Attorney Wade Hargrove honored with media law colloquium at UNC

Raleigh attorney Wade Hargrove was honored Oct. 28 at the Carolina Inn with a surprise ceremony announcing the establishment of an annual media law colloquium in his honor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

More than $200,000 for the Wade H. Hargrove Communications Law and Policy Colloquium was raised by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB), the North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association (NCCTA), the Hearst Corporation and the Hussman School of Journalism and Media Foundation of North Carolina.

Hargrove, a partner with Brooks Pierce in Raleigh, has been NCAB executive director and general counsel for more than 39 years, NCCTA general counsel for 30 years, and Hearst communications regulatory counsel for 20 years. He has supported the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and the UNC School of Law as an adviser, volunteer and donor.

The colloquium will feature an annual public address at UNC by a prominent national figure in communications law and public policy. The speaker will also meet with students and industry leaders.

Hargrove, who was appointed to the University’s Board of Trustees this year, was the driving force behind the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy, a national forum for the media industry, legal scholars and practitioners to discuss emerging issues at the intersection of media and law. The center is a collaboration of the UNC journalism and law schools.