North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
The Ethics Committee of the North Carolina Bar has voted to take another significant step toward adding anti-discrimination language to the preamble to the state’s Rules of Professional Conduct, voting on July 23 to send its proposed amendment to the ...
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Driver license road tests waived for N.C. adult applicants
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Road tests still aren’t being performed by examiners from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles due to COVID-19. So now certain adults are exempt from passing one to obtain a regular license. The DMV announced ...
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Read More »Ethics committee to discuss anti-discrimination language in first livestream 
The Ethics Committee of the North Carolina Bar will livestream one of its regular committee meetings for the first time in its history as it considers three proposals that would potentially add anti-discrimination language to the state’s Rules of Professional Conduct for ...
Read More »Georgia bar exam to be delayed and moved online due to virus
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top judge announced Monday that the test to qualify to practice law in Georgia will be postponed and moved online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to public health concerns, the in-person bar exam scheduled to ...
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Read More »Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
By AAMER MADHANI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have tried to make it clear: Given the chance, they would push through a Supreme Court nominee should a ...
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Read More »Judge weighs N.C. voting rule change demand with COVID-19
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A judge is listening to arguments this week about whether the COVID-19 pandemic demands wholesale changes to North Carolina’s voting systems this fall. U.S. District Judge William Osteen scheduled three days of hearings starting Monday involving ...
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Read More »Face mask requirement begins in N.C. courts as cases grow
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jury trials in North Carolina courtrooms will be delayed for at least another two months because of the new coronavirus, Chief Justice Cheri Beasley announced on Thursday while also instituting a face covering requirement in court ...
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Read More »Jury trials delayed, face masks mandatory in court
Jury trials in North Carolina are delayed until at least September, and resident superior court judges must develop plans for trials to safely resume, North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has announced. Beasley also announced that face masks ...
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Read More »Sixth N.C. inmate dies of COVID-19
RALEIGH (AP) — An inmate at a central North Carolina state prison who tested positive for the coronavirus has died, the Department of Public Safety has announced. The prisoner at the Albemarle Correctional Institution in Stanly County died on July 14 from ...
Read More »Confederate monument removed from Buncombe Co. courthouse
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Workers have removed a Confederate monument that stands outside a county courthouse in the western North Carolina city of Asheville. The Citizen-Times reports that the monument was taken down Tuesday morning. The monument outside the Buncombe ...
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