NCBA Privacy and Data Security Section 2019 Annual Meeting

By Karin M. McGinnis

On behalf of your NCBA Privacy & Data Security Section, we would like to invite you to attend the Section’s 2019 Annual Meeting, to be held at the NC Bar Center in Cary on Thursday, October 24.

Whether you’re an experienced privacy and data security practitioner, an attorney hoping to learn more about this exciting area of practice, or a general practitioner looking to be prepared when a client inevitably calls with a data privacy concern, this CLE provides valuable insight from seasoned experts on the current privacy landscape. It’s an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

Join your fellow Privacy & Data Security colleagues for a day of interesting and timely CLE presentations including:

  • ·         Update of US Data Privacy Law
  • ·         GDPR – A Year Later and Beyond
  • ·         Privacy & Technology and the Lawyer (ethics and tech credit!)
  • ·         Mock Data Breach

During lunch we have a Keynote Speaker, Representative Saine – “A Legislative Perspective on Cyber Security and Identity Theft in North Carolina.”

For more information or to register click here.

Also, Wednesday, October 23, join us for a Reception at The Oak in Raleigh. Be on the lookout for an invitation!

We look forward to seeing you there!

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The Paralegal Role in Disaster Legal Services

By Rachel Royal, NCCP

Looking Back
As we get settled into the new Bar year, the Paralegal Division is burrowing deep into project planning. One of those projects is its Pro Bono Committee’s endeavors to promote even more paralegal involvement in legal volunteering across the state. In the past year, the Paralegal Division has been very active in the pro bono world, including post-Florence Disaster Legal Services Hotlines, Disaster Recovery Centers, and FEMA Appeals Clinics. Additionally, we volunteered as notaries for clinics for Wills for Heroes, Driver’s License Restoration, and Durham Expunction and Restoration (D.E.A.R.). Some of our members served as Site Coordinators, Scoring Directors, and general volunteers for multiple High School Mock Trials, as well as the Middle School Mock Trials. Additionally, Immediate Past Chair, Leslie Pegram, initiated a Hurricane Florence Clothing Drive that has assisted multiple legal professionals and students who lost clothing in the hurricane. 

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Hello SFT Members!

By Ashley Felton

For those of you who are new to this section, welcome! I am delighted to serve as your Chair for the upcoming fiscal year.  Following Matt Van Sickle’s and Pegeen Turner’s leadership from the last two years, I hope to continue to grow our section and add value for our members.  Our Committees are working diligently to provide content to the section for the upcoming year, as well as plan networking and CLE events.  With the NCBA’s new pricing structure allowing members to choose one free section, I am hoping we can attract new SFT members, which will hopefully bolster our presence as a section within the larger organization.  This section truly serves the needs of its members so to the extent you have suggestions or ideas, please let me know.

Our first networking event will take place on September 12, 2019 from 4:30p – 6:00p at Der Biergarten.  This event will follow our first SFT Council meeting of the fiscal year.  If you are interested in serving on one of the SFT Committees, please submit a form on our Section page.  Such Committees include:

  • CLE – led by Riana Smith
  • Communications/Blog – led by Deirdre Stephenson
  • Legislative/Ethics – led by Seth Barefoot and John Szymankiewicz
  • Membership – led by Alicia Lewis and Josh Kalish
  • Technology – led by Sarah Wesley Weaton

The SFT Committee Chairs have fantastic ideas brewing so the more the merrier!

As ideas develop and more events are planned, I will be sure to update you.  In the meantime, I encourage everyone to attend the networking event on September 12 to enjoy great food, drink, and even better company!

On behalf of myself and the remaining SFT officers, we thank you for your membership and hope to meet you soon!

Sincerely,

Ashley Felton, Chair
NCBA Small Firm & Technology Section 2019-2020

 

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Message from the Chair of the NCBA Business Law Section

By Ben Baldwin

Dear Members of the Business Law Section:

I am honored to serve as the chair of the Business Law Section for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 bar years. The section’s leadership (consisting of officers, council members and committee chairs who can be found here) is looking forward to a busy and productive year.

A few things to note before the current bar year gets up and running:

●  The 2020 Business Section Annual Meeting and CLE will be held at the Pinehurst Resort on Friday, February 14 (preceded by the annual Business Law Institute CLE on Thursday, February 13). The planning committee is already working hard on the program, so be sure to mark your calendars!

●  If you haven’t done so already, please renew your NCBA membership as soon as possible.

●  Speaking of membership, as you may already be aware, the NCBA has revamped its dues structure, which is summarized here and which generally includes in the base price one section membership and 12 hours of on demand CLE. If you have the opportunity, please invite those who may not be members of our section to use the included section membership to join us.

One of my goals for the section will be the use of your membership dollars to enhance the connections amongst section members, with networking events and the like. The section council will be discussing this soon, so please stay tuned.  

Finally, I’d like to encourage each member, if not already involved with a section committee, to take a look at the list of committees (found here), consider which ones might be of interest to you, and then join one (which you can do on this page under “Committee Sign-Up”).

In particular, we need to identify a Co-Chair for our Communications Committee. This person would be responsible, among other things, for posting articles to the section’s blog (and so some facility with the computer, or willingness to learn, would be required). Please sign up if interested!

Please do not hesitate to call on me if you have any questions or suggestions for the section.

Ben Baldwin
NCBA Business Law Section 2019-2020

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Appellate Practice Section Social on September 12 in Raleigh

By Jeff Kelly

In less than two weeks, the Appellate Practice Section is bidding farewell to summer with a social at The Raleigh Times!

Appellate Practice Section Fall Social
Thursday, September 12, 2019
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
The Raleigh Times
14 E. Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27601

Our Fall Social is an excellent opportunity to connect with old and new friends while we have appellate practitioners in town for the Section’s Annual Meeting and CLE. As always, this event is open to the bench and bar alike, so please RSVP here.

A special thanks to Stephen Feldman and the NCBA team for organizing another fantastic opportunity for the appellate community to gather. We are also grateful for the continued support of our sponsors:

  • Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
  • Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP
  • Ellis & Winters LLP
  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • McGuireWoods
  • Poyner Spruill LLP
  • Ragsdale Liggett PLLC
  • Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
  • Shanahan Law Group, PLLC
  • Sigmon Law, PLLC
  • Young Moore and Henderson, P.A.

We hope that you all will join us!

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