"What [cash bail] does is create a system where often the people with the least ability to pay, charged with the most minor offenses, are stuck in jail."
For those without it, money trumps the Constitution
Bar Exam Day One: Good Luck and Congratulations to Our $2,500 Scholarship Winners
Today is Day One of the North Carolina bar exam in Raleigh.
The two-day "event" pits law graduates' brains (and a bit of brawn) against the somewhat notorious and arduous test used to accept or deny admittance to the legal profession.
Supreme Court Votes in Favor of First Amendment, Against North Carolina's Ban on Social Media
"In sum, to foreclose access to social media altogether is to prevent the user from engaging in the legitimate exercise of First Amendment rights."
Patrick Roberts one of only a handful of Raleigh-area 'Distinguished Counsel'
The National Association of Distinguished Counsel recognizes the nation's top one percent of lawyers, based on its four-stage selection criteria. The NADC is "dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence." The four stages include:
North Carolina goes bipartisan in pushing to raise the age of adult prosecution
Removing the 'Millstone Around the Youth of Our State'
Two Future Superstar Attorneys of North Carolina
Winners of the First Roberts Law Group Bar Exam Scholarship
Two hardworking law students are about to take the February bar exam. No matter what happens (though they'll do just fine, based on what we've seen of them so far) they're already winners in our book, who impressed us with their answers to the question:
Charlotte: Beginning of the End for Trump?
Donald Trump doesn't believe in polls. And maybe he's right. Maybe he shouldn't believe in them. Maybe all the polls in the world won't make a bit of difference if he ends up winning on Nov. 8.