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43771
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The article excerpts portions of a new book by Bruce G. Miller and Robin A. Simonton that recounts the public shooting of John Ludlow Skinner
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43775
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"For decades, Asheboro remained the largest dry municipality in the state. this was the will of a majority of local voters, as expressed during the elections held in 1965, 1977 and 1985." The sale of alcohol was finally legalized in Asheboro on July 29, 2008.
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"Nathan T. Everett served as clerk of court for Tyrrell County from 1986-2010, a time of great transformation in the judicial system in North Carolina. He was asked by State Bar President Marcia Armstrong tore reflect on his experiences in the clerk's office and how the clerks of North Carolina dealth with these important changes."
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43944
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"As lawyers, we learn "the law" in law school, but we are rarely, if ever, taught how to run a business. Starting running and sustaining a law firm--like it or not-- is running a business. To address this reality, legal incubators have sprouted up to provide business support, training and mentoring for participants to launch their own sustainable solo or small law firm." Originally called the Durham Opportunity and Justice Incubator, it has since been renamed the Incubator for Legal Practice and Innovation to reflect a broader emphasis for serving attorneys from across the state.
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"From 2011-2021, Alex Murdaugh allegedly stole millions and embezzled cash from an IOLTA general trust account held by a Hampton SC law firm. How did that get undetected for so long? What opportunities were missed to disclose wrongdoing? How does an attorney rack up 99 counts of embezzlement, fraud and other financial crimes against his firm and his clients without getting caught sooner?" Kathy E. Pope shares her experience in the ethics and prudent management of IOLTA trust accounts.
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"We have only bits and pieces of information, but what we know for certain is that at some point in the early 21st Century all of mankind was united in celebration. We marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth . . . to AI." Ethical considerations for an attorney's use of AI in legal practice include supervision, confidentiality, diligence among others.
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43355
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Credited with founding the North Carolina Wildlife Commission among other numerous contributions, Kinston attorney Thomas Jackson White Jr. (1903-1991) recounts his unusual education path in a 1986 transcript.
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The authors attempt to higlight the case of the Wilmington Ten, its imapct on North Carolina law and likewise begin a conversation on generation wrongs within the justice system. In connection with protest over school desegreation in 1971, The Wilmington Ten were charged with firebombing a local grocery store. They were imprisoned for ten years. The case was first called to trial in June 1972, and drew interantional attention. Of particulari ssue was a racially motivated prosecution and the dispaity of treatment towards persons of color in the North Carolina judicial system.
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The NC State Bar Disciplinary Department and Grievance Committee in North Carolina are making an increased effort to stop wire fraud scammers. With a public state bar's website and over 30,000 licensed individuals, it is becoming easier for criminals to seize sensitive information. Facilitators are doubling efforts to protect against these crimes by insisting that lawyers take large precautions against fraud scammers, or succumb to professional discipline.
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"All three were confirmed unanimously by the US Senate on November 19, 2021, and were officially sworn in shortly thereafter. They were among the first of the new class of US attorneys to be confirmed in the country. Interviewed are Michael Easley, Jr., Sandra Hairston and Dena King.
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Alexander, a graduate at age 15 from Greensboro's Dudley high School in 1934, was the first black woman to be admitted and graduate from Columbia Law School (1945). She was the second black woman to pass the North Carolina bar exam and first to practice in the state beginning in 1947. She was the first Black woman to argue a case before the North Carolina Supreme Court (1955) and she was a member of the state's first integrated law firm (1966). Her story is told in Dr. Virginia L. Summey's book, "The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within The Courts".
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There are a surprising number of ethics opinions that have been written concerning interpreting the prohibition on misleading material on law firm letterhead. Summary of various categories is given.
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Historically considered one of North Carolina's most influential attorneys, Chief Justice Richmond Munford Pearson served on North Carolina's highest court for 30 years. He is remembered also for the private law school, known as Richmond Hill, which he operated from 1846-1878. The following article details the operation of that school and its impacts. The last living graduate of Pearson's school Hugh R. Scott of Rockingham County
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Hartzell examines Corban Addison's 2022 volume published by Alfred A. Koopf. The book tells the story of a group of cases in the North Carolina courts that succeeded despite long odds and powerful players. The cases and verdicts were based on hog farms disposal practices. As pork is the most widely consumed protein in the world, industrial hog production remains both important and controversial.
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Clark uses a “day in the life” description of proceedings in Guilford County Courthouse and landmark cases such as Jones v City of Clanton as illustrations that justice is more likely for those able to pay bail bonds. To further assert that justice is less likely for defendants on the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, Clark proposes five reasons for why the bail bond system in North Carolina needs to be reformed. Included in the aspect of his argument that “justice for all” is possible are descriptions of successful pre-trail release programs such as ReEntry, Inc.
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