Each year, the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation’s McMillan Fellowship Fund promotes justice and innovation within our local legal system by awarding paid fellowships to law students interested in pursuing a career with a local nonprofit or government agency. The primary source of financial support for these fellowships is the annual McMillan Fellowship Dinner.

This year’s dinner will be on Thursday, February 27 at Bryon’s South End. This year’s dinner will feature a distinguished panel of experts discussing the topic, “A Conversation on School Integration in Mecklenburg County.” The panel members’ address will be preceded by the presentation of the 13th annual Julius L. Chambers Diversity Champion Award to the Honorable Jane V. Harper.

Are you up to date on NC DWI law? Do you need Substance Abuse, Technology, and/or General Ethics Credit ASAP? Plan a mini-vacation in Wilmington, North Carolina! This seminar, one of the Southeast’s pre-eminent and most distinguished, offers not only quality-content CLE, it provides the attendee with downtime to mix and mingle and trade war stories with other DWI defenders from North Carolina. Due to the limited capacity of the seminar, register early!

Apps and the first drink will be served to thank you for being a member! Please contact Alejandra Villegas at [email protected] if you have any questions.

North Carolina is home to eight military bases, about 113,000 active-duty and reserve service members, and more than 750,000 veterans. Undeniably, military and veteran populations play an enormous role in our state’s economy, supporting over 540,000 jobs and contributing close to $34 billion in personal income.

After being discharged, former military personnel — including more than 475,000 wartime veterans and approximately 225,000 veterans age 50 or over — may experience disabilities and disadvantages that were not present at enlistment. When we needed them on the battlefield to safeguard our rights, these brave men and women answered the call; now, it is our responsibility to protect their rights.

Knowledgeable, experienced advocates are crucial to fulfilling that responsibility — ensuring that our state’s veterans are housed and obtain all the benefits to which they are entitled. Learn how to recognize and advocate for veterans’ benefits, gain an understanding of how you can help struggling veterans overcome barriers to success, and explore a lot of new acronyms.

Women litigators in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee are teaming up to support, educate and advance women civil defense litigators in the first Southeastern Women Litigators Conference to be held on March 26, 2020 at the Atlanta Zoo.

While the program has not been finalized, the one-day seminar will combine speakers and panelists who will discuss developing leadership and career building skills. The presentations will also explore challenges, risks and rewards on the path to having a fulfilling and productive career for women lawyers.