Welcome to the Education Law Section

Section News & Notes Law Institute for Teachers ("LIFT") Event Presented by the Education Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association (August 2-3, 2012, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC) - Click here for more information. Click here to register to attend. Distinguished Service Award Click here to download the confidential nomination form. Deadline for nominations is Friday, April 15. Committee Sign-up Form Click here for a copy of the sign-up form.

The Education Law Section values the perspective of both management and public education employee representatives. The section focuses on issues including the Excellent Schools Act, education financing, and employment. The section is developing programs to reach out to higher education attorneys.

The section, currently with 226 members, sponsors CLE programs and services; provides members with a substantive newsletter; and helps mold the association's legislative agenda for presentation to the N.C. General Assembly. The newsletter, Education Law, offers an index of its articles and CLE topics.

The Education Law Section's website includes the following information:

Calendar - contains a listing of Section Council meeting dates, Section Annual meeting dates, and other Section-related events dates, locations, times, and event descriptions.

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

Governance - contains the Education Law section's governing documents including the purpose statement and bylaws.

Join/Renew - contains an online application form for joining this section.

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

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

ListManager – is a communication tool that offers its members the opportunity to post suggestions, comments or questions to a large number of people at the same time.

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.

NCBA - Information about the North Carolina Bar Association's leaders, staff contacts, map/driving tools, and links to other sections, divisions as well as NCBA's home page.