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Most UNC survey respondents are pleased about their employment prospects. One student credits the Career Services Office as being 鈥渢he greatest strength of UNC. Even when they are too busy for a brief meeting about r茅sum茅s or cover letters, you can just leave your stuff under the door, and someone will get it back to you by the next day with recommendations about what you should fix.鈥 However, some feel that it could 鈥渟tand to improve, particularly with communicating jobs to 1Ls.鈥 Jobs in North Carolina and neighboring states are fairly abundant, though, in large part because the law school maintains 鈥渟trong connections鈥 with in-state employers.
Student organizations and learning opportunities are aplenty. According to one student, 鈥淭here are lots of organizations to get involved in, and the pro bono program is one of the best.鈥 About 73 percent of all students do some kind of pro bono work鈥攎any during the summer or during winter or spring breaks. Students who have performed more than seventy-five hours of pro bono service receive certificates of acknowledgment from the state bar association, and those who perform more than 100 hours of pro bono service get special shout-outs at graduation. Other notables include UNC鈥檚 clinical programs, in which students handle more than 350 civil and criminal cases every year and 鈥渞eally get a lot of hands-on experience鈥 along with 鈥渟olid academic[s]鈥 in the process. Joint-degree programs include the standard JD/MBA as well as Master of Public Policy science and a handful of others. UNC also offers a summer program and semester-long programs in Europe and Mexico.
The general consensus is that facilities at UNC are middling, but in terms of the availability of information, 鈥渢he resources are outstanding.鈥 Also, 鈥淭he school is improving the technology of each classroom every year.鈥 In the meantime, a cry of 鈥渕ore parking!鈥 can be heard throughout campus.
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Students insist that 鈥渢here is no better college town in the United States than Chapel Hill,鈥 a Southern hamlet of about 54,000 souls that offers a good supply of part-time jobs, affordable housing, and a mild climate. These fine qualities have not gone unnoticed: Money magazine has before named the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area the 鈥淏est Place to Live in the South,鈥 in 2000, and Sports Illustrated named Chapel Hill 鈥渢he Best College Town in America鈥 a few years earlier. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great place to live,鈥 says one student. 鈥淭he people are amazing鈥 and the 鈥渃ampus and city are breathtaking.鈥 As one student puts it, 鈥淲hile you don鈥檛 go to law school for the social life, it makes a big difference to have something to do when you actually do find free time.鈥
鈥淪ocial life is good鈥 at Chapel Hill because 鈥渙n the whole, students are very social outside of class.鈥 There are always a multitude of 鈥渟chool-sponsored social events in town鈥 and 鈥減arties being thrown by law students to celebrate a wide array of milestones鈥 (for instance, there is a 鈥渨e just took our second practice exam鈥 party). However, some students lament that there is little to do 鈥渇or someone who does not drink.鈥
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Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380