Campbell Law Students Clerk in Africa, NC Students Face Food Insecurity

It's April 7th.

This is Durham News Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story.

Campbell Law School is sending eight students this summer to clerk at Supreme Courts in

Rwanda, Ghana, and Namibia.

It's an eight-week program that highlights the Dean's decades-long push for judicial reform

across Africa.

Dean J.

Rich Leonard has consulted on judiciary areas there for 30 years, starting with a random

call from the State Department back in 1994.

He recently linked up with Chief Justices in those countries to make this happen for

students, calling it a unique opportunity nationwide.

Meanwhile, 30% of college students in North Carolina face food insecurity, per a new study

from Appalachian State.

Groups like Student Defense want the state to stretch SNAP recertification from six months

to 12, matching most other states and easing the burden, on busy students who often drop

off due to missed deadlines.

Former UNC School of Medicine, Annie Brightmaster top pick for a pediatric residency.

The former Navy combat medic who moved from South Korea as a kid, sees her own early struggles

in the patient's shell treat, feeling like the path, was laid out for her.

Heads are turning on other fronts too, from budget cuts at UNC to quicker three-year degrees

at public schools, while coaches hunt for UNC men's.

Basketball's next leader.

Many stories show higher ed and the Tar Heal State keeps evolving fast.