By Jeff Kelly Earlier this year, our Immediate Past Chair Gregg F. Schwitzgebel III wrote about the significant commemorative period for the North Carolina Judicial System and noted that the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the North Carolina Supreme Court had only just begun. Throughout 2019, the North Carolina Judicial Branch’s observation of the […]

By Jeff Kelly With the Fall Semester in full swing, law students are not the only ones who will want to get straight A’s – please join the Appellate Practice Section on September 13, 2019, for our Annual Meeting and CLE: Getting Straight A’s: Aids, Accessible Applications, Advice and Approaches to Advocacy Friday, September 13, […]

By Gregg F. Schwitzgebel III Fellow Appellate Practice Section members─ I’m writing in regard to a few upcoming events in the life of our section. First and foremost, I’m writing to invite you, and your colleagues and friends, to our Section’s first-ever Lunch & Learn, beginning at noon Friday, June 14 at the NC Bar […]

By Gregg F. Schwitzgebel III The members of the NCBA Appellate Practice Section respectfully recognize and honor that the year 2019 marks a crescendo in a highly significant commemorative period for the North Carolina Judicial System, with 2016-2019 milestones including the 50th anniversaries of the unified court system (2016), the District Court (2016), the North […]

By Gregg F. Schwitzgebel III Please know there is now a dedicated page on the North Carolina Courts website for the N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure: https://www.nccourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/court-rules/north-carolina-rules-of-appellate-procedure On this page, one has access to an up-to-date codification (7 January 2019 version, attached) of the Rules, as well as to slip orders that have yet to […]