February 2016

Members In Focus – Melissa Duncan

Members in Focus highlights NCBA members’ special talents and hobbies. Melissa Duncan is Director of Career & Student Development at Elon University…

Ten Things You Young’uns Should Know Before Stepping Into a Civil Courtroom

  As I rock on my porch muttering while watching you kids in my front yard, I remember my dewy days as a green lawyer trying my first few auto accident…

Backers See New Retention Election As A Step Toward Judicial Selection Reform

North Carolinians voting for a Supreme Court justice this November will see just one name on the ballot but they will still have a choice to make: Keep…

CLE Deadline Season: Legal Professionals, Start Your Engines

Here we are two weeks before the North Carolina State Bar Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) grace period ends on Feb. 29, 2016. I have started to…

NC State Bar-LegalZoom Settlement Sets Stage For Legislative Action

Editor’s note: This story appears in the February 2016 edition of North Carolina Lawyer. The North Carolina State Bar and LegalZoom.com Inc. took a giant…

10 Ways To Prep For a Successful Mediation

From an attorney’s perspective:  As we all know (or should know) the purpose of mediation is to maximize the chances that our client’s case will settle…

Encryption Is Not a Four-Letter Word

What is encryption? Encryption is a process to store your data so that only you can access it. There is an encryption “key” (essentially a password) that…