Lawyer fatally shot by client died a hero, law firm partner says
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Updated: A North Carolina personal injury lawyer who was shot and killed by a client Monday died while trying to save others, the managing partner…
What’s New in Law Firm Ownership?
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Depending on your point of view, there’s either lots new or “not so much” new with law firm ownership. In a nutshell, it says that lawyers must own law firms. New Developments in Law Firm Ownership. Australia and the United Kingdom already permit outside ownership of law firms.
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North Carolina Judge Charged After Nearly Hitting Activists With Car
The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
A partner at Beaver Courie Sternlicht Hearp & Broadfoot law firm confirmed that his firm is representing Tyson, stressing that the charges are coming from an individual and not law enforcement, and appeared a week after the incident.
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Finalists Named for American Legal Technology Awards; Winners to be Named At Oct. 8 Event
LawSites
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
SixFifty A2J: Legal Aid Everyone Legal Clinic North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center Court Inmediation Judicial Innovation Fellowship LSC’s CCDI Education Jonathan Askin David Colarusso Carla Reyes Enterprise Free Law Project Unicourt Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions Individual Matt Kerbis Sandra Sandoval Kelly Twigger Law Department ARM Disco Farrah (..)
Despite Stiff Competition for Legal Talent, Shumaker Hires a Dozen Attorneys
LegalReader
DECEMBER 14, 2022
TOLEDO, OH—As reports show talent wars are threatening law firms, Shumaker has attracted and hired a dozen new attorneys to join its teams in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.
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Morning Docket: 11.03.23
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Bloomberg Law News ] * George W. Bush judge declines to shut down NC Supreme Court’s probe of its only Black justice for saying the North Carolina court system isn't particularly diverse, which seems like more a statement of fact than a controversial claim. appeared first on Above the Law.
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Could a project management tool be the missing key in your law firm’s arsenal?
Rocket Matter
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
In a recent episode of the Lawyerist podcast, our own Joyce Brafford, a North Carolina attorney with over a decade of experience in the legal tech industry spoke with Zack Glaser, the Legal Tech Advisor at Lawyerist.
On LawNext: How One Legal Aid Program Is Creating A Culture Of Innovation To Enhance Access to Justice
LawSites
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Recognizing that, Legal Aid of North Carolina , a program that provides free legal services to low-income people through the state, last year became the first legal services program in the United States to launch an Innovation Lab , devoted to identifying and implementing new solutions for bridging the justice gap.
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Are Paralegals Meant to Survive This Decade?
The Estrin Report
JANUARY 28, 2021
o North Coast of California. North Carolina Piedmont area. ? Southeast coastal North Carolina. o Limited ceiling – you very likely never will be the boss of a law firm if you do not have a law degree. o Northwest Colorado. o Central New Hampshire. o Hawaii/Kauai. Central Kentucky. ?
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Are Paralegals Meant to Survive This Decade?
The Estrin Report
JANUARY 28, 2021
o North Coast of California. North Carolina Piedmont area. ? Southeast coastal North Carolina. o Limited ceiling – you very likely never will be the boss of a law firm if you do not have a law degree. o Northwest Colorado. o Central New Hampshire. o Hawaii/Kauai. Central Kentucky. ?
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LawNext: How Law Schools Should Teach Tech, With April Dawson
LawSites
MAY 17, 2021
former computer programmer and litigator, she is now associate dean of technology and innovation and professor of law at North Carolina Central University School of Law, where her research focuses on legal pedagogy, the use of technology in legal education, and law and technology.
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Affirmative action appears in jeopardy after marathon arguments
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 31, 2022
The lawsuits at the center of the dispute before the court on Monday were filed in 2014 against Harvard College and the University of North Carolina by a group called Students for Fair Admissions. Representing SFFA in the North Carolina case, lawyer Patrick Strawbridge told the justices that “racial classifications are wrong.”
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Models v. Strip Clubs and the Lanham Act
Patently O
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
2023) involves a set of thirteen different professional models whose images were allegedly used without their permission to advertise for the Capital Cabaret, a strip club halfway between Raleigh & Durham, North Carolina. The Casas Law Firm). RPS Holdings LLC , 5:21-cv-00416 (E.D.N.C. 11, 2012) quoted in Electra v.
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Minnesota Law School Drops Exclusion of Whites and Males from Diversity Scholarship
JonathanTurley
MARCH 31, 2024
There is a curious resolution of a civil right complaint against University of Minnesota Law School over a diversity fellowship sponsored by the law firm of Jones Day. Despite being created by a law firm and administered by a law school, the fellowship violated federal law in excluding white and male applicants.
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New York Becomes First State to Mandate CLE in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection
LawSites
AUGUST 4, 2022
states mandate technology training as part of a lawyer’s continuing education requirement, Florida and North Carolina. Only two other U.S.
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Legislative intervention to defend a law
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP , 21-248. The case addresses the ability of North Carolina legislators to intervene to defend the state’s voter-ID law from lawsuits under the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP , 21-248. Stay safe !
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SEC Unveils Reforms for Private Fund Advisers
Intelligize Blog
AUGUST 29, 2023
On the other hand, as the law firm Barnes & Thornburg LLP pointed out in a memo, the results could have been much worse for the private fund sector: The SEC watered down some of the changes it originally proposed 18 months ago; others were cut out of the final version entirely.
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5 Ways to Create Your Path to Positivity
Attorney at Work
MAY 6, 2022
The benefits of positivity for your law firm? Erin had been talking with her office staff about the negative nature of their family law clients and how wearing it was for everyone involved, when a team member said: “Isn’t this negativity what we are telling our clients to expect? A few weeks before the pandemic struck the U.S.,
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The Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2021
LawSites
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Notably, the most-downloaded episode featured a discussion of how law schools should teach tech, with April G. Dawson , associate dean of technology and innovation and professor of law at North Carolina Central University School of Law. Also among the top 15 were two episodes relating to enhancing diversity in law.
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Five Tips for Nurturing Virtual Relationships With Your Employees
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Traditional law firms rely on an 8-to-5 schedule. Now that we know we can work from everywhere, it should be easier, not harder, for firms to recruit and retain the best talent. While some law firms are busier than ever, I’ve talked with a few employers who are experimenting with changes in hours.
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How Do You Perform a Three-Way Trust Account Reconciliation?
MyCase
MARCH 10, 2023
Accidentally commingling or misusing those funds can have very serious consequences for lawyers, so maintaining IOLTA account compliance is top of mind for many law firms. Unfortunately, most law schools don’t spend enough time going into the practical ways this is done.
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No new relists, but one likely grant in an international child custody case
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 2, 2021
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP , 21-248 , addressing the ability of North Carolina legislators to intervene to defend the state’s voter-ID law from lawsuits under the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. The court also granted review in the only new relist from two weeks ago, Berger v.
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Why Regulatory Reform Is Desperately Needed in the U.S.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 25, 2022
Regulatory reform is needed to make sure there is coverage for “legal deserts” where citizens have access to few or no law firms. A lawyer in rural North Carolina shared that his law firm was one of two in a 40-mile radius. The growth rate of law firms is flat. There are 1.3
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The Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2021
LawSites
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Notably, the most-downloaded episode featured a discussion of how law schools should teach tech, with April G. Dawson , associate dean of technology and innovation and professor of law at North Carolina Central University School of Law. Also among the top 15 were two episodes relating to enhancing diversity in law.
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Tributes to Walter Dellinger, a scholar, Supreme Court advocate, and “luminary in law and in life”
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Share Walter Dellinger, a constitutional scholar and skilled advocate who argued 24 cases at the Supreme Court, died on Wednesday at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In 1997, he joined O’Melveny & Myers and founded the firm’s appellate practice. North Carolina Governor. So many owe so much to him.
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Court Rules Democrats Engaged in “Extreme Partisan Gerrymander” in Maryland
JonathanTurley
MARCH 26, 2022
It is important to note that Republicans have also had courts rule against them in states like North Carolina and Pennsylvania). However, weeks after the election, journalists discovered that the Clinton campaign hid payments for the dossier made to a research firm, Fusion GPS, as “legal fees” among the $5.6
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Editor’s Picks: Gifts for lawyers | Mayflower Compact 400 years later | How ‘Profit-First’ can help grow a practice
LegalTalkNetwork
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Business of Law: How a counterintuitive profit-first model can increase profits, save time, and improve business relationships. One obstacle for law firm owners to overcome is learning that while one primary reason for a practice is to help people, the business’s objective is to serve the business owner.
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DivorceHelp123 Makes It As Easy As … Well … 1-2-3 For Family Lawyers to Intake Clients, Collect their Data, Generate Filings, Plan Scenarios, and More
LawSites
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Way back in 2015, I wrote here about Intake123, which at the time was one of only a handful of products designed to help smaller law firms manage the intake of leads and new clients. From there, the firm can begin to generate the initial filings, finance statements, disclosures and other required documents.
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Why Did Texas Cops Seize $42K From This Man?
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
If police and prosecutors succeed, Texas law will let them keep 100 percent of the proceeds for themselves without ever filing criminal charges against anyone. Rather than accept the violation of his rights, Woods is fighting back with representation from the Institute for Justice , our public interest law firm. An Airport Stop.
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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021
LawSites
DECEMBER 29, 2021
If a law firm is unable even to decide whether its staff should return to the office, or when that return should happen, or how to structure that return, then how can that firm implement lasting and innovative changes in its technology infrastructure and systems? This is not to say that 2021 was without innovation.
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Lawyer Tech Tips: Where Should You Put Technology Dollars in 2022?
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 7, 2022
During the past two years, the pace of tech adoption quickened as firms moved to automate their practices for remote work and virtual practice. We wondered what tools or initiatives small firms might open their wallets for this coming year. I encourage firms to take the time to review all their security protocols.
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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale
The Crime Report
APRIL 19, 2022
Our public interest law firm, the Institute for Justice, represents her. Alaska, Montana and North Carolina, for example, do not require law enforcement agencies to collect or report information related to civil forfeiture. The case highlights three problems with the U.S.
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Democratic Member Seeks To Disbar Two Dozen Lawyers Challenging Election Results
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
While Democratic members and the media discuss attacks on democracy and the rule of law, they appear to have little problem with campaigns to threaten and harass both lawyers and legislators for raising questions about the election. Such calls have become common place. Indeed, this is a campaign that has been led by lawyers against lawyers.
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ABA TECHSHOW 2020
LegalTalkNetwork
MARCH 4, 2020
In addition, we heard from Clio co-founder Jack Newton how it’s possible for today’s law firm clients to walk away unsatisfied despite getting the result they wanted. Stay tuned to hear the three main ways law firms are responding to those mandates.
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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Also like Ginsburg, O’Connor was unable to find work at a law firm even though she was at the top of her class and an editor of the law review. One California-based firm, Gibson Dunn, did offer O’Connor a job – as a legal secretary. In Germany, O’Connor worked as a civilian lawyer for the Army Quartermaster Corps.
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A guide to the amicus briefs in the affirmative-action cases
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 29, 2022
the University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. The Law Firm Antiracism Alliance makes similar arguments. Share Nearly 100 amicus briefs were filed in Students for Fair Admissions v. Thirty-three briefs support SFFA and 60 briefs support the universities. Eleven deans of U.S.
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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Alabama State Bar Formal Opinion 2008-03 – Lawyers’ Trust Account Obligations With Regard to Retainers and Set Fees State Bar of Arizona Ethics Opinion 10-03 – Fees; Fee Agreement; Non-Refundable Fees; Flat Fees State Bar of Georgia Formal Advisory Opinion No. 91-2 & Formal Advisory Opinion No.
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Lawyer Tech Tips: Things That Go Bump in Legal Tech!
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 29, 2021
He founded BobaGuard in 2019, which offers a turnkey suite for solo lawyers and small to medium law firms that include a security suite customized just for them. Working remotely placed a strain on home networks as we tried to connect to law firm networks securely. She was Co-Chair of the 2020 ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board.
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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021
LawSites
DECEMBER 29, 2021
If a law firm is unable even to decide whether its staff should return to the office, or when that return should happen, or how to structure that return, then how can that firm implement lasting and innovative changes in its technology infrastructure and systems? This is not to say that 2021 was without innovation.
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Lawyer Tech Tips: Productivity and Connectivity Tools
Attorney at Work
APRIL 15, 2022
She worked at one of the largest international corporate law firms in Asia before opening her own virtual practice. Catherine Sanders Reach (@catherinereach) is Director of the Center for Practice Management for the North Carolina Bar Association, providing practice technology and management assistance.
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Lawyer Tech Tips: Collaboration Tools
Attorney at Work
AUGUST 27, 2021
Microsoft Teams is intuitive, easy to use, and organically increases law firm collaboration. Catherine Sanders Reach (@catherinereach) is Director of the Center for Practice Management for the North Carolina Bar Association, providing practice technology and management assistance.
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Democratic Members File Bar Complaint Against Trump Counsel Joe diGenova
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Indeed, during the impeachment trial of President Trump, North Carolina Law Professor Michael Gerhardt predicted that the entire Trump legal team would be disbarred after their representation of the President. Bill Prascell (D., Such calls have become common place. Now, Democratic Reps. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.)
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A day in the life at a legal technology firm
SimplyLawJobs
JUNE 10, 2021
As an award-winning legal data consulting firm within the fintech and legaltech sector, I was particularly excited to have this opportunity with D2LT. As I said at the outset, I didn’t take the traditional route of university, to LPC paid for by a law firm, to a training contract.
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