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17 N.C. St. B. Newsl. 1 (1992)

handle is hein.barjournals/ncsbarnew0017 and id is 1 raw text is: The North Carolina State Bar Newsletter Volume 17 Number 1 Winter 1992 Specialization Update The purpose of this plan of certified legal specialization is to assist in the delivery of legal ser- vices to the public by identifying to the public those lawyers who have demonstrated special knowledge, skill and proficiency in a specific field, allowing the public to more closely match their needs with avail- able services; and to improve the competency of the bar by establishing an additional incentive for lawyers to participate in continuing legal education and meet the other requirements of specialization. - The N.C. State Bar Plan of Specialization i. . . it is the bar's role to assure that the populace is sufficiently informed as to enable it to place adver- tising in its proper perspective. - Bates v. State Bar of Arizona Board Adopts Inclusionary Policy Since the inception of the program, the Board of Legal Specialization has sought to achieve the pur- pose set forth above by seeking to certify those lawyers with the finest credentials. It has become apparent, however, that many outstanding lawyers in the state are not participating in specialization, even though they are in all ways qualified to do so. After recent discussions with the leadership of the North Carolina State Bar, the board has deter- mined that it must find ways to attract greater numbers of qualified lawyers to specialization, in- cluding changing the way the board looks at attor- neys as specialists. It should not be the aim of the program to allow only the most highly qualified at- torneys to become specialists. The purposes of specialization can be achieved by offering certifica- tion to large numbers of attorneys in the state whom the board might confidently represent to the public as truly competent to offer legal services in the various areas of specialty. It is not the inten- tion of the Board of Legal Specialization to create an attorney elite with this program; rather it is to identify for the public the most competent lawyers in the state. Given the philosophy of the North Carolina State Bar that the specialization program should be in- clusionary rather than exclusionary, the board will (continued on page 12) Divisional Meetings Scheduled The 1992 Divisional Meetings are scheduled at the following times and places for the four divisions. You are requested to urge the officers in your district to attend the divisional meetings along with a young lawyer representative. Division 1: Friday, May 1, 9:30 A.M. Hilton Inn, Greenville Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Division II: Friday, March 20, 9:30 A.M. Marriott, Morrisville Districts, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15A, 15B, 16 Division III: Friday, May 29, 9:30 A.M. Stouffer, Winston-Salem Districts 17A, 17B, 18, 19A, 19B, 20, 21, 22, 23 Division IV: Friday, May 8, 9:30 A.M. Holiday Inn, Hickory Districts 24, 25, 26, 27A, 27B, 28, 29, 30 INSIDE: 1992 DIRECTORY OF LEGAL SPECIALISTS Table of Contents Council Action/Committee Reports page 2 IOLTA page 5 Proposed Opinions page 7 Decisis De Cursu page 10 1991 Certified Specialists page 13 CLE Update page 13 CLE Courses page 15 Classified Advertising page 19

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