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ABA YLD FALL CONFERENCE SET OCT. 4-6 IN CHARLOTTE
The Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association, fresh off an award-winning showing at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, now turns its attention to Oct. 4-6 and historic events transpiring in Charlotte. That’s when and where the ABA YLD Fall Conference will take place, marking the first time that a national conference of the ABA has been held in North Carolina. The conference will feature the national rollout of the Wills for Heroes Project on Saturday, Oct. 6. Volunteers are needed to assist in providing free wills for first responders, and it goes without saying that YLD members throughout the state are encouraged to attend this historic gathering of their peers.
http://www.ncbar.org/news/1/2632/index.aspx

JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION GARNERS STATEWIDE ATTENTION
The NCBA’s proposed Judicial Performance Evaluation program continues to garner statewide media attention as rollout of the pilot project nears. The latest report, accessible via the link below, was initiated by Gary Wright of The Charlotte Observer and picked up by additional media outlets throughout the state. The pilot phase calls for a statewide survey of attorneys; upon full implementation, judges, jurors, law enforcement officers and probation officers will also be surveyed.
http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/260623.html

NCBA ATTORNEY EXCHANGE PROGRAM TARGETS ARGENTINA IN 2008
The International Law and Practice Section has selected Argentina as the destination for the 2008 NCBA Attorney Exchange Program, seeking to build on the success of its inaugural exchange with Taiwan in 2006. Designed to foster professional understanding through the exchange of ideas, information and experiences on the practice of law in each legal system, the program calls for N.C. attorneys to visit foreign countries in even years and host reciprocal visits the following year. John Erwin will chair the Argentina Exchange; access the survey below to express your interest in planning the exchange or participating as a delegate. Contact Lynda Imhoff, assistant director of section & division activities (limhoff@ncbar.org, 919-677-0561) for additional information.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CUuXt7u6jV0_2fp8rWnE51iw_3d_3d

JUVENILE JUSTICE RECEIVING CLOSER LOOK IN NORTH CAROLINA
State lawmakers, in an effort to gather more information about how North Carolina handles its youngest criminal offenders, have requested several studies of the juvenile justice system. In particular, reports David Ingram of The Charlotte Observer, legislators want a review of some $23 million earmarked annually for community prevention programs, quarterly reports on new facilities under construction and in the planning stages, a study of the state’s nine juvenile detention centers, and quarterly reports on the staffing needs of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s new treatment model that is being piloted in Cabarrus County.
http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_news/story/262424.html

DRUNK-DRIVING SUSPECTS FACE GREATER SCRUTINY EFFECTIVE OCT. 1
A new North Carolina law calling for the fingerprinting and photographing of drunk-driving suspects has its origins in a Buncombe County case in which a suspect eluded justice four times by giving a false name to authorities. David Tobilla Pablo was ultimately brought to justice by Det. Mike Downing of the Asheville Police Department, who helped identify and prosecute Pablo. Session Law 2007-370 (Senate Bill 1211), effective Oct. 1, was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, an NCBA member, upon recommendation from Buncombe County District Attorney Ron Moore.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770903035

WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
Concurring Opinions, referenced in a recent Legal Times article on blogging and the future of legal scholarship, is our Web Site of the Week, and then some. Described as a “group blog with a broad emphasis on legal topics,” Concurring Opinions also contains an impressive “Blogroll” feature on the lower right-hand side of its homepage with links to more than 80 additional law-related blogs.
http://www.concurringopinions.com