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May Is Member Appreciation Month … Again!

Big things are happening at the NCBA in May. As a member, there’s a good chance you’re attending a CLE, heading out of town for a section or division…

Me and My Mini-MBA

The day started off innocuously enough. I was in a meeting with my boss and I passed him a spreadsheet I had been working on. He has an MBA and has, shall we…

Wellness Expert Jeena Cho On Lawyers, Self-Care and the Billable Hour

This year’s NCBA Annual Meeting theme is wellness and how legal professionals can achieve it. In preparation for the event, we talked with speakers…

Alex Pearce Leading NCBA’s Efforts To Tackle Privacy and Data Security Issues

The Privacy and Data Security Committee, which formed last year, is well on its way to becoming an NCBA Section. On Jan. 17, the NCBA Board of Governors gave…

Checking In: April 3, 2019

Alex Pearce, a privacy attorney formerly with SAS Institute, has joined Wyrick Robbins as a member of the firm’s privacy and data security team. Pearce’s…

Consider Texting with Clients

Many attorneys react to the thought of texting with clients with a solid “no way!” However, attorneys are feeling the pressure to text with clients since…

Pro Bono Spotlight: Heather Culp

Pro Bono Project: NC Free Legal Answers For Attorney Heather Culp of Essex Richards, P.A. in Charlotte, every year brings the same challenge: to complete at…

Top Tips From ABA TECHSHOW 2019 ’60 Tips In 60 Minutes’

Each year the ABA TECHSHOW concludes the conference with a plenary session featuring a lightning fast, multi-speaker tips program. Some of the tips can be…

NC Pro Bono Honor Society Wants To Recognize Your Work

Our Supreme Court notes “Equal Justice Under Law” on its building. Yet, access to this justice only truly exists when it is available to all members of…

Members In Focus: Lt. Col. Robert Rideout Relishes Roles In the Army and the Law

  Robert Rideout doesn’t recall what he was listening to in the bunker during this particular rocket attack in Kandahar, in the photo above. To his right,…