North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story stated that Campbell had won three major titles this year, when the correct total is actually four. Lawyers Weekly regrets the error. Campbell School of Law has had a good start ...

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s elections board is set to decide whether to disqualify the Republican candidate in a still-unresolved election for sheriff because he didn’t live in the county as required by law. The state elections board is expected ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Sophie Capshaw-Mack said she was 19 years old in May 2015 when she was raped — but North Carolina laws didn’t see her as a victim. She drank too much and accepted a ride home from a ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Much to Gary Erb’s chagrin, a natural gas pipeline now cuts across his 72-acre homestead in Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania. To his even greater chagrin, he remains unpaid for the 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of land ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A civil rights organization wants North Carolina’s highest court to step in and settle a legal fight over whether two constitutional amendments approved by voters last year should have been voided by a lower court. Lawyers for ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A bill that’s been sent to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk makes clear charities aren’t breaking the law by holding occasional casino “game nights” as fundraisers as long as they follow new restrictions. The House agreed 95-17 on ...

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has announced that Corena Norris-McCluney has rejoined the firm on the labor and employment team in its Winston Salem office. Norris-McCluney practiced at the firm from 2002 to 2014 and rejoins it after having served as ...

The North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center has announced the induction of 468 attorneys into the 2018 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society. The inductees reported providing 50 or more hours of pro bono legal services in 2018 to clients ...

CHAPEL HILL (AP) — A new bridge proposed for North Carolina’s barrier islands is being challenged by local residents, hunters and wildlife enthusiasts. A lawsuit challenging state and federal approval of the Mid Currituck Bridge was filed Tuesday in U.S. ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A federal grand jury meeting in North Carolina is weighing whether to recommend criminal charges in the tainted congressional race. The grand jury is meeting in Raleigh this week to review election irregularities in the 9th Congressional ...