Trial Briefs - Trial Briefs Winter 2020
From the Coordinating Editor
Kristen Beightol 2020-01-29 22:25:10
New Year, New Trial Briefs
Welcome to a new year and a new magazine. Starting with this edition, NCAJ is taking Trial Briefs to the next level, to be an updated must-see and must-read magazine. As co-chair of the Trial Briefs editorial board and coordinating editor of this edition, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know about the changes that you will see in this edition and beyond.
First, NCAJ is a trial lawyer organization. In 2020, Trial Briefs will be one piece of a concerted effort to educate, celebrate and keep informed its trial lawyer members. Outside and inside, the magazine will have a member focus beyond what NCAJ has ever done before.
Starting with the outside, you will no longer see stock photos. Instead, you will see photos of members doing what members do in the legal community and for NCAJ.
Beginning in 2020, NCAJ is kicking off its trial skills initiative, which will involve trial practice-focused continuing education courses taught by litigation leaders throughout the year. Trial Briefs will work together in this effort to educate NCAJ members by highlighting the skills being taught at these sessions. As an example, the theme for the April 2020 Trial Briefs edition is pre-trial practice. That edition will coincide with NCAJ trial skills programming on pre-trial topics.
Trial Briefs 2020 will also include more news about NCAJ’s goals and accomplishments. You will now see a member news section, which highlights members across the state and their accomplishments. Please send your news to NCAJ through ncaj.com/tellus or ncajblog.com/member-news, so that it will be included in upcoming editions and otherwise publicized.
The new Trial Briefs will also keep members informed by including more news about NCAJ’s goals and accomplishments. For instance, this edition includes coverage of the Diversity & Inclusion Conference and secure leave initiative, as well as amicus brief summaries. In April, you can expect to see reports from vice presidents to the Board, which will provide more insight into what NCAJ is doing across the state.
The improvements that you will see this year are only the beginning. NCAJ plans to evolve and improve Trial Briefs on an ongoing basis. Stay tuned.
Kristen Beightol serves as co-chair of the Trial Briefs editorial board. An attorney with Edwards Kirby LLP in Raleigh, she has spent most of her career representing people catastrophically injured due to the negligence of others with a primary focus on medical malpractice. Her experience also includes personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, nursing home negligence, trucking accidents, premises liability, and insurance coverage. Beightol graduated with highest honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of the Arts in journalism and mass communication. She obtained her law degree from Campbell Law School in 2001.
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