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16 N.C. St. B. Newsl. 1 (1991)

handle is hein.barjournals/ncsbarnew0016 and id is 1 raw text is: The North Carolina State Bar Newsletter Volume 16 Number I Winter, 1991 Hearing for Professionalism Course March 22 During the past year the Professionalism Com- mittee has studied the desirability of requiring North Carolina attorneys to take a mandatory course in professionalism. On October 18 the Professionalism Committee, having concluded that intensive instruction in the subject of profes- sionalism would benefit the members of the bar, the profession as a whole, and the public, sub- mitted a proposal to the Executive Committee of the council calling for the amendment of the CLE rules to require that all North Carolina lawyers at- tend a five-hour block course in professionalism/ practical ethics every three years in lieu of the cur- rent three-hour professional responsibility block course. The Executive Committee decided that the proposal, which is reproduced below, should be pub- ished for coiment and made the subject of a public hearing prior to final consideration by the council in April. A public hearing concerning the proposal was held on December 7, 1990. Unfortunately, notice of the hearing, which was contained in the fall edi- tion of the Newsletter, was not received in time to permit many interested attorneys and organiza- tions to arrange to be present. For that reason a second public hearing has been scheduled on Friday, March 22, 1991, at 2:00 p.m. in the coun- cil chambers of the North Carolina State Bar head- quarters at 208 Fayetteville Street Mall in Rleigh. Any interested individual or organization desiring to address the committee concerning any aspect of the proposal should contact Tom Lunsford at the State Bar office (P.O. Box 25908, Raleigh, NC 27611, 919/828-4620) at least seven days prior to the hearing. Written comments are also solicited. A summary of the testimony from both hearings and a report of any action taken by the council in regard to the proposal will appear in the next Newsletter. Please note that the proposal, if ap- proved, will not increase the total number of hours required annually. (continued on page 8) Divisional Meetings The divisional meetings are scheduled at the fol- lowing times and places for the four divisions. You are requested to urge the officers in your district to make plans to attend the meetings, along with a young lawyer representative. PLEASE MAKE THIS A PRIORIY. Division I - Friday, May 3, 9:30 a.m., Hilton Inn, Greenville, Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 Division II - Friday, March 15, 9:30 a.m., Mar- riott, Morrisville, Districts 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15A, 15B, & 16 Division Ill - Friday, May 10, 9:30 a.m., Tanglewood, Clemmons, Districts 17A, 17B, 18, 19A, 19B, 20, 21, 22, & 23 Division IV - Friday, May 17,.9:30 a.m., Grove Park Inn, Asheville, Districts 24, 25, 26, 27A, 27B, 28, 29, & 30 I Inside: Directory of Specialists Table of Contents Council Action/Committee Reports page 3 Amendments to Rules page 5 Pro Bono Rule Considered page 6 Legal Aid to Indigents page 8 Proposed Opinions page 9 Specialization page 14 CLE/Military Exemption page 15 Decisis De Cursu page 16 IOLTA page 18 Classified Advertising page 23

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