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Welcome to the Estate Planning & Fiduciary Law Section

Wills for Heroes

April 18th in Raleigh at Rex Hospital
Training will be held at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., with the appointments running from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The address of the event is 4420 Lake Boone Trail, and sign-in/training will take place in Assembly Room 1209.

April 25th in Statesville at the Mitchell Community College Continuing Education Center
The training for this event will take place at 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., with appointments running from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The address for this event is 701 West Front Street in Statesville.

Our section is assisting YLD by providing experienced estate planning attorneys to serve as floaters to answer questions from YLD volunteer attorneys as they prepare basic estate planning documents for first responders. If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to sections@ncbar.org and type "Wills for Heroes" and the date and location of the event in the subject line. For more information about this program, you can contact Susan Finch, the YLD coordinator for these events, at (919) 624-9772 or sfinch@susanfinchlaw.com. You may also contact Pro Bono Committee Co-Chairs Tim Nordgren at (919) 493-0584, tnordgren@macroclaw.com, or Amy Kincaid at (336) 370-8849, akincaid@sbaal.com for more information.

Welcome to the Web site for the Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section.  The Section celebrated its 25th year in 2004.  The Technology Committee has worked hard to bring you a Web site that will be useful to you in your practice.  All comments and suggests are welcome.  Please direct your responses to Andy Strauss, Technology Chair at andy@strausslaw.com.

Larry H. Rocamora, Chair

The Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section offers members the opportunity to network not only with other estate planning attorneys, but also other professionals who are involved in the estate planning process such as bankers, financial institutions, Clerks of Court and CPAs.  Our Section has a "Joint Statement of Principles" with banks and financial institutions, works to resolve differences with CPAs who are engaging in "legal" transactions and publishes the Estate Administration Manual.

Committees: CLE, Estate Administration Manual, Ethics, Legislative, Membership, Newsletter, Nominations, Paralegals Division,  Pro Bono, Public Relations and Eduction, Technology. As well as, joint Committees with NCACPA, Banker's Association, and NC Clerk's of Court. Click HERE to join a committee.

NC Casemaker
"NC Casemaker" contains a link to the Casemaker online legal research library and information on how to use this valuable free member service, which provides access to state and federal materials including the NC Pattern Jury Instructions, NC Supreme Court Opinions, NC Statutes, NC Court of Appeals Opinions, NC Attorney General Opinions, US Supreme Court Opinions, US Code of Federal Regulations, all Federal Circuit Court Opinions, and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Governance
"Governance" contains the section's governing documents including the purpose statement and bylaws when available.

Leadership
"Leadership" contains information from the section's leadership including the section officers, section council, committee chairs, and meeting minutes when available.

Join the Section
"Join the Section" contains an online application form for joining this section.

Continuing Legal Education
"CLE" contains section-specific Continuing Legal Education (CLE) information including upcoming programs and publications when available.

Council Meeting Dates
Estate Planning Law Section Council Meeting Dates

Directories
"Directories" contains links to the section and division indexes, judicial directory, and membership directory, which is password protected.

Legal Resources
"Legal Resources" contains section-specific legal resources including access to Casemaker / PJI, online links / references, publications (e.g., forms, brochures, booklets, etc.), articles, legislative issues, and other information when available.

LISTSERV
"LISTSERV" contains information on how to use the section's LISTSERV including the user agreement, frequently asked questions, and tips and etiquette, as well as a link to the section's LISTSERV archive. NOTE: Participation in the LISTSERV is optional and only available to section members. The LISTSERV mailing system and archives are also hosted by another company, which requires you to log in to access the archives, etc.

Newsletters
"Newsletters" contains the section's newsletters, which may be password-protected as determined by the section leadership.

Estate Planning Forums
"Estate Planning Forums" contains 3 types of web-based discussion forums for (1) section/division members only, (2) NCBA members only, OR (3) Open Forums where anyone can view them, however only section/division members can add threads or comments. It also provides access to the NCBA Forums, a centralized communication tool for each of the NCBA's 28 sections and 4 divisions, and other areas of interest to legal professionals.

Estate Site Map
Get a birds-eye view of the Estate Community using the Site Map.

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