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e-bar (Volume 7, No. 28)
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
ABA PROPOSAL WOULD TIGHTEN BAR PASSAGE RATE STANDARDS
Law schools will fall under greater pressure to graduate students who are capable of passing the bar exam under proposed changes to the ABA’s accreditation standards. Drafted by the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar’s Accreditation Policy Task Force, the proposal will come before the House of Delegates in San Francisco during the 129th ABA Annual Meeting (Aug. 9-14). The ABA has been under increased pressure from the Department of Education which grants the ABA authority to accredit law schools. Click here for coverage; access ABA Comments & Reports below.
http://www.abanet.org/legaled
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ATTRACTS MORE COVERAGE
The NCBA’s proposed Judicial Performance Evaluation program continues to attract media attention. Following initial coverage and endorsement last month from The Charlotte Observer, media outlets in the Triangle area are taking a closer look. Access the link below for coverage from WRAL-TV 5 reporter Amanda Lamb; click here to access an article by Triangle Business Journal reporter Chris Baysden.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1573473
IN MEMORIAM
It is the sad duty of the North Carolina Bar Association to notify the membership of the recent deaths of three legal professionals. Retired Chief District Court Judge Lowry M. Betts, 76, of District 15-B (Chatham/Orange) died Monday. Services are scheduled Friday, July 13, at 11 a.m. at Pittsboro Presbyterian Church. In Memoriam also notes the deaths of Thomas G. Lane Jr. of Charlotte, 86, who died July 1, and former Greensboro attorney Thomas Ruffin III who died June 21.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/memoriam/index.aspx
COMPLETE LAWYER EXAMINES “THE GRAYING OF LAWYERS”
The July/August issue of The Complete Lawyer: NCBA Edition is accessible via the link below and as a Featured Item on the NCBA Web site. The new edition, “The Graying of Lawyers,” focuses on various aspects of the aging of the profession. Based in Atlanta, TCL is produced at no cost to participating bar associations. Your feedback is welcomed.
http://northcarolina.thecompletelawyer.com/volume3/issue2/index.php
AOC RELOCATES FROM FIVE BUILDINGS TO N.C. JUDICIAL CENTER
For the first time, more than 400 employees of the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts will be under one roof, thanks to its ongoing move into the 180,000-square-foot West Raleigh facility that previously served as Nortel’s training center. The move from five different area buildings to the new N.C. Judicial Center is a work in progress for AOC Director Ralph Walker, who along with several departments has already relocated. Access the link below for more and stay tuned; a warehouse to supply court facilities statewide is planned for this site.
http://www.ncbar.org/news/1/2457/index.aspx
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
The Knight Citizen News Network is a self-help portal designed to help citizens and journalists alike learn to use digital media “in ways that enrich community, enhance public discourse and enliven democracy as we know it.” The network is a project of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
http://www.kcnn.org
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