It is a privilege and a pleasure to announce that the eighth edition of the North Carolina Construction Law Deskbook has been uploaded to the Construction Law community forum on the North Carolina Bar Association’s website.

The Deskbook is a benefit available to all members of the NCBA Construction Law Section and is easily accessible by following the steps below.

How to Access the Deskbook

Enter your log-in credentials at www.ncbar.org, click the “Connect Now” button on the “Communities” window, click “My Communities” on the following page, and then select “Construction Law” on the next page.
Once in our Construction Law Community forum, select “Library,” and you’ll see a folder on the left-hand side of the screen labeled “Desk Book – Foreword.” Click the triangular prompt to the left of this folder to see the list of 17 chapter folders.
Clicking each chapter folder will bring up that chapter’s contents on the right-hand side of the screen. Double-click the content you’re interested in to bring up a screen that allows you to view or download the chapter or form that you’ve double-clicked.

I highly encourage each of you to read the thoughtful Foreword that the Deskbook’s Managing Editor, Caroline L. Trautman, has written and posted in conjunction with the Deskbook’s upload. The Foreword provides a concise history of this vital resource, introduces us to the Deskbook’s new electronic format, and thanks the many Section members and North Carolina Bar Association staff whose tireless efforts made the eighth edition possible. I would like to echo Caroline’s appreciation to everyone involved. I would also like to extend heartfelt thanks to Caroline for all of her work in this massive endeavor. Nothing I write here can possibly capture her commitment, patience, attention to detail, determination, and leadership in shepherding this project from conceptual design to final completion. On behalf of the Section, congratulations, and thank you, Caroline. We all owe you a significant debt of gratitude.

Our Section’s celebration of the Deskbook’s virtual launch continues next week during our 2-day live CLE webcast beginning Wednesday, February 17, from 8:55 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and continuing at the same time on Thursday, February 18. The program will bring key chapters of the Deskbook to life, and you don’t want to miss it. The program agenda can be found here: Déjà Vu All Over Again – Virtually (digitaloceanspaces.com). You can register here: Déjà Vu All Over Again – Virtually (A Program Celebrating the Release of the 8th Edition of the North Carolina Construction Law Deskbook) | NCBA CLE (ncbar.org). I hope you will join us.

February 11, 2021/by Construction