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April 2019
Does Your Law Life Need a Treehouse?
by Jay Reeves

If only law school taught us how to build treehouses, I think we'd be better - and considerably happier - lawyers.
 
Instead we emerge with our temporal lobes crammed with answers to questions rarely asked, and our essential need for joy and play set aside in service to Having a Career.
 
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Proxies for Lawyers Mutual's 2019 annual meeting were emailed to insureds on April 5th.
 
Please return your proxy to us no later than May 7th.
 
If you have any questions regarding your proxy, contact Darlene Harden at dharden@lawyersmutualnc.com or 800.662.8843.
 
 
Interview with Leigh Wicclair, NC Pro Bono Center

Did you know that there are 1,225,000 active driver's license suspensions in North Carolina relating to unpaid traffic fines and failure to appear in court for traffic offenses? These suspensions constitute about 15% of all adult drivers in the state. The NC Pro Bono Resource Center, the NC Justice Center and the Durham Expunction and Restoration (DEAR) Project are currently seeking Pro Bono Attorney Volunteers to assist with the Driver's License Restoration Project in counties across North Carolina.  
 

Cybersecurity begins with a strong password. Cyber criminals know and exploit bad password habits as they are often one of the weakest links in data security schemes. For this reason, it is critical that all lawyers and staff in a law office use passwords properly.
 
Improve your passwords by implementing good password procedures. Our password security tips can help.
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Checklists for Lawyers
Do you use checklists?
Checklists for Lawyers, takes the process of using checklists a step further by showing you how to create systems for your everyday law practice to ensure that tasks get done correctly every time. 
 
Have you heard the news? Lawyers Mutual is moving into new office space! We are moving into the building across the parking lot from our current location.  As of May 20, 2019, our new street address is 1001 Winstead Drive, Suite 285, Cary, NC 27513The mailing address/post office box remains the same. Please update your records accordingly.  Thank you.

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Patrick Brown
Vice President, Enterprise and Operational Risk Management
Does procrastination get in the way of completing important tasks?
 
It's a major struggle for many of us.
 
Don't want to sort through the mounds of files on your desk? Now is a great time to check fan sites to see who is likely to die on the next episode of Game of Thrones, right?
 
You are not alone in this productivity struggle. 

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If you are a PC user running Windows, you are hopefully using Windows 10.
 
If you are not, now is a great time to consider upgrading to keep your systems up to date and secure!
 
Upcoming CLE Programs
The North Carolina Bar Association presents Living Law: Ideals, Issues and Human Interests (Law and the Humanities) 

Date
May 8, 2019
 
Location   
North Carolina Bar Center 
8000 Weston Parkway
Cary, NC 27513
This unique professionalism program probes the relationship between the law and human culture, primarily through a review of literature and enhanced through five basic sessions facilitated by course planners David Hostetler and Gray Wilson.
 
Client Savvy presents Client Experience for Professional Services (CXps)

Date
May 20-22, 2019 
 
Location   
301 W Morgan St
Durham, NC 27701

Do you have competitors?
 
Of course you do. And it's probably also true that these competitors have talented team members just like you. So, how are you differentiating your firm?
 
Click here for more information and to register.
Post Office Box 1929      Cary, NC 27512