Welcome, Belal Elrahal! – North Carolina Criminal Law

I’m happy to announce that Belal Elrahal joined our school earlier this month.

Belal is working within the discipline of prison regulation and process and can focus on impaired driving and motorcar regulation. Belal joins our colleague Melanie Crenshaw as co-faculty lead for the Faculty of Authorities’s work with the state’s almost 700 magistrates. Melanie organizes, administers, and teaches civil regulation content material for magistrates; Belal is her prison regulation counterpart. Given Belal’s specialization in impaired driving and motorcar regulation, he additionally will advise, write for, and instruct a wide selection of court docket officers and advocates.

Belal served as an assistant public defender in Mecklenburg County for almost 8 years earlier than becoming a member of the Faculty. He’s a graduate of Davidson Faculty and the UNC Faculty of Legislation. Belal additionally serves within the Decide Advocate Corps of the U.S. Military Reserves, the place he lately was promoted to Main.

We’re excited to have Belal on board. He’s already fielding requests for help and dealing on a publish for this weblog! Please lengthen to Belal a heat welcome to the prison regulation and courts neighborhood. You possibly can attain him by electronic mail at elrahal@sog.unc.edu or by telephone at 919-962-7098.