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24056
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A recent publication from the UNC School of Government entitled, Raising Issues of Race in North Carolina Criminal Cases, is a manual designed to help defense attorneys, judges, and prosecutors identify meritorious claims of racial bias. The manual includes information, techniques, and resources for distinguishing such claims.
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Students in North Carolina's Schools of Law take courses in and practice Pro Bono work during their professional lives. The author explains the benefits of Pro Bono work for both lawyers and the state.
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24058
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Judge William L. Osteen Jr., son of former judge William L. Osteen Sr., became federal district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina in 2007. This article serves as a biography for Judge Osteen Jr. and highlights the work he has done throughout his career.
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North Carolina State Bar Journal (NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Summer 2015, p32-34, il, por, f
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24059
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Judge William L. Osteen Jr., son of former judge William L. Osteen Sr., became federal district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina in 2007. This article serves as a biography for Judge Osteen Jr. and highlights the work he has done throughout his career.
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North Carolina State Bar Journal (NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Summer 2015, p32-34, il, por, f
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36223
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Some were real life converted to reel life, such as Philadelphia (1993) and A Time to Kill (1996). Others were based on novels: Inherit the Wind (1958) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). The remaining six were also fictitious accounts of the justice system. Whatever the plot’s source, they offered insightful and entertaining portrayals of life from both sides of the counsellor’s table.
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42585
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A reference manual created by UNC-CH’s School of Government is continuing to provide assistance to North Carolina’s law enforcement through its recently published text, Raising Issues of Race in North Carolina Criminal Cases. Included in Morgan’s discussion of the text included terms such as implicit bias, pretrial release, selective enforcement, and addressing race at trial. While created with North Carolina’s defense lawyers in mind, the author asserted the value of this resource for all representatives of the criminal justice system.
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42586
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Asserting the value of pro bono work for new lawyers were the benefits that such a service provides for lawyers from this service to the community and ways that fledgling attorneys can get involved with pro bono legal representation. Also highlighting the value of this type of legal representation were the lengthy history of pro bono work as part of the state’s law school curriculum and experiences of attorneys who have performed pro bono work.