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20 N.C. St. B. Newsl. 1 (1995)

handle is hein.barjournals/ncsbarnew0020 and id is 1 raw text is: The North Carolina State Bar Newsletter Volume 20 Number 1 Winter 1995 Specialization Board Sets 1995 Application Period for Certification In 1995 the North Carolina State Bar Board of Le- gal Specialization will again certify specialists in the areas of * bankruptcy law (consumer and/or business) * real property law (commercial and/or resi- dential) * family law * estate planning and probate law * criminal law (federal/state criminal law, state criminal law, and/or appellate criminal law) In order to be certified a lawyer must 1) show sub- stantial involvement in the practice of law in the spe- cialty field during the preceding five years, 2) attain a specified number of hours of accredited continuing legal education in the specialty field, 3) secure satis- factory references or recommendations regarding the lawyer's competence and qualifications in the spe- cialty field, and 4) pass a written examination de- signed to test the lawyer's knowledge and ability in the specialty field. Applications for certification will be ac- cepted between June 1 and July 31, 1995. Appli- cation forms as well as copies of the North Carolina Plan of Specialization, tl e certification standards for each specialty, and other important information can be obtained by calling or writing: Alice Neece Mose- ley, Executive Director, the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, P.O. Box 25908, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 828-4620, ext. 236. Since applications were first taken in 1987, the board has certified 327 attorneys as specialists. The following persons are responsible for administering the program: James E. Cross Jr., Chairperson, Ox- ford; Roger W. Smith, Vice-Chairperson, Raleigh; Dr. Ernest H. Brown, Jr., Lumberton; Buddy 0. H. Her- ring, Winston-Salem; Dr. Jaroslav F. Hulka, Chapel Hill; J. Fred Riley, Elizabeth City; Robert B. Lloyd, Jr., Greensboro; Christine L. Myatt, Greensboro; and William M. Place, CPA, Louisburg. Supreme Court Approves Rules On December 8, 1994, the Supreme Court ap- proved the recodified rules of the North Carolina State Bar. The recodification included no substantive amendments to the rules but was merely a reorgani- zation and reformatting of the State Bar rules for publication in the North Carolina Administrative Code. The recodified rules will be published in their entirety as part of a comprehensive lawyer's hand- book later this spring in lieu of the winter edition of the State Bar's Quarterly. Prior to its consideration of the recodified rules of the North Carolina State Bar, the Supreme Court considered and approved previously published amendments concerning the PALS Committee, the conduct of disability hearings, and the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants. The council's adop- tion of all of these provisions was noted in the last edition of the Newsletter. Arriving in April: Lawyer handbook containing State Bar rules, all final RPC opinions, comprehensive index to opinions, trust account guidelines, and list of certified specialists. Table of Contents Council Action/Committee Reports page 2 Proposed Opinions page 6 Specialization Update page 15 CLE Update page 16 Court Decisions page 16 IOLTA Update page 18 CLE Courses page 21 Board of Law Examiners Applicants page 23 Classified Advertising page 27

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