The 2022 North Carolina Appellate Judicial Candidate Forums have been recorded and are now available for viewing. Eleven candidates seeking election to the N.C. Supreme Court and the N.C. Court of Appeals participated in the forums, which are produced in partnership between the North Carolina Bar Association and PBS North Carolina (formerly UNC-TV). Click here to access the forums, which…
An overwhelming percentage of North Carolinians would rather elect their judges than have them appointed by state government, but they would prefer nonpartisan judicial elections, according to polling conducted recently on behalf of the North Carolina Bar Association. In separate statewide surveys of likely general election voters and attorneys, respondents also indicated varying degrees of trust in the federal government…
The Office of Governmental Affairs hosted the NCBA’s biannual Legislative Day on Tuesday, March 26, in downtown Raleigh.
UNC-TV, in partnership with the NCBA, has produced educational programs that will air until election day on UNC-TV’s NC Channel.
Chapter 32C of the North Carolina General Statutes is the new North Carolina Uniform Power of Attorney Act effective January 1, 2018.
The NCBA opposes legislation calling for all judges and justices to be elected to two-year terms beginning with the general election in 2018.
The NCBA is opposing House Bill 717, which revises Judicial Divisions and Superior Court, District Court and Prosecutorial Districts across the state.
The NCBA urges its members to contact their legislators and ask them to maintain full funding for legal aid services.
NCBA leadership will meet next week with the N.C. congressional delegation in conjunction with ABA Day in Washington to advocate on issues important to lawyers and the legal system.
President Shelby Benton’s message to the membership regarding the NCBA’s support of House Bill 436.