Education & Careers
Work-life balance is the key to happiness for midlevel associates at large firms, with 60 percent of them saying they’d leave their current job for one that offered more balance. By c… Read More
Education & Careers
A new program launched by Campbell’s law school will focus on ethics and innovation in advanced technologies. The Campbell Law Innovation Institute (CLII) is using education and resea… Read More
Education & Careers
For recent law graduates, there’s good news and bad news. The good news: the national median salary for the class of 2020 reached an all-time high of $75,000, up more than three percent… Read More
Education & Careers
Five new Legal Legends of Color have been honored by the NC Bar Association for their contributions to North Carolina law and society. The honorees were announced at the NCBA’s … Read More
Education & Careers
Being a brand-new law firm associate in the Age of COVID is different in some ways than it was just a few years ago. For example, working remotely might be a necessity, and water cool… Read More
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Having a clear and consistent law firm mission doesn’t just provide a roadmap for the future of your practice, it’s also a great way to attract and keep top talent. After … Read More
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If you’re an associate planning a lateral move to an out-of-state law firm, make sure you know the bar licensure requirements of the jurisdiction you’re going to. If that state … Read More
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Lawyers are feeling so overwhelmed these days that many are working part-time, and a significant number are thinking of leaving the profession altogether. Most of the rest are highly … Read More
Education & Careers
More people are applying for law school, which means it’s harder to get in. To illustrate: last year, a score of 172 on the LSAT and a 3.8 college GPA would likely have been good enou… Read More
Education & Careers
Even though bar exam pass rates rose nationwide in 2020, those who took the test in person did better than those who took it online in states that offered both options. In Texas, for exampl… Read More
Lawyers Mutual has published previous alerts regarding the new filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that went into effect January 1, 2024. After reviewing additional resources, we want to emphasize concerns that we have about the risks and increased potential liability for lawyers undertaking the reporting requirements. This is especially true for the continuing reporting requirements after entity formation and initial reporting.
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) recently announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), which currently serves Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. Twelve northeastern counties comprising Track 3, as previously announced, will go live on February 5, and 10 counties comprising Track 4 (Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, Vance and Warren) will go live on April 29.