The NGB Takes Center Stage as the UBE Exits Stage Right: What This Means for North Carolina
Is the NGB Really All It’s Cracked Up to Be? The NextGen Bar Exam is on the horizon, leading test-takers […]
Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics
How Long is Too Long?
Stopping a vehicle for speeding, writing a ticket, and sending that person on their way is on the “simple” side of the spectrum. Complexity arises with continued questioning, K’9’s, or asking drivers to step out of their vehicles. These additional factors suddenly create a growing issue: how long is too long for a traffic stop?
The Law’s Imaginary Playbook: Navigating Legal Fictions
In the common law system, legal fictions have been utilized to adapt to changing circumstances and address gaps in legislation. English common law, with its emphasis on precedent and flexibility, incorporated legal fictions into its legal system to achieve justice.
Gene Editing from a Global Perspective: The Ethical Battle
The editing of genome cells is used in a number of ways, including treating and preventing hereditary diseases. A first case look includes a “brave” scientist by the name of He Jiankui of Shenzhen, China’s Southern University of Science and Technology, shocked the world by unveiling his unique experiment where he secretly modified the embryos of nine different couples who had biological fathers with HIV positive genes and mothers with HIV negative genes.
Academic Theft – Is ChatGPT an Offender?
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has a list of activities that are banned, with the risk of termination of a user’s account if the company discovers banned activity. Within these banned activities, OpenAI specifically prohibits academic dishonesty. The regulation instructs its users not to misinform, misrepresent, or mislead others.
Part-Time Lawyer or Full-Time Dissident? Opportunities and Obstacles of Practicing Law Part-Time
“Lawyers are no longer afraid to face the stigma that ‘we cannot practice law part-time.’” – Joan Williams, Law Professor
The Ethics and Implications of Classical Conditioning
Behavior modification is a simple concept with complex implications. Simply put, behavior modification “conditions” the participant to engage or cease a behavior through “learning.” The premise of changing behavior is easily understood when the participant consents.
The Night the Lights Went Out in SC
The name “Murdaugh” has held a position of honor in the South Carolina Lowcountry for over three generations. In addition
The Digital Dark Web Underworld Mysteries: A Lawyer’s Sanctuary in Elysium or Sentence in Tartarus?
Despite its name, reputation, and association as the criminal underworld alluding to Greek mythology, the Dark Web has multiple layers of purposes utilized by civilians in different roles.
Words matter: Overcoming discrimination with dignity in how we discuss mental illness
The notion of being “politically correct” has been in the spotlight for a substantial period of time, consistently generating an
Constitutional & Public Law, Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics
Better than Resilience: Getting Ahead of the Struggle
A critical analysis of the tension between psychological resilience and the typical characteristics of law students and lawyers suggests that a more proactive approach is needed to resolve the pervasive mental health problems we are reluctant to admit.
Anxiety and the ADA
Anxiety disorders affect millions of Americans every year. It’s time for employers to recognize their potential to make the workplace a more comfortable environment for everyone.
And then there were 6: Charlotte School of Law closes its doors
After a long and difficult process with governing authorities, Charlotte School of Law officially announced its closure just days before fall classes were set to begin.
Collusion, conspiracy, and campaigns
Top Trump campaign aides met with a Russian lawyer before the election, and despite their assurances that nothing illegal occurred, Congress wants them all to testify.
Look but don’t touch: Trump requests voter data, states and civil rights groups push back
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity has received harsh criticism after requesting voter information from each state in order to investigate voter fraud during the November election.