Over the past two months public dialogue about Ban the Box has increased, spurred on by the Charlotte City Council’s decision to send the issue to the Economic Development Committee. Several local media outlets exposed the issue to a wider audience, and helped Charlotteans begin to understand the importance and details of the proposed ordinance. [...]
Clinic Members Emily Ray, Isabel Carson, and Daniel Melo sit down to discuss the recent proposed changes to Charlotte’s Citizen’s Review Board and what lies ahead.
In response to the North Carolina State Bar’s Ethics Committee’s Proposed Formal Ethics Opinion banning the use of release-dismissal agreements by state prosecutors, the Civil Rights Clinic, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, North Carolina Center for Actual Innocence, and the Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic submitted letters to the Committee with pr […]
Sixth Annual CharlotteLaw Public Service Recognition Event and Reception The 2013 Public Service Recognition Event was held at the law school’s Suttle Avenue location on Wednesday, April 17th. The event honored the many public service accomplishments of CharlotteLaw students, faculty, … Continue reading →
While working with the Mississippi Center for Justice my eyes have been opened to the need in small communities such as this. There is a huge need for legal assistance and even if you can only provide an hour here … Continue reading →
This week has been quite the experience. As a group member of the BP Oil Spill tract, I helped canvass low-income apartment complexes to offer free legal help to those that were economically or medically injured by the disaster. I … Continue reading →
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Cape Town – 10/02/12 Update: Today we nicknamed Chris “Grandpa” and he gladly accepted, he can be so serious sometimes! As it turns out, Cape Town must have some intense sleep effect on women, because Prof. Wofford and Nicole both missed their alarms Wednesday morning. Chris, naturally, was on time and ready to go by [...]
USA to Cape Town 10/01/12 We boarded the plane at 6:00am, the first 6:00am flight of three that we have this week. After we all acknowledged that no one is normal at 6:00am (Nicole throwing away perfectly good cheese, Chris refusing to eat, and Prof. Wofford intently engaged with her first of many caffeinated beverages [...]
Saturday, March 24, 2012 – Today we visited the Kumasi Children’s Home, which is a local orphanage here in Kumasi. This was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to emotionally endure. The conditions of the place were unlike any orphanage then I had ever seen, then again the conditions of Ghana in general are [...]
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ALR Student's Corner: Specialized Legal Research Tips
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Charlotte Law Library in a Nutshell
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Commonly Used 1L Resources
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Database Troubleshooting Guide
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Going Digital: Electronic Research Resources
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Health Law Resources
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North Carolina Legal Research
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Open Access Resources
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Sports Law Resources
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Statutory Research
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Student Services Collection
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