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BAR EXAM GRADED; RESULTS MAILED MONDAY, POSTED WEDNESDAY
The N.C. Board of Law Examiners has completed the task of grading 992 bar exams that were administered July 24-25 in Raleigh. The results for applicants who have completed all other requirements for licensure were mailed to applicants on Friday (Aug. 24) and will be posted on the NCBLE Web site Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 29). No phone calls, reminds the NCBLE, which has elected Winston-Salem attorney Gail Arneke to succeed Susan Freya Olive of Durham as its new chair in October.
http://www.ncble.org

ARROWOOD JOINS APPEALS COURT, SUCCEEDED BY CALVIN MURPHY
Gov. Easley’s office announced two judicial appointments Friday, both involving NCBA members from Charlotte. Special Superior Court Judge John S. Arrowood was appointed to the N.C. Court of Appeals to fill the seat vacated by Judge Eric Levinson, and former State Bar President Calvin Eugene Murphy was named as Arrowood’s replacement. Earlier this month, two more NCBA members, Melinda Haynie Crouch of Wilmington and David Thomas “Tom” Lambeth Jr. of Burlington, were named to the District Court bench. Access the link below for official releases on all four appointments.
http://www.governor.state.nc.us/News/PressReleases/Default.asp

IN MEMORIAM
Janice Mills, former dean of the School of Law at North Carolina Central University and a longtime member of the law school faculty there, died Aug. 20. Mills joined the NCCU School of Law faculty in 1980 and served as dean from 1998-2005, during which time the law school celebrated its 60th anniversary and conducted an extensive renovation and expansion of the Albert L. Turner Law Building. It is also the sad duty of the NCBA to report the death of Raleigh attorney Jack Powell Gulley, 69, who died Aug. 22.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/memoriam/index.aspx

LANC FUND FOSTERS COOPERATION
The NCBA Foundation Endowment LANC Fund, which benefits Legal Aid of North Carolina, recently received an unprecedented contribution from the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers to help launch the LANC Fund. The LANC Fund establishes a new revenue stream for LANC from the Endowment to help buffet the highs and lows of other funding sources. The LANC Fund is a component of NCBA President Janet Ward Black’s 4ALL initiative under the Donate heading. More than 250 lawyers and law firms have contributed over $150,000 since June. To make your LANC Fund contribution online, access the link below.
https://www.ncbar.org/foundation/endowment/lancFund.aspx

RULES NOT ALL THAT HAS CHANGED ABOUT ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY
To date, much of the talk regarding e-discovery has focused on the new rules and not so much on how to use electronic information when examining witnesses. But just as electronic discovery has changed the rules of document production, it has also changed how the materials are used when questioning and preparing witnesses. Houston trial lawyer David Bissinger is on the case and shares his ideas on preparing for witness questioning in a Texas Lawyer article accessible via the link below.
http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1187773332310

WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: NCBA’S 100% CLUB
The distinction of being the first member of the NCBA’s 100% Club goes to the Charlotte firm of James, McElroy and Diehl. The Membership Department’s new recognition program is open to law firms, legal departments and legal organizations with five or more attorneys, all of whom must be members of the NCBA. The McIntosh Law Firm in Davidson, Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. and Lawyers Insurance Agency have also secured their status as Charter Members. The 100% Club has its own homepage, accessible via the link below, which will include a listing of all Charter Members who join before the deadline of Dec. 31, 2007.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/100percent.aspx