Cleo Le Anne Ackerman – The Winner of the Spring 2022 Paralegal Division Student Scholarship
The Scholarship Committee had an amazing selection of student essays submitted for the Spring 2022 Paralegal Division Student Scholarship. The topic, “What…
Key Takeaways from the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022
After two-plus years of mostly attending CLEs, webinars, and other knowledge-building events via Zoom, Teams or some other virtual platform, it was great to…
Why Do We Make Such a Big Deal about Awards?
The practice of law is many things – challenging, intellectually stimulating, problem solving, creative (and fun). At its best, the practice of law is built…
Pro Bono Spotlight: Kayla Britt
Kayla Britt is the example of a what everyone strives for in a great lawyer: dedicated, professional, passionate, humble. A recipient of the NCBA YLD Young…
Golden Parachute Payments – Shareholder Approval Exception
Sections 280G and 4999 impose a 20% excise tax in addition to regular income taxes on individuals who receive an excess parachute payment upon a change of…
Micro Mindfulness For Modern Lawyers
We don’t need anything else to add to our to-do list. We don’t need to overhaul our entire practice. Instead, we can do one little thing that could make a…
Who’s New at OAH
The past two years have changed not only where and how we work, but with whom we work. After several employee retirements and departures, the Office of…
My Vision for the Legal Profession: Prioritizing Attorney Mental Health
This piece was selected as the winning entry in the YLD’s 2022 Writing Competition. By Natalia L. Talbot [1] Just before dawn on Thanksgiving Day, 2018, I…
Video of Appellate Insights Program with Judge Toby J. Heytens
We have some good news if you missed the recent Appellate Insights Program with the Honorable Toby J. Heytens of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. We…
2022 Annual Meeting: Join Us in Winston-Salem this June
The 124th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 23 and 24, at the Benton Convention Center in…