e-bar (Volume 9, No. 3)
Article Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
VOLUNTEER ONLINE FOR 3-6-9 STATEWIDE ASK-A-LAWYER DAY
Online volunteer registration has now been activated for lawyers, paralegals and law students who wish to participate in the second annual 4ALL Statewide Ask-A-Lawyer Day, scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2009. Call-in centers for the “3-6-9 Service Day” have been secured for Charlotte (WBTV), Greensboro (WFMY), Asheville (WLOS) and Raleigh (WRAL); additional sites serving eastern N.C. will be added upon confirmation. Access the link below for additional information.
http://www.ncbar.org/news/1/3593/index.aspx
TOP-RANKED HOTEL + DISCOUNT RATE = 2009 NCBA ANNUAL MEETING
The 2009 Reader’s Choice Survey of Southern Living magazine ranks the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Asheville as the No. 1 hotel in the South. And that was without knowledge of the deeply discounted summer group rate of $199 per night that has been extended for the 2009 NCBA Annual Meeting, scheduled June 25-28 at the Grove Park Inn. Access the link below or call 1-800-438-5800 to secure your room reservations now as an NCBA Annual Meeting attendee, and be on the lookout for additional information including online registration that will be provided by the NCBA in the near future.
http://www.groveparkinn.com/Leisure
IN MEMORIAM
Susan Ivy McCrory of Charlotte, vice chair of the NCBA Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section, died today at the age of 53. Arrangements will be included in the In Memoriam section of the NCBA Web site when they become available. Former U.S. Rep. Horace R. Kornegay of Greensboro, 84, also died today; services scheduled Friday, 2 p.m., West Market Street United Methodist Church, 303 W. Market St., Greensboro. Edwin Peter Friedberg of Cary, retired tax attorney and CPA, died Jan. 19 at the age of 88. Longtime Raleigh tax attorney Daniel Roberts Dixon II, who was also a CPA, died Jan. 17 in Wilmington at the age of 97.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/memoriam/index.aspx
DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR 2009 PRO BONO AWARDS
Jan. 30 is the deadline for nominations for the 2009 Pro Bono Awards, presented annually by the NCBA in conjunction with the Pro Bono Project. Recipients will be honored at the NCBA Annual Meeting, scheduled June 25-28 in Asheville. Please take time to access the link below and consider placing nominations for William L. Thorp Pro Bono Attorney (of the Year) Award, the Deborah Greenblatt Outstanding Legal Services Attorney Award, the Chief Justice Award, the Large and Smaller Law Firm awards and the Law Student Group Project Award. Nominations for the YLD Younger Lawyer Pro Bono Award are also facilitated through this form.
http://www.ncbar.org/public/proBonoPublicService/proBonoNomination.pdf
JUDGES NEEDED FOR MOOT COURT REGIONAL FINALS
Judges are now being sought for the Western and Eastern Regional Finals of the annual High School Moot Court Competition, hosted by the NCBA Young Lawyers Division. The regional finals determine which teams will meet on in Raleigh on Law Day – Friday, May 1, 2009 – for the state championship. The Western Regionals will be held in Charlotte on Saturday, March 21, and the Eastern Regionals will be in Cary on Saturday, March 28. If you are interested in serving as a judge for all or part of the day, please contact Shalanna Pirtle (shalannapirtle@parkerpoe.com) for the Western Region and Vanessa Totten (vtotten@ncdoj.gov) or Nancy Dunn (nrdunn@ncdoj.gov) for the Eastern Region. If you are interested in coaching a team, please contact Vanessa Totten.
http://www.ncbar.org/download/YLD/2009mootcourtProblemAppendices.pdf
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
With February on the horizon, now is the perfect time to bookmark the CLE Programs section of the NCBA Web site. Of particular note is the Feb. 6 program in Southern Pines, Effective Lawyering in a Complex World, which is the annual presentation of the NCBA Lawyer Effectiveness and Quality of Life Committee, BarCARES and the State Bar’s Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP).
http://www.ncbar.org/cle/programs/index.aspx