North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s latest law requiring photo identification to cast ballots went on trial on Monday, with attorneys for voters challenging the mandate by arguing it still disproportionately prevents Black residents from ...

Tagged with: voter ID law

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered a study on overhauling the Supreme Court, creating a bipartisan commission Friday that will spend the next six months examining the politically incendiary issues ...

Tagged with: U.S.Supreme Court

LEXINGTON (AP) — A father and daughter who were sentenced to prison in the 2015 death of an Irish businessman were released on bond on April 7, weeks after the North Carolina Supreme Court agreed that their convictions should be ...

DURHAM (AP) — A man who served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit has received compensation from the state of North Carolina. Ronnie Long received $750,000. It is by law the state’s top ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a case over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block critics from his personal Twitter account. The court said on April 5 that there was nothing left to the case after Trump ...

Three of North Carolina’s law schools saw small gains in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Law School rankings, which were announced on March 30. Duke was tied 10th on the list, gaining back the two places it ...

Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed a new district attorney in Prosecutorial District 23 (Surrey and Stokes counties) and a new Superior Court Judge in Judicial District 3B (Carteret, Craven and Pamlico counties). Tim Watson was chosen to succeed District Attorney ...

Gov. Roy Cooper has announced appointments to fill two judicial vacancies created by last fall’s election for seats on the state’s Court of Appeals. Hunt Gwyn was appointed to serve as superior court judge in Judicial District 20B (Union County) ...

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina House members have advanced a bill that would prevent kids under 10 in trouble with the law from having to go before a judge and participate in juvenile justice proceedings. House Bill 261 unanimously cleared the ...

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has announced a three-month extension of the statewide eviction moratorium that had been set to expire at the end of March. The updated executive order, issued March 30, comes a day after ...