e-bar (Volume 10, No. 1)
Article Date: Monday, January 04, 2010
PRO BONO NOMINATIONS DUE FEB. 5; OTHER AWARD DEADLINES
EXTENDED
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Pro Bono
Awards, presented annually by the NCBA in conjunction with the Pro
Bono Project. The awards will be presented at the 2010 NCBA Annual Meeting,
scheduled June 24-27 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside. The deadline for submitting the fillable pdf nominating
form, accessible via the link below, is Feb. 5. Nominations are also being
accepted for the Citizen
Lawyer Awards (deadline March 8), the General
Practice Hall of Fame (deadline extended to Jan. 22) and the Liberty
Bell Award (deadline extended to Jan. 22).
/media/28016/pro%20bono%20awards%20nomination%20form%202010.pdf
NCBA
EXPANDS AVAILABILITY OF BARCARES COUNSELING SERVICES
The NCBA is
making BarCARES counseling services available to its members not otherwise covered
this year thanks to a two-year pilot program adopted by the Board of Governors
in October. The program targets those members who either do not currently have
access to BarCARES through local bar associations, judicial district bars and
law schools, or do not have existing health insurance coverage which, by law,
is now required to include a mental health component. The pilot program took
effect Jan. 1 and will be reviewed after one year. Access the link below for
additional information.
/about/communications/news/2009-news-articles/ncba-expanding-barcares-coverage.aspx
IN MEMORIAM
Wiley Leon Lane Jr. of Wilson died Sunday at the age of 90. His
funeral is scheduled Wednesday at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Wilson. John Howard Redding of Asheboro died Dec. 27 at
the age of 73. Thomas Kirkpatrick
Spence of Charlotte,
78, also died Dec. 27. Thomas “Tom”
Iden Benton of Roanoke Rapids, 63, died Dec. 24. Access the link below
for additional information.
/membership/in-memoriam.aspx
LAW SCHOOLS, NCBA SPONSORING EASTERN &
WESTERN JOB FAIRS
The NCBA and the seven N.C. law schools are once again joining forces to
sponsor the 2010 N.C. Law School Consortium Eastern and Western Job Fairs. The
programs, which enable employers in firms and companies of 25 or fewer
attorneys to interview students for summer clerkships or entry-level positions,
are scheduled Saturday, March 20, at the N.C. Bar Center in Cary (East)
and Saturday, March 27, at the Charlotte School of Law (West). Unfortunately,
this job fair is only available to NCBA members who are current law students at
the seven N.C. law schools. Access the link below for more information and
online registration, due Feb. 1.
http://fs7.formsite.com/ncbar/JobFair/index.html
IT’S NOT
TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR JAN. 15 BAR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
Presidents
and presidents-elect of local, specialty and judicial district bars in North Carolina
are urged to register now for the 2010 NCBA Bar Leadership Institute and N.C.
Conference of Bar Presidents Annual Meeting, scheduled Friday, Jan.15, at the
N.C. Bar Center in Cary. The exceptional leadership training program includes a
keynote address from Terry Holland, athletic director at East
Carolina University
who previously served as men’s basketball coach and AD at Davidson
College and the University of Virginia.
/media/5074691/bliRegistrationMailer2010.pdf
WEB SITE OF
THE WEEK
It is only
fitting that the 10th year of e-bar begins with recognition of our sponsor,
Lawyers Insurance, the official insurance agency of the North Carolina Bar
Association and administrator of the NCBA’s Health Benefit Trust.
www.LawyersInsuranceAgency.com