YLD BLAST

The NC Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Bulletin
October 2, 2007

Dates to Know

·         Oct 4-6, 2007- ABA YLD Fall Meeting in Charlotte

·         Friday, Oct 5, 2007 at 4 pm -YLD Fall Quarterly Meeting at Alston & Bird in Charlotte

·         Saturday, Oct 6, 2007 from 11 am - 5 pm {training scheduled for 10 am - 11 am} - Wills for Heroes Event at Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Training Academy in Charlotte at 1770 Shopton Rd (28217) 

·         Wednesday, Oct 10, 2007 at 1 pm - Wake Forest Law School Tour

·         Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007 - Duke Law School Tour

·         Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 1:00 pm - Campbell Law School Tour

·         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

·         April 4, "4 All" Service Day

·         May 2, Law Day

·         June 20, YLD Spring Quarterly Meeting & YLD Reception at the Sheraton in Atlantic Beach in conjunction with the 2008 NCBA Bar Convention

·         June 21, YLD Annual Meeting, also in conjunction with the Bar Convention.

Legal Articles of Interest

An attorney in Wilmington runs the state's first completely online law office with a software application that she and her programmer husband created for the legal profession.  They believe the software will allow legal professionals to tap into the large online market for legal services.  The technology may be integrated into a traditional brick & mortar law office as well as customized for an alternative method of practicing law, such as a home based law office.  The following link is to the related article published in the Wilmington Star News on September 2nd.

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/article/20070902/NEWS/709020363/1004/news01

"E-Discovery Update: Direct Inspection Of Opposing Party Source Documents" by Conrad A. Jacoby.  Jacoby examines the availability of direct inspection in the electronic data era and finds that the importance of the potential evidence remains "an important guide to whether courts will permit [direct] inspection."

http://www.llrx.com/columns/fios21.htm

Area in Focus

Raleigh, NC - The North Carolina State Fair - October 12-21, 2007

The State Fair returns with this year's theme of "Seriously Twisted Fun". 

State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC;

http://www.ncstatefair.org/  

Blog of Interest

Womble Carlyle's associates maintain several North Carolina legal news blogs including the  North Carolina Appellate Blog.  This blog provides information on developments in the appellate courts that affect business interests in North Carolina.  The authors of the blog focus on civil decisions of the North Carolina Supreme Court and the North Carolina Court of Appeals, as well as civil decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that interpret or apply North Carolina substantive law.

http://womblencappellate.blogspot.com/

Legal Website

            BitLaw is a comprehensive resource on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, 

            trademark, and Internet legal issues. In addition to covering technology law, BitLaw's legal links section

            of the website contains a well-organized listing of primary and secondary legal sources, legal technology

            articles, government websites, and websites with searching capabilities.

            http://www.bitlaw.com/index.html