Leading Off
Welcome to the August 2021 edition of North Carolina Lawyer magazine, the flagship publication of the North Carolina Bar Association.
In keeping with tradition, this issue is devoted to changes in leadership and the presentation of awards stemming from the NCBA Annual Meeting.
Held virtually for the second consecutive year, the 123rd Annual Meeting featured the installation of Jon Heyl of Charlotte as president of the NCBA and the North Carolina Bar Foundation. His introductory remarks are included in the President’s Perspective.
Coverage is also devoted to the election of Clayton Morgan of Raleigh as president-elect and the installation of new members of the NCBA Board of Governors and the NCBF Board of Directors.
Awards ceremonies were held on both days of the Annual Meeting, and we are pleased to highlight all of this year’s honorees. On Thursday, June 17, President Mark Holt and President-elect Jon Heyl presented the H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award, the Citizen Lawyer Awards, Pro Bono Awards and Young Lawyers Division Awards, and recognized new members of the Legal Practice Hall of Fame. On Friday, June 18, the Legal Legends of Color Awards were presented in a special ceremony by the NCBA Minorities in the Profession Committee, which annually selects the recipients of this award.
Newly installed Chair Will Quick urges fellow members of the Young Lawyers Division to “Find Your Path With the YLD” in his introductory column, while Catherine Sanders Reach of the Center for Practice Management devotes her attention to “Not Terribly Technical Tools for Your Law Firm Website.” In Writing That Works, Laura Graham of Wake Forest University School of Law reprises one of her most popular columns, “Don’t Eschew The Comma!”
The fifth edition of the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society announced in May was filled with names of North Carolina Bar Association members who delivered pro bono service by participating in programs of the North Carolina Bar Foundation. Read what many of them had to say in separate articles devoted to metropolitan areas and smaller cities and towns across the state.
There is big news to report from the Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina Board of Directors, where Sharon Parker of Marion is the fifth individual – and first woman – to serve as chairperson. And, just in time for the resumption of law school classes, member Coleman Cowan of Durham provides first-person reflections on the impact of mentoring in “My Blackboard Mind.”
Pick and choose from the August 2021 issue page, or scroll conveniently from article to article through the entire edition utilizing the Previous Article – Next Article option at the end of each piece.
Russell Rawlings is director of external affairs and communications for the North Carolina Bar Association.