Carolina Law.

Patricia Brown '86 taught music in Kansas, went through Marine boot camp at Parris Island and then decided to go to law school. She has been figuring out how to help people ever since.

Brittany Akers '24 describes her professional life as a string of serendipitous flukes. Those flukes led her to the U.S. Coast Guard, then to Carolina Law, and now to a role as a senior staff attorney and lieutenant commander in Portsmouth, Virginia.

This year's Festival of Legal Learning sold out. More than 140 alumni spent a Friday in February learning Supreme Court litigation strategy on a live case, hearing from two mayors about what federal bureaucracy looks like when disaster survivors are waiting, and getting put on notice by Dean Emeritus Martin Brinkley that no one in the room was safe from a cold call.

Alice Richey '86 spent years as a passive donor to Carolina Law before attending her first Cornerstone Club weekend. She hasn't missed one since.

Roy Dawson '11, '14 dropped out of high school to support his family. Today he practices law in Kinston and gives back to the Eastern North Carolina community that shaped him.