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Results of a survey conducted by the N.C. State Bar on attitudes toward lawyer advertising reveal citizens have more negative feelings for lawyers using direct-mail or TV advertising than for those who don't.
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3766
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William O. King of Durham was elected president of the North Carolina State Bar on October 23, 1997. King left a prominent sportswriting career to obtain a law degree from Wake Forest University. He was admitted to the bar in 1964.
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In 1872, the United States Supreme Court ruled that women did not have a constitutional right to join a profession, especially law. That decision was better left to the states. Tabitha Holton of Guilford County was a well-educated young woman, fluent in three languages, and knowledgeable of the law. In 1878, she took the bar examination before the North Carolina Supreme Court and passed, making North Carolina the sixth state and first Southern state to admit women to practice law.
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In 2010, Orange County, North Carolina lawyer Jay Bryan launched a voluntary mentoring program to pair recent law school graduates with more senior lawyers in order to develop skills, professionalism, and ethics for the recent grads, while allowing experienced lawyers to give back to the community.
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In 2014, House Bill 1050: Omnibus Tax Law Changes became Law 2014-3, an Act to Amend the Revenue Laws, as Recommended by the Revenue Law Study Committee, or 2014 Act. This Act makes sweeping changes to North Carolina's tax law including deductions for state net loss, clarification to standard deductions, and corporate loss provisions.
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Created by the UNC School of Government faculty Jeff Welty, ASSET (Arrest, Search, and Seizure Electronic Tool) is an app that provides law enforcement officers and others such as general counsel with fast access to information about daily legal issues such as jurisdiction and warrants.
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22608
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The National High School Mock Trial Championship will again be held in North Carolina in May 2015. The civic education tradition of high school mock trials have provided high school students with unique opportunities to learn about the justice system through examination of real-world situational cases and interaction with legal professionals.
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22609
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Under recent scrutiny from an article on Infilaw, a company that owns and operates three law schools in the United States including the largest law school in North Carolina--Charlotte School of Law, findings show that compared to other laws schools in the state, Charlotte School of Law is unusual in that it has the largest attrition rate and the student body incurs the most student loan debt.
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23081
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Facebook and the law intersect in this article about the potential implications of personal posts and the Facebook privacy settings. Some have lost jobs, been jailed, and faced public embarrassment due to poor Facebook usage.
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23082
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The North Carolina State Bar in Raleigh not only offers resources for the state's attorneys, but also houses an art collection. All but one piece in the collection were created by North Carolina artists and they span a range of styles and mediums.
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1.6 million of 9.5 million North Carolinians have criminal records, and often, a decades-old act or an arrest without conviction can keep an individual from entering their career field. Over 100 lawyers in North Carolina along with paralegals and other staff have taken up pro bono work to help these individuals receive expunctions and enter the job market with a clean slate.
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23084
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Budget cuts at the Office of Indigent Services (IDS), has created many problems in the North Carolina legal system, including the inability to pay lawyers. Such cuts and delayed payments often have mental health consequences for both young and long-time lawyers. The Lawyer Assistance Program helps these individuals get back on their feet.
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The NC Legal Education Assistance Foundation (NC LEAF) aids lawyers with student loan repayment, the first non-profit organization in the nation to do so. Founded in 1989, the program helps students who desire to work in the public interest field, but cannot afford to pay back their loans due to low salaries. Many organizations, such as NC IOLTA, the NC Bar Association, the NC State Bar, and the NC Equal Access to Justice Foundation, have donated money to ensure NC LEAF continues to offer this assistance.
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Daniel R. Taylor Jr., one of Judge Ward's early law clerks, describes the life of Judge Hiram Ward beginning with Ward's service in the military during World War II through his legal career as a lawyer and judge.
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North Carolina State Bar Journal
(NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Summer 2014,
p20-25, 37, il, f
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23087
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The North Carolina Bar Association requested North Carolina attorneys to complete the Judicial Performance Evaluation (JPE) in preparation for the 2014 election. Attorneys who had some level of professional contact with the candidate evaluated all contenders for the trial bench. The results of the JPE survey were accessible to North Carolina voters through the website ElectNCJudges.org.
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