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LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SERVICE LAWYERS OK'D
The words “income-contingent repayment option” don’t exactly roll off the tongue, but they sound pretty sweet to public service lawyers (i.e. prosecutors, public defenders, public advocacy attorneys) who will qualify for loan forgiveness on most federal and federally backed loans under the William Ford Direct Lending Program effective Oct. 1. Final language on the measure, which now awaits the President's signature, was roundly approved in the Senate (79-12) and House (292-97) on Friday. Access the link below for the bill text and stay tuned for further developments which greatly impact and enhance the NCBA's ongoing 4ALL initiative.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h2669enr.txt.pdf

SENATE CONFIRMS REIDINGER, OSTEEN TO U.S. DISTRICT COURT BENCH
The waiting game is over for NCBA members Martin Reidinger of Asheville and William Osteen Jr. of Greensboro who were confirmed as U.S. District Court judges by the U.S. Senate on Monday. Reidinger (access the link below) will serve in the Western District of N.C. while Osteen (click here) succeeds his father in the Middle District of N.C. Fellow NCBA members Thomas Farr of Raleigh (Eastern District) and Thomas Schroeder of Winston-Salem (Middle District) await confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as does Chief Western District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. who has been nominated to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770911009

HISTORIC SUMMIT ON CIVIL ACCESS TO JUSTICE IS ONE MONTH AWAY
In just one month, Chief Justice Sarah Parker will convene the state’s first Summit on Civil Access to Justice in North Carolina. The historic gathering of stakeholders in the state’s judicial system will transpire on Friday, Oct. 12, near the N.C. Bar Center at One Eleven Place. Access the link below for details or click here to access an invitation; the free event is open to the public and NCBA members are urged to attend. The event is being sponsored by the N.C. Equal Access to Justice Commission and the NCBA. Gene Nichol, president of William & Mary and former dean of the UNC School of Law, headlines an impressive list of program participants as the keynote speaker.
http://www.ncbar.org/news/1/2623/index.aspx

NC LEGAL MARKETPLACE OFFERS FREE ONLINE LISTINGS IN SEPTEMBER
Does your law firm have a job opening for a newly licensed attorney? Advertise for free this month in NC Legal Marketplace, the NCBA’s online job posting service. This member service promotion is being conducted in conjunction with next week’s CLE program, North Carolina Practical Skills 2007: The Lawyer's Toolbox. Some 150 newly licensed attorneys, including many who have not yet finalized employment decisions, will attend this program and will have free access to NC Legal Marketplace during the three-day event. To advertise your firm’s position for free under the Career Services portion of NC Legal Marketplace, accessible via the link below, please contact Melanie Bostic in the NCBA Membership Department. 
http://www.ncbar.org/legalMarketplace/index.aspx

2008 GENERAL PRACTICE HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS OPEN
The NCBA GP, Small Firm and Solo Section is accepting nominations for the next induction class of the General Practice Hall of Fame. The inductees will be recognized on Thursday, June 19, 2008, at the outset of the NCBA Annual Meeting in Atlantic Beach. Established in 1989, the Hall of Fame has previously recognized 106 distinguished N.C. attorneys. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 4, 2008. The official nominating form is accessible on the NCBA Web site via the link below.
http://www.ncbar.org/download/generalPractice/gpHallOfFameNominationForm2008.pdf

WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
The latest NCBA Edition of The Complete Lawyer features interviews with two NCBA members. Dean Gene Clark of the Charlotte School of Law responds to questions regarding the September/October issue’s Focus on “What Can Law Schools Do Better?” The Complete Lawyer also tracked down Wilmington lawyer Ed West, past chair of the NCBA’s Criminal Justice Section, for his input on “What Makes Lawyers Successful?”
http://northcarolina.thecompletelawyer.com/volume3/issue5/index.php