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January 2016
Taking Steps Today for a Better 2016
by Tom Boyle, TrustBooks

I spent the week between Christmas and New Year's doing a thorough review of the past twelve months.  Not exactly the most exciting way to spend a week that should be filled with family and friends.

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Successful Succession Planning
by Camille Stell, Vice President of Client Services 

I talk with many lawyers who are contemplating retirement and they express the same concerns. I have no hobbies, I don't know what I'll do with myself, how will my firm or my clients get along without me? 

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The New Year's Resolution That Saved a Career
by Jay Reeves

Of all the New Year's resolutions I've ever made, the dumbest was probably my decision to take up racquetball.

Fortunately, I broke it in mid-January, before any real damage was done.

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Debra Holland, NC State Bar
 
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There are two separate CLE obligations that a lawyer must fulfill each year to remain in good standing with the North Carolina State Bar: 
  • Complete the annually required 12.0 hours of CLE.
  • Sign and return the annual report form to the State Bar.
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you are like most businesses nowadays there is a very good chance you have a Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery Plan. (Also known as: A-worst-case-scenario-has-just-happened-to-your-business-what-will-it-take-to-get-you-back-up-and-running plan.)

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Upcoming CLE Programs
The NCBA presents
Starting Out Solo

When: 4th Tuesday, monthly
Where: NC Bar Center, Cary
       Elon School of Law, 
              Greensboro
       Central Piedmont 
              Community College,
              Charlotte

This is  a networking and education group for solo and small firm attorneys. They meet monthly to present a nuts and bolts programs on how to run a law practice.

For more information, contact Jeremy Williams with the North Carolina Bar Association. 
Lawyers Mutual Succession Planning CLE

Law Firm Succession: Secrets to a Successful Transition or Sale of a Law Practice 

Date: Thu, Feb. 11 
Location: Wrightsville Beach

For more information and to register, click here.

Lawyers Mutual Winter 2016 Schedule  

Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These: Stress, Pressure and Ethical Decision-Making in the Practice of Law 

Thu, Jan. 28   New Bern 
Fri, Jan. 29    Greenville 
Fri, Feb. 12   Wrightsville Beach  
For more information and to register: Click the location you are interested in attending above.   

Post Office Box 1929      Cary, NC 27512