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Sunday Best: Catch Up on the Week’s Top NCBarBlog Posts
Here’s what NCBarBlog readers found most interesting on our pages this week: Make Your Writing More ‘Impactful’: Banish Trendy Words What Your Trial…
The Future Has Arrived; Come Take a Look At Annual Meeting
“The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.” – William Gibson I’ve thought about that quote a lot over this bar year,…
NCBA Annual Meeting ’18 Features 6.0 Hours Of CLE, Included In Registration
Register by May 1 to save your spot at the President’s Luncheon and CLE sessions. Welcome Reception on the Cape Fear: Kickoff party on the banks of the Cape…
Make Your Writing More ‘Impactful’: Banish Trendy Words
Recently, as I was scrolling through Facebook, I saw a link to a list that piqued my interest: “Lake Superior State University’s 43rd Annual List of…
In the Wake of Charlotte School Of Law’s Demise, What Awaits Those Left Behind?
“404.” That’s all that’s left of the Charlotte School of Law — a 404 website unavailable message indicating that the law school has closed,…
Attorney-Rapper Lex-Jordan Ibegbu Relies On Both Rhyme and Reason
When summoning the confidence to impress a judge or woo a jury, young attorney Lex-Jordan Ibegbu relies on his years as a rapper growing up in Southeast…
Federal Income Tax Update
This is the first of two installments of this article. I. Audit Statistics; What Are Your Chances of Being Audited? The 2016 Internal Revenue Service Data…
Apostrophe Misuse: The ‘Greatest Solecism’ In the Punctuation World?
As I expected, my last column on the Oxford comma generated some lively feedback — and a topic for this month’s column. It turns out that there is another…
Vince Lombardi, ‘Groundhog Day’ and the Pursuit of Perfection
What, pray tell, does legendary football coach Vince Lombardi have in common with the comedic actor Bill Murray? The pursuit of perfection. “Perfection,”…
The CLE You Need On NC’s New Power of Attorney Act
If you deal with matters related to power of attorney in North Carolina, you’ve probably heard the rules changed on Jan. 1. Your next best chance to get up…