North Carolina Association of County Attorneys

(Plan for lunch on your own; snacks and beverages will be provided at breaks.)

11 a.m. – Registration Opens
11:30 a.m. – Pre-Conference Reception and Networking
12:20 p.m. – Welcome
12:30 p.m. – Sessions

• Child Welfare Case Update
• Educational Issues for Children in DSS Custody
• Business Meeting
• DSS Legislative Update

6 p.m. – Opening Reception (Sponsored by Teague Campbell)

7:15 a.m. – Breakfast Buffet (Sponsored by Poyner Spruill)
7:30 a.m. – Registration Opens
8:45 a.m. – Concurrent Sessions

• Appellate Procedure (DSS Attorneys)
• Welcome (County Attorneys)
• County Support for Private Affordable Housing (County Attorneys)

10 a.m. – Joint Sessions

• Involuntary Commitment and Voluntary Admission of Children in DSS Custody to Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities
• Ethics Update
• Representing an Organizational Client, Ethics Update, and Legislative Changes to the State Bar’s Grievance Process

5:30 p.m. – Officers’ Reception (Sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson)

7:15 a.m. – Breakfast Buffet (Sponsored by Smith Anderson)
7:30 a.m. – Registration Opens
8:30 a.m. – Sessions

• County Legislative Update
• Public Comment Periods and the First Amendment
• SDFs and SWFs: What Counties Need to Know
• Getting it Done Right: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest and Other Updates in Federal Procurement
• Business Session

5:30 p.m. – President’s Reception (Sponsored by Civic Federal Credit Union)