Volunteer with Carolina Law

Carolina Law depends on the support and participation of our alumni to ensure the success of our many programs. There are many opportunities for alumni to get involved with Carolina Law. Listed below are just a few of the many ways that you can remain active with Carolina Law. If you are interested in volunteering for Carolina Law, and do not see an opportunity of interest below, please contact the Office of Alumni and Special Programs at (919) 843-3471 or law_alumni@unc.edu.

Alumni Mentor Program

The Mentor Program matches first year law students with professionals who will be available to share information with students on an array of topics ranging from insights regarding practice area or profession to interviewing and networking skills. The role of a mentor is to be an adviser - you are not being asked to help a student find employment. You can be a mentor whether you are practicing in North Carolina or California. Click here for the mentor registration form. For more information about the alumni mentor program, contact Louise Harris, Assistant Dean for Alumni and Special Programs at (919) 962-1592 or louise@unc.edu.

Class Reunion Representative

The School of Law typically celebrates reunions at the 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 year mark after graduation. It takes a high level of involvement from your classmates to make the reunion a success. If you would like to volunteer to work on your reunion, contact Louise Harris, Assistant Dean for Alumni and Special Programs at (919) 962-1592 or louise@unc.edu.

On-Campus Interviews

If you work for an employer who does not currently recruit on-campus at Carolina Law, but is large enough or close enough to do so, please urge them to consider on-campus interviewing. If you are the only Carolina Law graduate at your employer, consider volunteering to come to campus yourself to interview (we will happily coordinate dates with the basketball and football games!). Another way to recruit at Carolina Law is through a resume collection, where the Career Services Office collects resumes from students interested in working in your area and sends them to you for review. Depending on the response, you could interview the interested students at your office or on-campus. For more information about recruiting at Carolina Law, click here or contact Kala Glenn-Pruitt, Recruiting Administrator for the Career Services Office, at (919) 962-0280 or kvglennp@email.unc.edu.

Small Employer Job Fairs

For alumni working in smaller firms and organizations, CSO participates with the career services offices at Duke, Wake Forest, Campbell and North Carolina Central law schools to host two small employer job fairs each spring in Eastern and Western North Carolina. These fairs give firms with 15 or fewer attorneys and other organizations an opportunity to interview law students from all five North Carolina law schools for summer and full-time job opportunities on a single day. If you or your employer would be interested in participating in the job fairs, please contact Kala Glenn-Pruitt, Recruiting Administrator for CSO, at (919) 962-0280 or kvglennp@email.unc.edu.

Public Interest Summer Job Fair

Carolina Law hosts a public interest job fair each February. Over 25 employers from across North Carolina interview Carolina Law students interested in public interest for summer positions. If you would be interested in participating in the public interest job fair, please click here or contact Brian Lewis, Assistant Dean for Career Services, at (919) 962-1023 or brian-lewis@unc.edu.

Career Night

This event brings together first-year law students with attorneys from a variety of practice areas. The event serves as a forum for students to learn about different areas of the law while also providing them with an informal environment to talk to attorneys and gain insights about the practice of law. We are looking for at least 50 Carolina Law alumni to participate in this event and to ensure its success. If you would be interested in volunteering, please click here.

Student Organizations

Many student organizations at Carolina Law perform valuable public service to area communities or implement programs that provide an important learning component to law students' education. In many instances, the help of alumni is needed to achieve their objectives. Listed below are just a few of the organizations that could use your help. There are a total of 55 Carolina Law student organizations. If you are interested in volunteering with one of the programs listed below, or learning of other volunteer opportunities with student organizations, please contact Kelly Podger Smith, Assistant Dean for Student Services, at (919) 962-1590 or podger@email.unc.edu.

Here is a sample of student organizations that need alumni volunteers:

  • Moot Court
  • The Carolina Law Pro Bono Program
  • Carolina Public Interest Law Organization
  • North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology
  • Domestic Violence Advocacy Project
  • Community Legal Project
  • UNC Teen Court Assistance Program