e-bar (Volume 10, No. 9)
Article Date: Tuesday, March 02, 2010
CASEMAKER 2.2 RELEASE GOES LIVE WEDNESDAY WITH EXPANDED CONTENT
Casemaker’s 2.2 release is going live Wednesday, March 3. Featuring the same look and easy format, the new 2.2 also features some new and useful search functions and expanded content, including additions to the case law database (N.C. back to 1886 and 4th Circuit to 1879); simultaneous State and Federal search; footnotes linked within case law; new “Session Laws” book in the library; Section ranges shown within the General Statutes browse mode; and historical information at the end of each Section linked to passed legislation. To learn more about Casemaker 2.2, click here to register for any number of free, live webinars. Or check out the changes in the Casemaker library via the link below.
https://www.ncbar.org/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/membership/casemaker/start-casemaker.aspx
4ALL SERVICE DAY, WE THE PEOPLE FINALS HEADLINE BUSY FRIDAY
The phones will soon be ringing in Greenville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, Asheville and Cary during the third annual 4ALL Statewide Service Day, scheduled Friday, March 5, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; click here for more. Friday also marks the state finals of the annual “We the People” competition hosted by the NCBA and its Law-Related Education Advisory Committee; click here for more. The extended deadline for LRE’s new YouTube competition, “North Carolina: A Catalyst for a More Perfect Union,” is also Friday. Access the link below for details; see promo video here.
http://lre.ncbar.org/calendar/youtube-competition.aspx
IN MEMORIAM
Joy Ammons Ciriano of Burlington died Friday at the age of 45. A former prosecutor in Cumberland and Alamance counties, she served as executive director of Family Abuse Services for Alamance County and as president of the Alamance County Bar Association. She recently received the NCBA’s Centennial Award for outstanding community service.
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FILING DEADLINE YIELDS CROWDED BALLOT, BUSY ELECTION SEASON
With no less than 11 candidates seeking a seat in the U.S. Senate and only one uncontested appellate judicial race, the 2010 election season promises to be a busy one in North Carolina with many candidates now setting their sites on the May 4 primary and a potential June 22 runoff. Prevailing U.S. Senate and appellate judicial candidates will join those who are already assured spots on the November ballot at the 2010 NCBA Annual Meeting, scheduled June 24-27 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside. Access the link below for a complete listing of candidates who filed last month for Congress, the General Assembly, trial courts, appellate judgeships and district attorney.
http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/content.aspx?id=82
WILLS FOR HEROES SET FOR MARCH 27 IN GREENSBORO; VOLUNTEER NOW!
Like the well-oiled goodwill machine that it has become, the YLD Wills for Heroes Project is rolling steadily into spring with a program in Greensboro on Saturday, March 27, at the Public Safety Training Facility at 1510 North Church Street. Since 2007, Wills for Heroes has provided thousands of free estate planning documents for N.C. first responders through a dozen events such as this. Access the link below to volunteer for Greensboro and mark your calendars now for April 24 in Chapel Hill.
/about/communications/news/2010-news-articles/wills-for-heroes-greensboro-march-27.aspx
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
Lightwave Consulting Group is an Affinity Partner of the North Carolina Bar Association that works with organizations to assess, design and implement communications solutions. Access the link below for more and click here for a complete listing of NCBA Discount Programs.
http://www.lightwavegroup.com/