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- Protection for Play: Student-Athletes and the Renewed Fight for Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Protection for Play: Student-Athletes and the Renewed Fight for Workers’ Compensation Bene…
The National Collegiate Athlete Association (“NCAA”) has a longstanding history of denying employment-related benefits to student-athletes. Student-athletes have never been able to claim employment s…Savannah PutnamContinue Reading- Pulled Pork: How North Carolina Lawmakers have Pulled Hog Farm Suits from the Docket
Pulled Pork: How North Carolina Lawmakers have Pulled Hog Farm Suits from the Docket
Special Note: This article was co-authored by Corey A. Goss ’23 whose passion for attending law school was inspired by this very topic. North Carolina human population: 10.5 million North Carolina h…Leanne McAbeeContinue Reading- North Carolina Lighthouses: Shedding Light on Our State’s History
North Carolina Lighthouses: Shedding Light on Our State’s History
Lighthouses were born out of necessity—to guide mariners into harbors and to warn them of perilous shoals, shallows, and coastlines. To those seafarers, lighthouses soon became symbols of hope, safet…Eliza DardenContinue Reading- Cancel Culture: Exploring the Legal Justifications for President Biden’s Authority to Cancel Student Through Executive Order
Cancel Culture: Exploring the Legal Justifications for President Biden’s Authority to Canc…
Issue Background In recent years the question as to what should be done about the ever-increasing amount of student loan debt, both federally and privately held, has become a hotly debated political…Joshua WatersContinue Reading- Flag on the Play: NCAA v. Alston changes the face of Name, Image, and Likeness Rules for thousands of student-athletes
Flag on the Play: NCAA v. Alston changes the face of Name, Image, and Likeness Rules for t…
In September of 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that would allow California’s collegiate athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness beginning in 2023. The bill was p…Mary HarrisContinue Reading
Legislative and Policy
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For many defendants, a verdict of “guilty” signals the end of their legal battle. But when the prosecutor commits errors, the relevant law has changed, or the defendant ...[Continue Reading]
Understanding the Law
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One core subject every law student learns in their Civil Procedure course is “personal jurisdiction.” “Personal jurisdiction is the power of a court to make a decision ...[Continue Reading]
Technology and the Law
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What do an electric car company, a space exploration company, and a blue bird social media company all have in common? If you guessed Elon Musk as their collective owner, ...[Continue Reading]
Miscellaneous
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What is a Facility Dog? A facility dog is placed with an individual who will use the facility dog within his or her profession. The individual that the dog is placed with ...[Continue Reading]
Public Interest Law
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Are the 474 defendants charged with crimes for COVID-19 fraud schemes and the 1,686,121 reports of identity theft in 2021 just the tip of the iceberg? COVID-19 steered the ...[Continue Reading]