The number of African-Americans admitted to the bar in North Carolina has increased significantly since James Edward O'Hara was first admitted in 1868.
The North Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society, formed in 1991, aims to preserve the history of North Carolina's Supreme Court and its judges, which have been heretofore neglected.
The new Wake Forest Professional Center Library, while housing traditional research materials, places great emphasis on providing access to all formats of legal information.
On the 175th anniversary of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Smith gives a brief history of the court's creation and points out that North Carolina, and North Carolina's courts, had experienced much prior to 1819.
Martin traces this period of the North Carolina Supreme Court's history by citing significant decisions from each decade, beginning with the 1920s, and reviews such fundamental alterations in the judicial system as constitutional amendments.
Effective December 1, 1993, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended; the changes altered civil practice in federal court. The authors discuss the new rules in the context of their relevance to the Eastern, Middle, and Western districts of NC.
Mecklenburg County native Graham Mullen worked his way up to the position of judge of the federal court of the Western District of North Carolina through a determined, disciplined effort.