Friday is World Literacy Day, and the North Carolina Bar Foundation’s Lawyers4Literacy program needs your help raising money for 100 new books for North Carolina students. A $10 donation provides two hardback books to a participating school. A donation of any amount helps support the L4L program.
To donate, go to the NCBA website Giving page and select Lawyers4Literacy. To learn more, watch the Lawyers4Literacy video and read the account below.
Ann David practices with David & Associates PLLC in Wilmington.
Lawyers4Literacy, supported by the North Carolina Bar Foundation, has expanded statewide in local bar associations and law schools since its founding six years ago.
I have volunteered with L4L for six years and witnessed firsthand the bond that develops between the students and the legal professionals who come to the classroom to read to them. The students are excited to see the mentors and are more dedicated to their school work in an effort to receive the acknowledgement that volunteers shower on them. Teachers have told me that L4L has encouraged apathetic students to become more enthusiastic about school, demonstrating improvement in attendance, work product and test scores.
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“For want of a comma, we have this case.” Thus begins the opinion in O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy,[1] a 1st Circuit case decided in March that has rekindled a long-standing debate: Should the Oxford comma be used or not?
The Oxford comma—also known as the serial comma or the Harvard comma—is the comma between the penultimate and final items in a written list. For example, in the sentence, “The American flag is red, white, and blue,” the comma after “white” is an Oxford comma. Punctuation purists insist that the Oxford comma should always be used; but other constituencies argue that it is usually superfluous and unnecessary and should be reserved for sentences in which the absence of the comma would create ambiguity.
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A recent e-bar announced the installation of Caryn Coppedge McNeill, the new president of the North Carolina Bar Association, and the election of the president-elect, Jacqueline D. Grant. A demanding, virtually full-time job spanning three years, the NCBA presidency often is held by big-firm lawyers who can commit such time to the profession and continue to feed their families. What’s not as common—the appointment of back-to-back female presidents.
Having practiced for 36 years, I believe it’s only happened once before.* My first reaction to this girl power moment had me nodding “ ‘bout time.” But, my second reaction was in response to the end of the paragraph about each woman. Listed after her firm was the phrase “where she has practiced her entire career.” Yes, I thought. I’m not surprised. Firm longevity is getting rare, but I’ll bet women constitute, percentage-wise, more of those who stay with the same firm from bar passage to retirement.
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A Little Goes A Long Way To Promote Literacy
Featured PostsFriday is World Literacy Day, and the North Carolina Bar Foundation’s Lawyers4Literacy program needs your help raising money for 100 new books for North Carolina students. A $10 donation provides two hardback books to a participating school. A donation of any amount helps support the L4L program.
To donate, go to the NCBA website Giving page and select Lawyers4Literacy. To learn more, watch the Lawyers4Literacy video and read the account below.
By Ann David
Ann David practices with David & Associates PLLC in Wilmington.
Lawyers4Literacy, supported by the North Carolina Bar Foundation, has expanded statewide in local bar associations and law schools since its founding six years ago.
I have volunteered with L4L for six years and witnessed firsthand the bond that develops between the students and the legal professionals who come to the classroom to read to them. The students are excited to see the mentors and are more dedicated to their school work in an effort to receive the acknowledgement that volunteers shower on them. Teachers have told me that L4L has encouraged apathetic students to become more enthusiastic about school, demonstrating improvement in attendance, work product and test scores.
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‘For Want Of a Comma’: The Latest In the Oxford Comma War
Featured PostsBy Laura Graham
The Oxford comma—also known as the serial comma or the Harvard comma—is the comma between the penultimate and final items in a written list. For example, in the sentence, “The American flag is red, white, and blue,” the comma after “white” is an Oxford comma. Punctuation purists insist that the Oxford comma should always be used; but other constituencies argue that it is usually superfluous and unnecessary and should be reserved for sentences in which the absence of the comma would create ambiguity.
Read more
‘Where She Has Practiced Her Entire Career’: Reflections On Coming a Long Way
Featured PostsA recent e-bar announced the installation of Caryn Coppedge McNeill, the new president of the North Carolina Bar Association, and the election of the president-elect, Jacqueline D. Grant. A demanding, virtually full-time job spanning three years, the NCBA presidency often is held by big-firm lawyers who can commit such time to the profession and continue to feed their families. What’s not as common—the appointment of back-to-back female presidents.
Having practiced for 36 years, I believe it’s only happened once before.* My first reaction to this girl power moment had me nodding “ ‘bout time.” But, my second reaction was in response to the end of the paragraph about each woman. Listed after her firm was the phrase “where she has practiced her entire career.” Yes, I thought. I’m not surprised. Firm longevity is getting rare, but I’ll bet women constitute, percentage-wise, more of those who stay with the same firm from bar passage to retirement.
Read more