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41200
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The author’s experience as a law clerk offered a good delineation between the ideal and the real. The ideal was law school (represented by discourse on justice and truth). The real was the courtroom (in Rand’s experience, real was defined by editing lawyers’ briefs containing incomplete sentences). His conclusion: the courtroom was a better of the two classrooms.
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42571
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An addition to the Professional Rules of Conduct in 2015, Bolac discusses this rule’s role in lawyers’ professional conduct. From a discussion of its background, he explained its Amendments to Rule, notably its Definitions, General Rules, Reporting Professional Misconduct, Records and Accountings, and Alternative Trust Account Management Procedure for Multi-Member Form. This explanation was followed by the compliance checklist, leading to his conclusion that reiterated the value of this new rule.
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Professional Rules of Conduct and Trust Accounting Rule Amendment; Professional Rules of Conduct--North Carolina--Amendment to Rule 1.15; Professional Rules of Conduct--Amendment to Rule 1.15--North Carolina State Bar ; Professional Rules of Conduct--Amendment to Rule 1.15--Trust Accounting Training Courses; Professional Rules of Conduct--Amendment to Rule 1.15--State Bar Council; Professional Rules of Conduct--Amendment to Rule 1.15--Margaret Hunt
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41203
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Attorney Purcell recounted the positive and negative impact that implementing technology such as computers, Microsoft programs, and the Internet into the life of his firm. Included is a list of tips for successfully integrating these technological tools into day to day business operations.
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42569
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Young observed that the general trend toward casual attire in the workplace has found its way in the courtroom, which led to her assertion that at least some professions should uphold the conventional dress style for their workplaces. Noting that the North Carolina Rules for Professional Conduct does not contain a dress code, the author proposed her list that consisted of rules for lawyers to follow, so that they may reflect professionalism in their attire as well as their demeanor.
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42540
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The author describes the crisis level proportions the opioid crisis in North Carolina that impacts the addicted, their loved ones, and the medical community. Through it, Judge Corpening balances the acknowledgement of this crisis’ severity by asserting hope of recovery, courtesy of opioid crisis centers, coalitions, and classes. Those profiled include Community Partners Coalition for New Hanover County and the Intensive Reunification Program.
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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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41215
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Saving for retirement is never an easy task to achieve, Attorney Cottenman acknowledged. Feasibility is possible by planning years before retirement. Involved with planning for retirement are gathering related financial records, considering the amount to save, getting the most value from the money saved, and a strategy for reducing debt and accumulating assets during one’s fiscal sunset years.
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41201
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Interview with PA attorney Erwin Spainhour addresses many law related topics: the perception of lawyers and the legal profession; the origins of the negative perceptions; ways to make legal assistance more affordable; effective ways to train trial lawyers; Spainhour’s opinion of the effectiveness of the disciplinary program of the state bar and the Grievance Committee; and goals he plans to accomplish during his tenure as President of the State Bar.
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23083
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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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10.Facing Facebook by Byman, Robert L. North Carolina State Bar Journal Vol. 19 Issue 1, Spring 2014
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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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35062
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What is fair use: up for scholarly and public debate, as the author notes in her weighing of evidence used by both sides of the citation camp to justify their views of which purposes are acceptable. Fair: Traditionally acceptable fair use of copyrighted material for research purposes. Fair: the contemporary expanded view that includes private use as comparably fair.
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42564
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The authors assert the deleterious role that court costs, outpacing inflation and steadily rising the past two decades, are playing in indigent clients’ ability to afford justice at the same level of their more prosperous counterparts. Underscoring their argument about this impact are a chart that chronicles how district and superior court costs have exponentially risen between 1995-2015. They include as assertion of the costs associated with incarceration of individuals charged with minor offenses, associated costs to taxpayers perhaps preventable by clients being able to pay court costs accrued earlier in the legal process.
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42544
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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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42538
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Lechner underscores the impact and importance of the Civil Justice Act. Asserting its importance was its purpose: helping to provide legal services for the most vulnerable members the state’s population through funding the Legal Aid of North Carolina, Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, and Pisgah Legal Services. Asserting its importance was noting how people who are elderly, impoverished, domestic violence victims, or disabled and veterans who are homeless could be impacted, should funding be cut.
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Terms such as False-Self syndrome, Zealous Advocacy, Always the Helper, and Ignoring Boundaries were applied to lawyers. Being especially vulnerable to depression and suicide, attorneys were cautioned to maintain boundaries between one’s professional and personal life, being true to oneself, and not overextending oneself physically and emotionally.
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