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Making a difference: NCAJ president works to build community
After experiencing discrimination at her local library, 14-year-old Valerie Johnson wandered across the street into the Vance County Courthouse. She sat in shock as she watched the same inequality repeated. “I saw a case going on that I thought was ridiculous,” Johnson says. “That couldn’t be justice. A man was being tried for stealing one […]
NCAJ rolls out new executive director, president
The North Carolina Advocates of Justice, the state’s largest association of trial lawyers, elected a new slate of leaders at its annual meeting in Sunset Beach on June 18. Brad Bannon, a criminal defense and civil rights law attorney with Patterson Harkavy in Raleigh, will serve as the group’s president for the 2017-2018 fiscal year […]
Now hiring: NCAJ seeks new CEO
A search is underway for the next chief executive officer of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. The organization’s long-time CEO Richard Taylor has announced that he will be retiring in June. NCAJ, formerly the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, is a nonpartisan association of legal professionals that works to protect the rights individuals. […]
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Commentary
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- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
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- Ex-president, bar association have made their choice
- Ruling sharpens boundaries in attorney-client privilege
- Lawyers Weekly debuts new and improved web experience
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
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