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…
Searching for Volunteers for the Grab-a-Coffee Program — Spring 2026
Do you have time to grab a cup of coffee? Instead of taking this one to-go, how about spending thirty meaningful minutes with a future lawyer? A half hour of…
Substantiating Charitable Giving: Sibling Rivalry?
On January 6, 2026, in Gibson v. Commissioner, T.C. Sum. Op. 2026-1 (a nonappealable “S” case), the Tax Court sustained the IRS’s disallowance of a…
Bringing Water to the Desert (on a Horse With No Name)
Legal Deserts In 2020, the American Bar Association Profile of the Legal Profession 2020 (July 2020) reported that “[L]arge swaths of the United States…
Mitigating Conflict in Custody Cases with Accessible Alcohol Monitoring Solutions
In this context, reliable alcohol monitoring tools have become increasingly important. Courts are turning to technology that provides objective,…
Volunteer With the Law Week and Liberty Bell Committee in 2026!
Each year, the Law Week and Liberty Bell Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association leads the state’s celebration of Law…
Checking In: January 20, 2026
Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Selects New Partner Courtney Achee is now a partner with the firm. She is a member of the…
Paralegal Spotlight: Zachary Westmoreland
Zachary Westmoreland is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Paralegal working in the Real Estate Finance Practice Group at Winstead PC, a Dallas-based law…
Get to Know MIP’s Members: Huma Khursheed
MIP’s Get to Know Our Members series is a blog feature to spotlight members of the MIP Committee from North Carolina’s community of diverse attorneys and…