8:55 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 2020 Cases from the North Carolina Supreme Court
Former Justice Robert H. Edmunds Jr., Fox Rothschild LLP, Greensboro
Former Justice Barbara A. Jackson, North Carolina Supreme Court, Raleigh
Troy D. Shelton, Fox Rothschild LLP, Raleigh
Listen as the panel reviews 2020 cases from the Supreme Court of North Carolina that provides context for the presentations later in the program. Troy Shelton, a Fox Rothschild associate whose practice focuses on state and federal appeals, gives an overview of the most salient constitutional law opinions issued by the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Former Justices Jackson and Edmunds also call on their experiences on the bench to discuss particular aspects of Supreme Court practice.
10:30 Break
10:40 2020 Cases from the United States Supreme Court
Wilson Parker, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem
Hear a review the significant cases from the October 2019 term of the SCOTUS, preview significant cases in the October 2020 term and discuss the implications for the future of the court following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
12:10 Lunch Break
12:40 Litigating COVID-19 Issues in North Carolina
Brian F. Castro, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Winston-Salem
Jeanette K. Doran, North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, Raleigh
Andrew A. Kasper, North Carolina Department of Revenue, Raleigh
S. Chuck Kitchen, Kitchen & Turrentine PLLC, Raleigh
During this session, the speakers discuss the front of currently pending COVID-19 cases from the barricades.
1:40 Break
1:50 COVID-19 and the First Amendment
Robert P. Joyce, UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill
C. Amanda Martin, Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych PLLC, Raleigh
COVID-19 restrictions on group meetings have brought new law to the First Amendment, including right to assemble and right to worship. Review the law and its meaning for practitioners.
2:50 Break
3:00 Best Mental Health Practices in a COVID-19 Environment†
Nicole "Nicki" Ellington, North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program, Raleigh
Richard Hicks, HRC Behavioral Health & Psychiatry PA, Chapel Hill
COVID-19 has remade the practice of law and created new mental health stresses for practitioners. Help is on the way.
4:00 Adjourn
†Indicates portion providing Substance Abuse/Mental Health credit