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State Bar honors four with McMillan Award
A former state Supreme Court justice and three lawyers have recently been presented the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award by the North Carolina State Bar. The honorees are: Justice […]
VIDEO: Martin discusses his leadership vision for High Point Law
Mark Martin, a former North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice, outlines his approach as the incoming dean of the Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law.
Skip the hugs and kisses in your professional email
DETROIT -- Maybe it’s just my old-fashioned sensibility (I did hit the double nickel, after all), but a web post touting “XOXO” as a sign off on email hit me as odd (ball). Author Barbara Bogaev writes in the Marketplace Tech area of American Public Media online, that the use of XOXO — hugs and kisses — is becoming a more commonplace email signoff among women.
What I’ve Learned About Life On The Way To The Courthouse: What I learned from the dog and the skunk
One of the most valuable lessons I learned about being a lawyer I learned before I started law school. I worked as a runner for a law firm in college. The firm was a prominent, old-line firm with a good book of business, and it had some high-powered lawyers to take care of that business. One of the lawyers was particularly bright, and well regarded for his intellect. He had graduated No. 1 in his [...]
Mirror images show law firm professionalism
Disdain about "The Business of Law®" (a phrase I registered well over a decade ago because so few firms cared about it) may have been dealt a fatal blow by three years of law market recession.
Lawyer deals with fee simple absolute outside Property casebook
A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law, Mark Davis is special deputy attorney general in the N.C. Department of Justice. [...]
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