Registration is now open for the North Carolina Bar Association’s 2025 Appellate Practice Section CLE – Elevate Your Appellate Practice. This is going to be a terrific event, with a
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Registration is now open for the North Carolina Bar Association’s 2025 Appellate Practice Section CLE – Elevate Your Appellate Practice. This is going to be a terrific event, with a…
Continue Reading Register Now and Save – NCBA’s 2025 Appellate CLEThis year, the North Carolina Mock Trial Program, in conjunction with the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism (CJCP) and the May 20th Society, will offer the chance to learn about…
Continue Reading Help Wanted: Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism Seeks Appellate Attorneys as Moot Court MentorsIsn’t “secure leave” wonderful? It’s the one time YOUR schedule overrides the COURT schedule. Just designate a week or two or three, at least 90 days in advance, and you…
Continue Reading Preserve Family Harmony–File for Secure Leave Today!Parties must move for a directed verdict to preserve their right to request judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV*) after an unfavorable verdict is returned. Friday’s batch of Supreme Court opinions…
Continue Reading Masterclass: North Carolina Supreme Court Explains Error Preservation in the Directed Verdict and JNOV Context.Dissent-based appeals of right might stick around a little longer than we thought.
The 2023 budget bill struck N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-30(2), which had allowed for an appeal of…
Continue Reading Did the NC Supreme Court Just Extend the Dissent-Based Appeal Period?For many moons, North Carolina was one of the few jurisdictions in which the losing party at the Court of Appeals could pursue an appeal as of right to the…
Continue Reading NC Supreme Court Cleans Up Rules on Dissent-Based AppealsThe North Carolina Supreme Court is not stingy with extensions. If a lawyer needs more time to file a brief, the Court will generally allow it.
But with the Court…
Continue Reading North Carolina Supreme Court Is All Caught UpA decade ago, talk of fonts was all the rage in North Carolina appellate circles. Jurists were increasingly reading briefs on screens, not on paper. And what works on paper…
Continue Reading Serif? Don’t Like It: The Clash Over Fonts Roars Back to LifeEver had to explain to a client why a sweet win in the lower courts doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s time to dig in and eat?
Continue Reading Appellate Courts and Messy KitchensYou can hit your snooze button a little later on Tuesdays. Effective January 1, 2025, the Court of Appeals’ scheduled filing days for opinions will be the first and third…
Continue Reading Wednesday Returns: Court of Appeals Changes Release Schedule for New Opinions