a building with school of civic life offices
Whitehead Hall is home to SCiLL's offices. (Angelica Edwards for The Assembly)

UNC-Chapel Hill has hired K&L Gates, a law firm with ties to Republican state legislators, to lead its investigation into the School of Civic Life and Leadership. Nathan Huff, a partner in the firm’s Research Triangle and Charlotte offices, has been leading interviews as part of the review.

The university confirmed Huff’s and the firm’s roles in a statement to The Assembly.  […]

Matt Hartman is a higher education reporter for The Assembly and co-anchor of our weekly higher education newsletter, The Quad. He was previously a longtime freelance journalist and spent nearly a decade working in higher ed communications before joining The Assembly in 2024.