Upcoming Pro Bono Opportunities
Greetings Section Members, Anne Harvey, Mona O’Bryant and I serve as the co-chairs of the Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources Law Section Pro Bono…
Administrative Law in the News – Recent Articles
This post links to a wide variety of articles reflecting the breadth and depth of administrative law: a North Carolina entity’s administrative law-related…
Family Law Section Update: January
A. We had a Council meeting on January 12, 2023. The next meeting is on March 23, 2023, in Cary, NC. You might ask: “Why wasn’t I invited?” The answer…
Checking In: January 24, 2023
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Selects New Counsel Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that Leah M. Campbell has been elevated to counsel with the…
Pro Bono and Nominating Committee Updates
We hope everyone’s 2023 is off to a great start! The Dispute Resolution Section asks all mediators, arbitrators, collaboratively trained…
Qualified Charitable Distributions from IRAs
Section 401(a)(9) requires annual minimum distributions from traditional IRAs beginning in the year the owner of the account attains age 72 or, if later, the…
A Brand New Year: Looking Back at 2022 While Stepping Into 2023
Welcome, Paralegal Division members, to the new year! As we transition into a brand new calendar year, I would like to take a moment to thank you for being a…
Searching for Volunteers for the Grab-a-Coffee Program – Spring 2023
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…
“Parental Alienation”: Too Often a Red Herring in Child Custody Cases
In October 2020, I wrote about the weaponization of the charge of parental alienation in family court, and how it obscures the multiple legitimate reasons…
Beyond Court-Ordered Mediation: Creating a Task Force to Evaluate Future Dispute Resolution Needs of North Carolinians
We move forward. The Council of the Dispute Resolution Section met on December 7, 2022, with 37 Council members, committee chairs and past section chairs in…