5 New Year’s Resolutions Every Lawyer Should Make

Jay Reeves

On January 1 we make lofty and sincere resolutions for self-improvement.

Then on January 2 we start breaking them.

This year doesn’t have to be that way. In 2013 we can end the sad cycle of setting worthy goals and not following through on them.

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Where Did You Say The Accident Happened?

Warren Savage

Every year Lawyers Mutual receives numerous claims resulting from a missed statute of limitations on a personal injury claim where the accident occurred out of state. 

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2012 Top 10 Blog Articles

Bethany Schuelke

Did you know Lawyers Mutual has a popular blog called A Byte of Prevention: Risk Management Tips and Tidbits?  Topics covered on the blog include: law practice management, ethics, marketing, tips for success, marketing and technology.

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35 Years of Mutual Memories: Reflections from John Q. Beard

John Beard

If there is one person who can truly be called the face of Lawyers Mutual, that would be John Q. Beard. A founder and past president of the company, he is also a former President of the North Carolina Bar Association and a member of the NCBA Board of Governors and N.C. State Bar Council.

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CLE Goes to the Movies

Can getting CLE credit* be entertaining and enjoyable? Come find out when Lawyers Mutual and ReelTime CLE present “Put Into Practice: Wrestling With Ethical Dilemmas – We Have Met The Enemy…” As a Lawyers Mutual policyholder, you and your staff can attend for free adding to the benefits of your premium. 

Course Description

This live, interactive seminar developed by Charlotte’s own ReelTime CLE provides an engaging and entertaining forum for consideration of some of the common ethical and professional dilemmas faced by lawyers, and the corresponding toll they can take on an attorney’s mental health and well-being. Built around a series of film clips from the critically acclaimed 2011 film Win Win, starring Paul Giamatti as a struggling attorney and high school wrestling coach, this program explores the intersection of ethical decision-making and the various sources of stress that lawyers regularly encounter. Participants will leave this program better equipped to identify and understand the various pressures they commonly face in their practices, and with practical guidance for avoiding the kinds of professional and personal missteps that can literally ruin a career.

To register for this exciting program, visit www.lawyersmutualnc.com/cle-schedule

Questions? Contact Sharon Sparrow for information regarding our CLE programs at 800.662.8843 or sharon@lawyersmutualnc.com.

*Approved for 3 hours of NC State Bar CLE Credit
2 hours of professionalism/ethics
1 hour of substance abuse/mental health