print
	email
	translate

Public: e-bar Archive

NCBA ADDS MEDICAL DISCOVERY RESEARCH TOOL AS MEMBER BENEFIT
Mediator™, a web-based research tool that enables users to conduct medical discovery and research online, is the North Carolina Bar Association’s newest member benefit. The addition of Mediator by SyynX Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Collexis Holdings, Inc., was approved last month by the NCBA Board of Governors and announced Tuesday by Collexis. Access the link below for details, including scheduling information for free Mediator webinars.
http://www.ncbar.org/news/1/2757/index.aspx

NCBA UNVEILS MARCUS T. HICKMAN JUSTICE FUND
The NCBA Foundation Endowment’s newest Justice Fund was dedicated Monday evening in honor of the late Marcus T. Hickman, a founding partner of Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P. More than 100 members of the firm joined family members and friends for the ceremony, including featured speakers Gene Pridgen, Bill Drew and NCBA Past-President Norfleet Pruden. Hickman, who died last year, and Frank Kennedy joined with William Covington and Hugh Lobdell in merging their practices to form Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman in 1957. Access the link below for more.

IN MEMORIAM
The North Carolina Bar Association has learned of the death of Robert Bruce Wilson Jr., 85, of Winston-Salem, who died Friday. Also, the NCBA was notified late Tuesday of the death of Raleigh attorney W. Travis Porter; arrangements will be denoted below via In Memoriam once they have been finalized.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/memoriam/index.aspx

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SLATED TO CONSIDER SCHROEDER NOMINATION
Winston-Salem attorney Tom Schroeder could move one step closer to a seat on the U.S. District Court (Middle District N.C.) this Thursday when the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up the nomination in its scheduled business meeting. Nominated Jan. 9 by President Bush and subsequently rated “Well Qualified” by the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Schroeder received his confirmation hearing Oct. 24. Fellow U.S. District Court nominee and NCBA member Thomas A. Farr of Raleigh still awaits scheduling of his confirmation hearing; he and Fourth Circuit nominee Robert J. Conrad Jr. (Chief U.S. District Court Judge, Western District N.C.) both received unanimous “Well Qualified” ratings from the ABA.
http://www.abanet.org/scfedjud/ratings/ratings110.pdf

PATHWAYS TO PROFESSIONALISM CLE SCHEDULED DEC. 7
Emboldened by the overwhelming response to last year’s blockbuster CLE program, the NCBA Foundation’s Professionalism Committee has organized another outstanding program scheduled Friday, Dec. 7, at the N.C. Bar Center in Cary. Pathways to Professionalism: Traditional and Non-Traditional Mentoring, examines a vital component of the professionalism dynamic that is receiving increased attention as legal professionals embrace an ongoing “renaissance of professionalism.” A distinguished speaker roster will examine four significant topics: Traditional Firm Mentoring Models, Mandatory Mentoring, Private Sector Mentoring and Mentoring by Rule: Is it Time for a Civility Code in N.C.? Don’t miss this important CLE program; access the link below for more.
https://www.ncbar.org/cle/programs/index.aspx?id=395PTP

WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
It stands to reason that “Inspired Cooking: Recipes and Reflections from the Heart of Charlotte,” includes significant involvement from members of Mecklenburg County’s legal community, given the location of the First Presbyterian Church and its unique place in the history of the Queen City. Judge Nancy Norelli co-chaired the project, the life of Judge Jim McMillan is recalled in Frye Gaillard’s reflective essay, and other members of the bar played a role in a project geared entirely toward feeding the hungry in Charlotte.
http://www.inspiredcooking.org/