Martha Waggoner, Associated PressLeadership & PolicyChancellor Writes in Support of UNC Center for Civil RightsRALEIGH, N.C. — A ban on courtroom work for a University of North Carolina center that represents the poor and disenfranchised puts the school’s “hard-earned reputation at risk” if it leads the closure of the center, the chancellor of UNC’s flagship campus says. The UNC Center for Civil Rights provides valuable litigation training to law […]July 31, 2017StudentsReport: No Easy Alternative for UNC Center for Civil RightsRALEIGH, N.C. — A committee studying alternative paths for a University of North Carolina center that offers legal help to the poor found no options that would allow the center to continue the full breadth of its work while also satisfying conservatives who oppose how it operates. The committee appointed by the chancellor of the […]July 6, 2017StudentsCivil Rights Should be Part of UNC’s Mission, Speakers SayCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A campus that protects a statue honoring White supremacy in the Civil War should balance that support by continuing to train law students who will fight social injustice, the head of the school’s Center for Civil Rights told a panel Thursday. Ted Shaw, director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, […]May 11, 2017African-AmericanNorth Carolina Civil Rights Center Faces Conservative IreRALEIGH, N.C. — A center founded at the University of North Carolina by a civil rights attorney to help the poor and disenfranchised is the latest institution to come under fire from conservatives as they work to leave their mark on the state’s higher education system. African-American attorney Julius Chambers, who endured firebomb attacks in […]April 23, 2017StudentsUNC President: Campuses Must Follow Transgender LawRALEIGH, N.C. — The 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system will follow the state’s new law about transgender people by requiring all bathrooms to be designated for use by people based on their biological sex, the system president wrote in a memo to chancellors. President Margaret Spellings said in the memo that […]April 7, 2016StudentsFeds Will Investigate Sexual Assaults at UNCThe U.S. Department of Education will investigate a complaint filed by five women about how the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill handles sexual assault cases, according to a letter released by the women Wednesday.March 7, 2013Page 1 of 1