The NCBA Appellate Practice Section invites you to attend a virtual program introducing the new members of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Given the ongoing limitations on in-person gatherings, this is a great opportunity for members of the bar to “meet” the new jurists on our appellate courts. We hope you can join us.
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Join us for our next Bluebook Club meeting! Sign up now to join a small group of other appellate-minded attorneys in a special Zoom social meeting. You can choose from two dates (or join us for both). Each registrant will be assigned into a small group of 3-6 other participants for a quick and fun discussion over your lunch break. No need to fear those dreaded, awkward Zoom silences — we’ll provide appellate-oriented icebreakers to kick-start your discussion. Whether you attended one of our fall sessions or are a new participant, we would love for you to join us!
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The NCBA’s Appellate Practice Section invites you to attend a virtual presentation celebrating the life, achievements, and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, told through three of her former clerks. Our panelists will discuss the experience of clerking for Justice Ginsburg, her tremendous legacy to the legal profession, and her impact on them personally. The event will take place on Friday, December 18, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Please use the link below to register to attend by noon on Thursday, December 17. We encourage you to invite others to attend the event as well.
This event is part of the Appellate Practice Section’s new “Appellate Insights” program, which will present speakers on a variety of topics of interest to appellate practitioners and the North Carolina bar. We hope you can join us for this and future events.
Register for the event using this link. Please note that you must be logged in to your NCBA account to complete your registration.
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2021, the North Carolina appellate courts will use the universal citation method for judicial opinions and publications. Each opinion filed by the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the North Carolina Court of Appeals will receive a unique opinion number and include paragraph numbers. The universal citation method increases access to judicial opinions by providing an identifying number independent from any third-party publisher’s volume of cases and making it easier to find opinions online. Universal citations will be used as parallel citations only, and citations to the official printed reporters will remain the same.
You can read more about the Supreme Court’s order adopting the universal citation method here and here.
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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of North Carolina amended the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure, changing the rules for obtaining and filing transcripts on appeal. The amendments are available here. Under the new rules, the transcriptionist must deliver the transcript to all parties to the appeal, eliminating any need for appellees to pay for their own copies of the transcript. The rule changes also shift the burden of filing the transcript in the appellate courts from the transcriptionist to the appellant. Additionally, the amendments make timing changes, extending the time for completing the transcript from 60 to 90 days and the time for serving the proposed record on appeal from 35 to 45 days after completion of the transcript. Read more
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The Appellate Practice Section of the North Carolina Bar Association is planning its annual CLE for June 2021. The Section’s CLE committee is currently assembling the program for the CLE. In the interest of making the program as relevant and actionable as possible for members of the Section and the bar, the committee invites your input on potential topics and speakers. If you have suggestions about topics you would like to see covered or speakers you would like to hear from, or if you are interested in presenting on a particular topic yourself, please contact the co-chairs of the CLE committee — Jonathan Ellis ([email protected]) and Erik Zimmerman ([email protected]) — who would welcome your ideas.
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Are you interested in networking and socializing with other members of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section? COVID-19 has restricted our ability to host meet-and-greet and other social events in person, but the Appellate Practice Section is excited to unveil The Bluebook Club as a virtual way for appellate lawyers to connect. Sign up now to join a small group of other appellate-minded attorneys during one or more Zoom social meetings. You can choose one of the two dates below — or, better yet, join us for both. Each registrant will be assigned into a small group of 3-6 other participants for a fun, quick discussion over the lunch break. No need to fear those dreaded, awkward Zoom silences we’ve all come to know too well — we’ll provide appellate-oriented icebreakers to kick-start your discussion. We look forward to seeing you!
We are in unprecedented times with COVID-19 (Coronavirus). It is now more important than ever that we help our neighbors and those who are not as fortunate. I am confident that each of you is doing your part.
Even in the best of times, however, over 1.5 Million North Carolinians struggle with hunger—of those, nearly half a million are children. With public schools and many religious and nonprofit organizations that traditionally serve the food insecure in our communities being closed for indefinite periods, and government leaders calling for social distancing to help limit the spread of Coronavirus, that need is never more pressing than now.
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We are excited to announce that the Appellate Practice Section’s Spring Social will be held at Dandelion Marketin Charlotte on April 30, 2020! Please mark your calendars:
Appellate Practice Section Spring Social Thursday, April 30, 2020 5 – 7 p.m. Dandelion Market 118 West 5th St. Charlotte, NC 28202
As many of you know, last year’s Spring Social was an incredible opportunity for our appellate community to meet in the western part of our state. We are grateful that Bonnie Keith Green has returned to organize this event, so we are confident that it will be another fantastic gathering of our bench and bar.
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Earlier this year, the United States Supreme Court issued a major trust tax decision in North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kaestner Trust, holding that a trust beneficiary’s residence cannot be the sole basis for a state’s imposition of its income tax on the trust’s undistributed income. The Court’s decision broke roughly 90 years of silence on whether such taxes violate the Due Process Clause and will shape tax policy for years to come.
Given the importance of the Kaestner decision to many practice areas, it should be no surprise that the Appellate Practice, Estate Planning & Fiduciary Law, Litigation, and Tax Sections have joined up to co-sponsor a robust half-day CLE program on January 28, 2020:
Trusts, Taxes and Trials: An In-Depth Look at the U.S. Supreme Court Kaestner Decision
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
North Carolina Bar Center
8000 Weston Parkway
Cary, NC 27513
The complete agenda and registration information can be found here. Do not miss out on this great program!
If you are interested in publishing an article with the Appellate Practice Section Blog, please contact Jeff Kelly at [email protected].
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