Summer Attorneys Conference

* UPDATE: JUNE 1 *

Due to COVID-19, the N.C. Association of County Attorneys 2020 Summer Conference will be held via a virtual platform.

The 2020 Summer County Attorneys Conference will be held Thursday, July 9 (9am - 1pm) and Friday, July 10 (9am - 1pm).

Agenda Topics Include:

Affordable Housing Programs
COVID-19 and Public Health Law Issues
Employment Law and Coronavirus
Managing a New Type of Emergency
Legislative and Case Law Update
Professional Responsibility in a Pandemic (Ethics Session)
See below for full agenda

5.25 General CLE Credit Hours and 1 Ethics Credit Hour (6.25 Total) Approved by N.C. State Bar

Registration Fee: $40

A link to access the conference will be emailed to registrants prior to the event. You must register in advance to receive the link.

Click Here to Register

Note: The N.C. Association of Social Services Attorneys will hold its 2020 summer conference sessions virtually as well through the UNC School of Government. Click here for more information.

The conference will return to the Holiday Inn Resort in Wrightsville Beach on July 8-10, 2021.

2020 Summer Attorneys Conference Agenda

Thursday	July 9	Friday	July 10
9:00 - 9:10am	Welcome and Reminders for Virtual Conference	9:00 – 10:15am (1.25)	COVID-19: Selected Issues in NC Public Health Law Jill Moore, UNC School of Government Associate Professor of Public Law and Government Virginia Niehaus, Director of Regulatory & Legal Affairs, NC DHHS, Division of Public Health Beth Lovette, Deputy Director, NC Division of Public Health
9:10 – 10:10am (1)	NCACC Legislative Update Amy Bason, NCACC Adam Pridemore, NCACC Paige Worsham, NCACC	10:15 - 10:25am	Virtual Break
10:10 - 10:20am	Virtual Break	10:25 – 11:10am (.75)	Employment Law and Coronavirus Diane Juffras, Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Term Professor of Public Law and Government, UNC School of Government
10:20 – 11:05am (.75)	Case Law/Property Tax Case Update Roger Askew, Senior Deputy County Attorney, Wake County Matthew Turcola, Chief Deputy County Attorney, Guilford County	11:10 - 11:20am	Virtual Break
11:05 - 11:50am (.75)	Affordable Housing Programs Allison Cooper, Deputy County Attorney, Wake County Annette Moore, Senior Staff Attorney, Orange County	11:20 – 12:05pm (.75)	Managing a New Type of Emergency during the COVID-19 Pandemic Norma Houston, Lecturer in Public Law and Government, UNC School of Government
11:50 - 12:00pm	Virtual Break	12:05 - 12:30pm	Business Session and Virtual [Bring Your Own] Lunch
12:00 – 1:00pm (1)	Attorney Professional Responsibility in a Pandemic [Ethics Session], Brian Oten, Director for Ethics and Special Programs, NC State Bar