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Next Up For NCBA Membership Events: A March Madness-St. Patrick’s Day Mash-Up
On a chilly night in Durham last November, nearly 200 NCBA members and guests saw a side of President Kearns Davis that, until previously, only a handful of…
Try Snapchat, and Three Other Resolutions For the Rest of 2017
Here we are a mere 60 days into 2017 and my many well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions are dead and buried with a fresh covering of rationalization and…
Make That 20 Of 26 N.C. Governors Who Were Lawyers, Too
The February 2017 edition of North Carolina Lawyer magazine acknowledged the inauguration of Roy Cooper, a lawyer and member of the North Carolina Bar…
Why Report? The Importance Of Sharing Your Pro Bono Engagement
NCBA members, please look for space on the form where you can report work with 4ALL, Wills For Heroes, NC LEAP and all the other great pro bono projects…
Five Tips for Making the Most Of ABA Techshow 2017
How many times a day do you think about going paperless? What about email security or digital backups? Do you spend time wondering about document automation…
Pretrial Justice and Criminal Case Management Reform
One of the greatest honors in my professional career was serving on the N.C. Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice. As a member of the…
Tick-tock: February Means Attorneys Have 28 Days To Meet CLE Deadline
Ready or not, February is upon us. As of Feb. 1, attorneys have 28 days to get their North Carolina State Bar Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) in…
Chief Justice’s Commission Issues Report With Blueprint For Improving Indigent Defense
On Dec. 2, 2016, the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice, which was the result of work by Chief Justice Martin, met for the…
Wellness: When Feeling Good Feels Even Better Than Losing Weight
Wellness was not a familiar term when I did something about mine in 1978. That was the year I lost 140 pounds and changed my life forever. Whether that…
Help For The Legislative Drafter: Part 2
This column originally appeared in the November 2016 edition of North Carolina Lawyer. In the most recent installment of Writing that Works, I introduced a…