On May 27, 2020, Julian Mann, Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings, issued an order regarding the timeliness of contested case petition filings. Read an extract from the order below or read the entire order here. There are other orders related to the COVID-19 emergency on the OAH website here.
“On May 13, 2020, by the authority granted to the Chief Administrative Law Judge under Session Law 2020-3, I ordered that the filing of a petition for a contested case, originating in any of North Carolina’s one hundred counties (or as may be otherwise authorized by law), shall be deemed to be timely filed if the petition is filed in the Office of Administrative Hearings between the effective date of my order as Chief Administrative Law Judge and the close of business on June 1, 2020, notwithstanding the expiration of the time limit for filing of a petition in a contested case as established by or referenced in N.C.G.S. § 150B-23(f).
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Webinar: Doing Business With The United Nations Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Join the U.S. Commercial Service New York and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations for a webinar on doing business with the UN.
The U.S Ambassador to the UN, U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary, and the UN Assistant Secretary General will provide opening remarks.
This seminar will offer a free introduction to the UN’s nearly $19 billion global procurement market, covering a wide range of goods and services. The event will be particularly informative for companies that need help getting started.
Attendees will hear about the UN procurement process, both the opportunities and challenges, and how to register as a UN vendor.
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The Supreme Court has approved Family Financial Mediation program rule amendments which require that next year, all District Court Family Financial Settlement mediators, whether selected by the parties or appointed by the court, must be trained, certified mediators.
If you have:
been mediating family cases,
have not completed the 40-hour training for certification but
want to continue mediating,
you will need to become certified in the next year.
Dear NC Bar Association International Law & Practice Section members,
The NC Bar Foundation is partnering with Legal Aid of NC and others to offer COVID-19 (Virtual) Legal Hotlines across North Carolina (like “mini-4ALLs,” but held remotely). The Hotlines will be staffed by volunteer attorneys and open to the public. We need your help for the Hotline taking place this Friday, June 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., which will serve the Triad region. Currently, we have only two immigration law attorney volunteers signed up for the first shift and zero for the second shift. Can you join us?
Wetherington v. N.C. Department of Public Safety, N.C. Highway Patrol (135P20). Listed under “other matters,” the Court dissolved the respondent’s previously granted motion for temporary stay and denied both its PDR and motion for writ of supersedeas, as well as an amicus request. You can read the Court of Appeals Opinion here.
Note: This is the administrative law case with the first sentence that made national news [“It is unlikely so many lawyers have ever before written so many pages because of a lost hat.”)
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The NCBA has been hard at work during this pandemic to bring current information, resources, practice tips, professional vitality publications, and wellness seminars to its members and the public, while also advocating strongly for the legal profession in North Carolina. May was NCBA Member Appreciation Month, which featured free workshops through the Center for Practice Management. As new members are entering and graduating law school, passing the Bar, and becoming members of the legal profession and the NCBA, we have started holding New Member Receptions.
Even though we cannot get together in person right now, we can still hang out! Indeed, one of the things that our Association does best and our members enjoy the most is associating. The NCBA is the home for those in, or entering, the legal profession in North Carolina. Through the NCBA, you can meet your fellow lawyers, judges, paralegals, and law students to discuss how to be better at what you do, expand your options, serve the profession and the public, grow your network, and have some fun. This is the power of association.
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From the Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Commission
The Dispute Resolution Commission is very excited to announce that proposed rule changes submitted to the Supreme Court of North Carolina were adopted on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Amendments to five rule sets, as amended, will go into effect on June 10, 2020. The amended rules are now live on the Supreme Court’s Court Rules web page: (https://www.nccourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/court-rules).
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During the marriage, Mother and the children lived in Israel, while Father lived in Palestine. Mother and the children moved to North Carolina without advance notice to Father—Mother alleged that the move was due to domestic violence issues and to her concern that Father was a member of a radical Islamic group. When Father learned of Mother’s intention to move to the United States, he instituted an action with the Shar’ia Court of Jerusalem in an effort to prevent Mother and the children from moving to the United States (by the time he filed his action, Mother and the children had already moved). The Shar’ia Court issued a “provisional order” providing that the children would live with Mother in Israel during the week and with Father in Palestine on the weekends. The order was served on Mother at her address in Jerusalem (after she had moved to North Carolina). When Mother did not appear in Court after that, the Shar’ia Court entered a final custody order by default.
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As you know, beginning this month, most Deputy Commissioner hearings will be conducted remotely via Webex. There is currently no indication as to when in-person hearings will resume, and it is safe to assume that we may be conducting remote hearings for at least the next several months.
To allow the public access to Deputy Commissioner hearings, the Industrial Commission has added a new Webex Hearing Links page to its website. Through this page, the public can view the Deputy Commissioner hearings from a computer or mobile device. Instructions for how to access the Webex hearings can be found here. The links on this webpage should not be used by the parties and witnesses participating in a hearing. Rather, those individuals must join the remote hearing through a link received via email.
Considering that, at least in the short-term, remote hearings via Webex are our “new normal,” and if you are curious about the process or anticipate having a hearing in the next few months, you may want to access and observe a June Webex hearing. It will give you an opportunity to see how the process will work and help you prepare for your own future hearings.
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The NCBA YLD Diversity and Inclusion Committee has interviewed several diverse attorneys about their experiences in the law. New attorneys face many challenges, including finding mentors, fitting in, and finding their place—and diverse attorneys are no different.
Here is one diverse attorney’s perspective on how she is overcoming these challenges.
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Another Extension of OAH Contested Case Petition Filing Time
Administrative LawOn May 27, 2020, Julian Mann, Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings, issued an order regarding the timeliness of contested case petition filings. Read an extract from the order below or read the entire order here. There are other orders related to the COVID-19 emergency on the OAH website here.
“On May 13, 2020, by the authority granted to the Chief Administrative Law Judge under Session Law 2020-3, I ordered that the filing of a petition for a contested case, originating in any of North Carolina’s one hundred counties (or as may be otherwise authorized by law), shall be deemed to be timely filed if the petition is filed in the Office of Administrative Hearings between the effective date of my order as Chief Administrative Law Judge and the close of business on June 1, 2020, notwithstanding the expiration of the time limit for filing of a petition in a contested case as established by or referenced in N.C.G.S. § 150B-23(f).
Read more
Webinar: Doing Business With The United Nations
International Law, International Law & Practice, International PracticeWebinar: Doing Business With The United Nations
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Join the U.S. Commercial Service New York and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations for a webinar on doing business with the UN.
The U.S Ambassador to the UN, U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary, and the UN Assistant Secretary General will provide opening remarks.
This seminar will offer a free introduction to the UN’s nearly $19 billion global procurement market, covering a wide range of goods and services. The event will be particularly informative for companies that need help getting started.
Attendees will hear about the UN procurement process, both the opportunities and challenges, and how to register as a UN vendor.
Read more
Family Financial Mediation Program Rule Amendments
Family Law SectionBy Ketan Soni
The Supreme Court has approved Family Financial Mediation program rule amendments which require that next year, all District Court Family Financial Settlement mediators, whether selected by the parties or appointed by the court, must be trained, certified mediators.
If you have:
you will need to become certified in the next year.
Read more
Immigration Lawyers Needed As Volunteers For COVID-19 Virtual Legal Hotline
International Law, International Law & Practice, International PracticeDear NC Bar Association International Law & Practice Section members,
The NC Bar Foundation is partnering with Legal Aid of NC and others to offer COVID-19 (Virtual) Legal Hotlines across North Carolina (like “mini-4ALLs,” but held remotely). The Hotlines will be staffed by volunteer attorneys and open to the public. We need your help for the Hotline taking place this Friday, June 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., which will serve the Triad region. Currently, we have only two immigration law attorney volunteers signed up for the first shift and zero for the second shift. Can you join us?
COVID-19 (Virtual) Legal Hotline: Serving the Triad, June 12
Register Here
Read more
Recent Administrative Law Cases of Significance
Administrative LawThe Supreme Court of North Carolina
June 5, 2020, Supreme Court
Wetherington v. N.C. Department of Public Safety, N.C. Highway Patrol (135P20). Listed under “other matters,” the Court dissolved the respondent’s previously granted motion for temporary stay and denied both its PDR and motion for writ of supersedeas, as well as an amicus request. You can read the Court of Appeals Opinion here.
Note: This is the administrative law case with the first sentence that made national news [“It is unlikely so many lawyers have ever before written so many pages because of a lost hat.”)
Read more
Let’s Hang Out!
Membership CommitteeThe NCBA has been hard at work during this pandemic to bring current information, resources, practice tips, professional vitality publications, and wellness seminars to its members and the public, while also advocating strongly for the legal profession in North Carolina. May was NCBA Member Appreciation Month, which featured free workshops through the Center for Practice Management. As new members are entering and graduating law school, passing the Bar, and becoming members of the legal profession and the NCBA, we have started holding New Member Receptions.
Even though we cannot get together in person right now, we can still hang out! Indeed, one of the things that our Association does best and our members enjoy the most is associating. The NCBA is the home for those in, or entering, the legal profession in North Carolina. Through the NCBA, you can meet your fellow lawyers, judges, paralegals, and law students to discuss how to be better at what you do, expand your options, serve the profession and the public, grow your network, and have some fun. This is the power of association.
Read more
Rules for Settlement Procedures in District Court Family Financial Cases (FFS Rules)
Family Law SectionFrom the Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Commission
The Dispute Resolution Commission is very excited to announce that proposed rule changes submitted to the Supreme Court of North Carolina were adopted on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Amendments to five rule sets, as amended, will go into effect on June 10, 2020. The amended rules are now live on the Supreme Court’s Court Rules web page: (https://www.nccourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/court-rules).
Read more
UCCJEA, International Custody Order
Family Law SectionHamdan v. Freitekh, decided May 19, 2020
During the marriage, Mother and the children lived in Israel, while Father lived in Palestine. Mother and the children moved to North Carolina without advance notice to Father—Mother alleged that the move was due to domestic violence issues and to her concern that Father was a member of a radical Islamic group. When Father learned of Mother’s intention to move to the United States, he instituted an action with the Shar’ia Court of Jerusalem in an effort to prevent Mother and the children from moving to the United States (by the time he filed his action, Mother and the children had already moved). The Shar’ia Court issued a “provisional order” providing that the children would live with Mother in Israel during the week and with Father in Palestine on the weekends. The order was served on Mother at her address in Jerusalem (after she had moved to North Carolina). When Mother did not appear in Court after that, the Shar’ia Court entered a final custody order by default.
Read more
Public Access to Deputy Commissioner Hearings Via Webex
Workers' Compensation SectionBy Eleasa Harris Allen
As you know, beginning this month, most Deputy Commissioner hearings will be conducted remotely via Webex. There is currently no indication as to when in-person hearings will resume, and it is safe to assume that we may be conducting remote hearings for at least the next several months.
To allow the public access to Deputy Commissioner hearings, the Industrial Commission has added a new Webex Hearing Links page to its website. Through this page, the public can view the Deputy Commissioner hearings from a computer or mobile device. Instructions for how to access the Webex hearings can be found here. The links on this webpage should not be used by the parties and witnesses participating in a hearing. Rather, those individuals must join the remote hearing through a link received via email.
Considering that, at least in the short-term, remote hearings via Webex are our “new normal,” and if you are curious about the process or anticipate having a hearing in the next few months, you may want to access and observe a June Webex hearing. It will give you an opportunity to see how the process will work and help you prepare for your own future hearings.
An Interview With Jasmine H. Gregory
Young Lawyers DivisionThe NCBA YLD Diversity and Inclusion Committee has interviewed several diverse attorneys about their experiences in the law. New attorneys face many challenges, including finding mentors, fitting in, and finding their place—and diverse attorneys are no different.
Here is one diverse attorney’s perspective on how she is overcoming these challenges.
Read more