YLD BLAST

The North Carolina Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Bulletin 
  November 2007

Dates to know
 
. Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 1:00 pm - Campbell Law School Tour
. Friday, November 9, 2007 at 1:00 pm - YLD Domestic Issues Committee Meeting at Bar Center in Cary
. Monday, November 12, 2007 at 2 pm - YLD Minority Focus Committee Meeting by conference call
. Friday, November 17, 2007 at 9:30 am - YLD Pro Bono/Poverty Issues Committee Free Legal Panel Discussion at Raleigh Salvation Army at 215 South Person Street on Criminal Law, Family Law, Domestic Violence, Landlord/Tenant Law, and Immigration Law
. Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 6:00 pm - Joint Holiday Party with Wake County YLD at Nelsons
. Monday, December 3, 2007 at 6 pm - Joint Social with Wake County YLD at Hibernia
. Friday, January 11, YLD Winter Quarterly Meeting at 9 am via videoconferencing at the Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice offices in Raleigh, Winston-Salem, and  Charlotte
. Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - Legislative Committee Lobbying CLE at the History Museum in Raleigh
. Friday, April 4, 2008, "4 All" Service Day
. Friday, May 2, 2008, Law Day
. Friday, June 20, 2008, YLD Spring Quarterly Meeting & YLD Reception at the Sheraton in Atlantic Beach in conjunction with the 2008 NCBA Bar Convention
. Saturday, June 21, 2008, YLD Annual Meeting, also in conjunction with the Bar Convention

Legal Article of Interest
 
 "E-Discovery Requests:  Know Your Limits" by Mark A. Berman.  Berman analyzes changes in e-discovery, focusing on New York state but providing valuable lessons in any forum, concluding that "practitioners should strongly consider tailoring their specific [electronically stored information] discovery requests."

http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1186736525985

Area in Focus

Fayetteville, NC - A Dickens Holiday - November 23, 2007
A romantic Victorian day with carolers, musicians, carriage rides and roaming Dickens' characters  (800) 255-8217.

Blog of Interest

The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog

Written primarily by attorney Peter Lattman, the WSJ Law Blog focuses on business law.  The blog also includes contributions from reporters and editors at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. 

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/

Legal Website
 
Lexpertise is an open network of lawyers created by Roger P. Glovsky, an attorney practicing in Massachusetts who is interested in using technology to facilitate collaboration among attorneys.  The goal of Lexpertise is "to encourage collaboration and networking among lawyers and to develop online resources that facilitate the practice of law by providing greater access to people, information and tools."  Attorneys may register on the site and build online relationships with attorneys across the country.

 http://www.lexpertise.net/