No tattling allowed if someone buys scalped tickets to attend this event. For the first time since the Civil War era, the Supreme Court of North Carolina is preparing a
Continue Reading Westward Bound: Supreme Court to Hold Two Sessions of Court in Morganton (Psst! A Showdown on an Important Issue of Appellate Procedure Could Occur)
UNC School of Law has just launched an ambitious moot-court program for practitioners, organized by the law school’s Holderness Moot Court program and its faculty advisor, Professor Donald Hornstein. Anyone
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The Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments at Campbell’s law school in downtown Raleigh on September 17. A panel of the court will consider three cases, including a First Amendment
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Yesterday, the Maryland Appellate Blog featured remarks from the Fourth Circuit’s newest federal appellate judge, Pamela Harris, on the Fourth Circuit’s collaborative culture. The remarks from Judge Harris are particularly
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On Monday, the North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral argument in Cubbage v. The Board of Trustees of the Endowment Fund of NC State University (a.k.a., the “Hofmann Forest
Continue Reading Interesting Times Ahead: NC Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In First of Five Cases “Grabbed” from Court of Appeals.
Last year we reported here when the Supreme Court obtained a new oral argument timing system to assist counsel and the Court in keeping track of oral argument time remaining.
Continue Reading Lights, Camera, Action Part II: Court of Appeals Adds Light and Timer System to Oral Argument Podium
Continuing a recent trend of tackling more thorny civil cases, the Supreme Court of North Carolina will hear three high-profile civil cases this October. Notably, two of the three cases
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The NCBA’s Appellate Rules Committee recently updated its oral argument guides.
The only real substantive change to note in the comparison chart is that counsel can now take electronic devices
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As previously mentioned here, the NC Association of Defense Attorneys recently held its annual practical skills CLE for young lawyers. The practical skill covered this year was appellate oral
Continue Reading NCADA Mock Oral Argument Competition: Congratulations to Matt Leerberg!
If you are a blog subscriber, you may have noticed some repetitive traffic from our blog mailing list this past week. We apologize for the inconvenience, but are pleased to
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