Stacey Rubain
2026 Wade M. Smith Award Recipient, Cynthia P. Black, Retired Cumberland County Chief Public Defender
The Criminal Justice Section of the North Carolina Bar Association is pleased to announce that retired Cumberland County Chief Public Defender Cynthia Black…
2026 Peter S. Gilchrist III Award Recipient Connie Jordan, Retired Assistant District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 6
The Criminal Justice Section of the North Carolina Bar Association is pleased to announce that retired Assistant District Attorney Connie Jordan has been…
2025 Summer Internship Scholarship Recipient Spotlight Series: Meet Aaliyah LeCompte
Aaliyah LeCompte is a second-year law student at North Carolina Central University School of Law (“NCCU Law”). Her passion for serving others began even…
2025 Summer Internship Scholarship Recipient Spotlight Series: Meet Aleah Wordsworth
Aleah Wordsworth is a third-year law student at the University of North Carolina School of Law. She is deeply committed to public service and dedicated to…
Shaping Tomorrow: Meet the 2025 Summer Internship Scholarship Recipients
Over the next coming weeks, the Criminal Justice Blog will feature several outstanding recipients of the NCBA’s 2025 Annual Summer Internship Scholarship.…
2025 Summer Internship Scholarship Recipient Spotlight Series: Meet Liz Sharpe
Elizabeth “Liz” Sharpe is a second-year law student at Campbell Law School in Raleigh. Liz has long believed in the power of government to make a…
In Memoriam: Attorney Donald “Don” Kenneth Tisdale Sr.
Retired Attorney Don Tisdale of Winston-Salem passed away peacefully at his home on April 30, 2024, with his devoted wife, Vicki, and son Ken, also an…
O.J. is Dead, But Our Duty to be Zealous Advocates Endures
The recent death of O.J. Simpson brought out reflections by many on the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, and the enrapturing period…
Calling Criminal Defense Attorneys: New Date for Informational Lunch with Chief District Judge Catherine C. Eagles
The CJA Panel Committee for the Middle District of North Carolina and Chief District Judge Catherine C. Eagles cordially invite attorneys interested in…
Informational Lunch with Chief District Judge Catherine C. Eagles has been Postponed
The Criminal Justice Act Panel (CJA) Informational Lunch scheduled for March 28, 2024, at 12:30 p.m., at the John Hervey Wheeler Federal Courthouse in Durham,…