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North Carolina Supreme Court justice drops lawsuit against ethics body investigating her diversity comments

Judicial ethics regulators in North Carolina have dropped their investigation of a state supreme court justice who told a legal publication that her newly elected colleagues have an allegiance “to their ideology, not to the institution.”

Jan 22, 2024 8:55 AM CST

Paralegals’ suit claims First Amendment right to offer legal advice on court forms

Two paralegals and the North Carolina Justice for All Project say in a federal lawsuit they have a First Amendment right to give some kinds of legal advice.

Jan 9, 2024 2:21 PM CST

New law school targeting part-time students planned for Charlotte, North Carolina

Elon University plans to open a part-time, in-person law school in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the only other law school operating in the city was forced to shut down in 2017.

Sep 21, 2023 8:53 AM CDT

25 federal district courts have always had white judges

Twenty-five out of 94 federal district courts have never had a judge of color, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis.

Sep 5, 2023 12:36 PM CDT

Lawyer thought fake-client tactic was an acceptable strategy, she tells disciplinary commission

A North Carolina lawyer told a disciplinary commission that she thought that substituting a litigant for her criminal client during an arraignment was “an acceptable strategy.”

Aug 31, 2023 3:29 PM CDT

Onetime SCOTUS contender sues judicial conduct commission, alleging bid to stifle criticism

A North Carolina justice who was once a U.S. Supreme Court contender is alleging that ethics regulators in her state are chilling her First Amendment right to free speech.

Aug 30, 2023 10:43 AM CDT

Weekly Briefs: Wire-transfer fraudsters fool 3 law practices; Quinn Emanuel discloses cyberattack

Unwitting money transfers to fraudsters yield reprimands Three North Carolina lawyers have been reprimanded for separate incidents in which they or their staff members mistakenly transferred real estate money or other entrusted funds to fraudsters. In all three cases, no one verified the authenticity of wiring instructions. In one case,…

Jul 28, 2023 2:26 PM CDT

Paralegal accused of embezzling over $1.5M from law firm clients

Updated: A paralegal has been charged with wire fraud for allegedly embezzling more than $1.5 million from clients of a law firm in Hickory, North Carolina.

Jul 21, 2023 9:02 AM CDT

SCOTUS strikes down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard, University of North Carolina

Citing the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.

Jun 29, 2023 9:36 AM CDT

Supreme Court rejects ‘independent state legislature’ theory, rules state courts may review congressional maps

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that state courts have the power to review congressional maps created by state legislatures.

Jun 27, 2023 9:35 AM CDT

Clerk was properly ousted for rear-end dial to magistrate, other transgressions, court says

Updated: A state appeals court has upheld the permanent removal of an elected court clerk in Franklin County, North Carolina, partly for her use of the F-word during a call that she inadvertently made to a magistrate.

Jun 26, 2023 9:45 AM CDT

Weekly Briefs: Bar group that ditched drag trivia event criticized; Black law schools guide drops overall rankings

Social justice group criticizes bar drag event cancellation The nonprofit Southern Coalition for Social Justice is forwarding a letter with more than 100 signatures to a bar group that canceled a drag show trivia night, citing “political” reasons. The letter says the decision by the North Carolina Bar Association “flies…

Jun 9, 2023 3:04 PM CDT

North Carolina Supreme Court justice drops lawsuit against ethics body investigating her diversity comments

Paralegals’ suit claims First Amendment right to offer legal advice on court forms

New law school targeting part-time students planned for Charlotte, North Carolina

25 federal district courts have always had white judges

Lawyer thought fake-client tactic was an acceptable strategy, she tells disciplinary commission

Onetime SCOTUS contender sues judicial conduct commission, alleging bid to stifle criticism

Weekly Briefs: Wire-transfer fraudsters fool 3 law practices; Quinn Emanuel discloses cyberattack

Paralegal accused of embezzling over $1.5M from law firm clients

SCOTUS strikes down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard, University of North Carolina

Supreme Court rejects ‘independent state legislature’ theory, rules state courts may review congressional maps

Clerk was properly ousted for rear-end dial to magistrate, other transgressions, court says

Weekly Briefs: Bar group that ditched drag trivia event criticized; Black law schools guide drops overall rankings

Retired state supreme court justice tapped to lead law school

Top state court withdraws December opinion, rules it can’t interfere with partisan gerrymanders

Domestic terrorism charges that triggered campus ban of 2L aren’t supported, defense counsel say

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