Promoting the Practice – Championing Diverse Attorneys
One of the Minorities in the Profession Committee’s goals for this bar year is to continue to advance diversity and inclusion and racial equity efforts. One…
Judicial Review: A History of the Venue Requirement and a Statistical Analysis of Petitions for Judicial Review and Where They Are Filed
History of the Venue Provision in the APA In American law, North Carolina is the birthplace of judicial review. In 1787, eighteen years before Marbury v.…
Checking In: October 27, 2020
Connors Morgan is Now Revolution Law Group Connors Morgan announced that the firm’s name is now Revolution Law Group. The new name derives from the firm’s…
Join the Bankruptcy Section for a Virtual Pumpkin Carving Event!
The event may be virtual, but the pumpkins (and libations) will be real. Join the Bankruptcy Section for a virtual pumpkin carving event — a pumpkin carving…
Clio’s Virtual Conference – The New Normal?
This year has had few bright spots, but the virtual Clio Cloud conference was one of them. Clio, the world’s largest cloud-based legal practice management…
Mey v. DIRECTV, LLC – The Fourth Circuit Broadens the Scope of the FAA to “Infinite” Arbitration Clauses
Arbitration provisions appear in millions of contracts that cover many different types of agreements and transactions. For decades, the United States Supreme…
Gov. Roy Cooper Proclaims October 23, 2020, North Carolina Paralegal Day
Gov. Roy Cooper has proclaimed Friday, October 23, 2020, North Carolina Paralegal Day! A proclamation is an official document issued by the governor to…
YLD e-Blast: October 2020
Dates to Know October 23, 2020 | Durham County (16th Judicial District Bar) Virtual Swearing-In | 9:30 a.m. October 29, 2020 | Mecklenburg County (26th…
Checking In: October 20, 2020
Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Campbell University Names Interim General Counsel Dayton Cole has been named interim general counsel for Campbell University.…
Getting Your Thoughts on Pro Bono with the Workers’ Compensation Section
As you will recall before the world was overwhelmed with a global pandemic, our Section’s Pro Bono Committee had set up an opportunity at the Annual Meeting…