North Carolina Advocates for Justice

Starting now, new members who join NCAJ will receive half-off dues for membership through June 2025. This discount includes Section dues, which provide access to the most valued listservs in the profession. Go to ncaj.com/membership and join now to get: Free online legal research, including Pattern Jury Instructions, through Decisis Access to the most active and helpful Sections and listservs in the profession. No question is off-limits. Discounts on practical CLEs presented by some of the most knowledgeable and successful trial lawyers in the state All the camaraderie and networking that comes with being part of our storied organization.

Congratulations to Sen. Terence Everitt, who served three terms in the House of Representatives before winning election to the Senate.

During January and February, membership dues are half-off, including Sections dues. Join NCAJ at a fraction of the cost to: • try out free access to Decisis, a LexisNexis-powered legal research tool valued at $1,500 per year • get discounts on NCAJ's legendary CLE created for trial lawyers by trial lawyers, • experience the comradery and shared wisdom that comes with belonging to our storied community. Go to www.ncaj.com/membership for more. The current NCAJ membership year runs through June 30, 2025.

Criminal Defense Section Roundtable Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1 p.m. Auto Torts & Premises Liability Section Trial Debrief, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 12:30 p.m. Nursing Home Litigation Practice Roundtable Think Tank, Friday, Jan. 17 Find details and register: https://lnkd.in/gVMfkrF4

Cases are often won or lost in deposition. Yet, conducting a focused, strategic, and comprehensive deposition is no easy feat. You're juggling multiple priorities while opposing counsel attempts to derail your objective. This seminar will delve into every aspect of strategy, tactics, and techniques relating to depositions in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Attend this program for an in-depth CLE experience designed to provide you with an unsurpassed level of preparedness. Learn more here: https://buff.ly/4gYAOok

Practice Management Specialist Erik Mazzone offers quick tips for a crafting a one-page plan for 2025 that even planning-averse lawyers can pick up easily. ... there’s no small number of law firms across North Carolina for whom the sum total of business planning done amounts to: I’m going to open a law firm. Doing family law. With this person as my partner. And honestly, there’s nothing super wrong with that. In recent years, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have sought to recapture some of that “let her rip” attitude that had been lost to endless spreadsheets, go to market strategies and EBITDA. Or maybe not that last one, I’m still not entirely clear on what that is. And they enshrined this (re)turn to not overthinking the business planning process in the ethos: “ready, fire, aim.” I have a lot of thoughts about that, particularly living in a country with as many guns as we have, but I’m going to holster those for now (see what I did there?) and just stick with business planning. Ready, fire, aim, was seen as a needed correction to an entrepreneurial ecosystem that had gotten too mired down in planning and analysis and not connected enough to letting her rip. As we suspected all along, MBAs ruin everything. https://lnkd.in/eMxjExKY

Get expert tips and in-depth insights from a range of top-notch presenters on trending topics including recent Social Security rulings and emergency messages, techniques for perfecting your VE Cross, psychology for attorneys, trauma-informed lawyering and disability in the employment/ADA context. Register here: https://buff.ly/3W8aekF Don't miss the Disability Advocacy & Employment Law Joint Networking Event after the CLE.

Get up to speed on emerging topics in employment law, including the state of non-compete clauses in a time of political uncertainty, strategies for protecting employees from employer-driven debt and tips for litigating claims under the Equal Pay Act at the 4th Circuit. Come learn from the brightest minds in the field. Register here: https://buff.ly/3W8aekF

Spend an afternoon learning how to try - and win - civil rights cases from some of the most storied and successful attorneys in the field. Presenters include Geraldine Sumter, Carlos Mahoney and Matt Ballew. Rub elbows and swap stories at a social hour after the seminar. Register here: https://buff.ly/422hUZK

Not every professional negligence matter centers on medical malpractice. This CLE offers advice and instruction about the unique features, best practices and trends in professional negligence cases that aren’t medical malpractice. Presenting speakers include some of the most successful plaintiff’s attorneys in the state who have won millions of dollars on behalf of their clients. Attend in person at NCAJ Headquarters in Raleigh or online. Register: https://lnkd.in/eAn2ePHC