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GENE NICHOL, WILLIAM & MARY PRESIDENT, RESIGNS
Gene Nichol has resigned, effective immediately, as president of the College of William & Mary. Nichol, former dean of the UNC School of Law, outlined the reasons for his decision in a statement to the William & Mary community accessible via the link below. Law School Dean Taylor Reveley, the featured professionalism speaker at last year’s NCBA Annual Meeting, will serve as interim president. Nichol plans to return to the law school faculty where he will resume teaching and writing.
http://www.wm.edu/news/?id=8672

MEDIATOR PARENT COLLEXIS ACQUIRES CASEMAKER (LAWRITER)
Collexis Holdings, Inc., the parent company of the NCBA’s newest member benefit, Mediator™, has acquired Casemaker, the online legal research library that has been an NCBA member benefit since 2001. The acquisition of Lawriter LLC, which developed Casemaker in 1998 along with the Ohio State Bar Association, was announced Feb. 4. Mediator™, a Web-based research tool utilized in biomedical, pharmaceutical, drug, medical devices, medical malpractice and personal injury research, joined the NCBA family of affinity partners last year.
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080204005667&newsLang=en

IN MEMORIAM
The NCBA has learned of the deaths of two members. Wilmington attorney Karen L. Simmons, 52, died Sunday. The auto-related death, which occurred in Craven County, was attributed to Sunday’s high winds. Elizabeth Rollins of Greensboro, 82, died Monday. A memorial service for Rollins, who served as the first clerk and solicitor of the Guilford County Domestic Relations Court from 1954-56, is scheduled Sunday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m. in Greensboro. Access the link below for additional information. Details regarding arrangements for Karen Simmons will be posted upon publication.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/memoriam/index.aspx

PUSH IS ON TO SECURE STATEWIDE SERVICE DAY PARTICIPANTS
The NCBA’s Statewide Service Day, scheduled Friday, April 4, is rounding into form as call centers in eight North Carolina cities are almost finalized, toll-free numbers are being determined and marketing efforts are under way. Simply stated, the 4ALL Task Force and its Participate Working Group needs lawyers to volunteer, and the best time to do so is now. Access the link below and select a city: Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, New Bern, Raleigh, Wilmington or Winston-Salem.
https://4allnc.ncbar.org/participate/online-participation-form.aspx

NCBA EXCHANGE WITH ARGENTINA SCHEDULED JUNE 6-15
The NCBA will undertake its second attorney exchange program this year. A delegation of N.C. attorneys will visit Argentina June 6-15 followed by a return visit by Argentina’s delegation in 2009. NCBA members who are interested in joining the N.C. delegation are urged to return an application, accessible via the link below, by Feb. 22. There will be an NCBA subsidy of approximately $1,000 per member delegate and up to $100 for International Law & Practice Section members. We also expect to provide some CLE credit for around $75. The itinerary and other information will be provided to respondents as it becomes available. Please address questions to Lynda Imhoff via phone (800-662-7407), e-mail (limhoff@ncbar.com) or fax (919-677-0761).
http://www.ncbar.org/download/ncba/argentina.pdf

WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
The State Board of Elections is our Web Site of the Week. The 2008 filing period for local, state and congressional offices opened Monday and will remain open until noon on Friday, Feb. 29. Candidates for governor, appellate judgeships and the U.S. Senate who advance beyond the May 6 primary will be invited to address the General Session of the NCBA Annual Meeting, scheduled June 19-22 in Atlantic Beach, on Saturday, June 21.
http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/