Scholarships Available For 2019 Elder Law Basics Program
By Shirley M. Diefenbach The North Carolina Bar Association Elder and Special Needs Law Section has established a scholarship program for CLE program tuition…
How To Survive Law School
By Sarah Cansler As soon as you get your acceptance letter into law school, you will start to receive all kinds of unsolicited advice. You should always take…
A New Year With a New Name
By Sarah E. Schtakleff Dear Fellow International Practice Section Members, Welcome to the 2019-2020 Bar Association year, I am honored to serve as your chair…
Enduring Tedium: The Future of Fights Over Electronically Stored Information
By Sean F. Herrmann “Seeking justice often involves enduring tedium.” It’s fitting that North Carolina’s first substantive legal decision on…
Medical Record Retrieval In the Modern Era: A Primer On HITECH
By Martin A. Ginsburg The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009 was a natural outgrowth of the Health…
New Law Affects State Government Rulemaking and Contested Cases
Rulemaking coordinators across state government are no doubt heaving a sigh of relief. They will welcome a new law that makes long desired changes in state…
Come One, Come All! Join the YLD In Greensboro On Aug. 24
By Cabell Clay The Young Lawyers Division has two upcoming events in Greensboro on Saturday, Aug. 24. 1. Networking Social Join the NCBA YLD on Saturday, Aug.…
The Dark Side of Instant Messaging for Business
By Kevin J. Stanfield How do companies balance the efficiencies of instant messaging with potential legal risks? Instant messaging applications are…
First Amendment Is a Friend U Can Trust to Register Offensive Trademarks
By Amy Pruett and Jackie Knapp At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that allows the United States Patent and Trademark Office…
Seeking Nominations For the 2019 Bankruptcy Pro Bono Award
By Rebecca F. Redwine Bankruptcy attorneys bring renewed hope and greater stability to our NC communities through skillful pro bono work. Excellence in this…