By Meredith Brewer and Spencer Fritts Around 1 in 5 children are food insecure in North Carolina, and over 1.4 million North Carolinians – from children to seniors – face food insecurity and hunger in our state. The NCBA YLD’s Legal Feeding Frenzy is an opportunity for our legal community to come together to fight hunger […]
By Deborah M. Mergner We have all heard the phrase, “new year, new me.” If you have time to scroll through social media or check out the latest news article, you are no stranger to articles or posts about goals for the new year. Eat better. Exercise more. Read a new book every week. Maybe […]
By Kayla Britt At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, when uncertainty was at its highest and I was spending all my time at home, I randomly had the desire to paint. Previously, I did not draw or paint well, so the idea was just to do something fun to pass time. However, painting turned […]
By Claire O’Brien and Michael Cohen DATES TO KNOW February 1 | Corporate Counsel Section Spotlight | 6:30 p.m. February 25 | Legal Feeding Frenzy Kickoff Event | 1 to 3 p.m. March 1-31 | Legal Feeding Frenzy SECTION SPOTLIGHTS Corporate Counsel Section Spotlight The YLD and Corporate Counsel Section Knowledge Resource Committee is […]
By Julia Zabinski The job search can be incredibly stressful, and it is easy to let this stress consume much of one’s mental capacity. One thing that I have learned in law school is that career fairs are a beautiful thing. Plenty of networking and job opportunities are all in one location. Moreover, career fairs […]
By Tiqeece Brown The legal profession has an antiquated pedagogical style of existence, from court proceedings to the Socratic teaching method. Many lawyers can be conservative and are opposed to taking risks. Therefore, one may speculate this could be the reason why the law is lethargic with advancing particular initiatives. Many feel that creativity should […]
By Tiqeece Brown The legal profession has an antiquated pedagogical style of existence, from court proceedings to the Socratic teaching method. Many lawyers can be conservative and are opposed to taking risks. Therefore, one may speculate this could be the reason why the law is lethargic with advancing particular initiatives. Many feel that creativity should […]
By Kayla Britt and Matt Meinel The YLD’s Law Student Outreach Committee is continuing its flagship Grab-a-Coffee Program (“GaC”) during the spring academic semester. GaC is a statewide program that pairs law students with practicing attorneys based on their practice area(s) of interest. Discussion topics may include the attorney’s path to their current employment, what the […]
By Claire O’Brien and Michael Cohen The YLD Communications Committee, in conjunction with YLD leadership, is excited to announce that its 2022 Writing Competition, “Legal Visionaries,” is open as of today, January 19! This year, we invite you to tell us how you envision the practice of law changing between now and when you […]
By Christian Smith-Bishop and Anna Davis Lawyers, veterans, public sector employers and HR departments all should be aware of an upcoming Supreme Court case that involves a challenge to a state’s sovereign immunity under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”). If sovereign immunity is upheld as a basis to […]