North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 27 - STATE BAR › Chapter 01 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR › Subchapter D - RULES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR › Section .1700 - THE PLAN OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION › Section 01D .1719 - SPECIALTY COMMITTEES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				  board shall establish a separate specialty committee for each specialty in
				  which specialists are to be certified. Each specialty committee shall be
				  composed of seven members appointed by the board, one of whom shall be
				  designated annually by the chairperson of the board as chairperson of the
				  specialty committee. Members of each specialty committee shall be lawyers
				  licensed and currently in good standing to practice law in this state who, in
				  the judgment of the board, are competent in the field of law to be covered by
				  the specialty. Members shall hold office for three years, except those members
				  initially appointed who shall serve as hereinafter designated. Members shall be
				  appointed by the board to staggered terms of office and the initial appointees
				  shall serve as follows: two shall serve for one year after appointment; two
				  shall serve for two years after appointment; and three shall serve for three
				  years after appointment. Appointment by the board to a vacancy shall be for the
				  remaining term of the member leaving the specialty committee. All members shall
				  be eligible for reappointment to not more than one additional three-year term
				  after having served one full three-year term, provided, however, that the board
				  may reappoint the chairperson of a committee to a third three-year term if the
				  board determines that the reappointment is in the best interest of the
				  specialization program. Meetings of the specialty committee shall be held at
				  regular intervals at such times, places and upon such notices as the specialty
				  committee may from time to time prescribe or upon direction of the
				  board.
(b) Each specialty committee
				  shall advise and assist the board in carrying out the board's objectives and in
				  the implementation and regulation of this plan in that specialty. Each
				  specialty committee shall advise and make recommendations to the board as to
				  standards for the specialty and the certification of individual specialists in
				  that specialty. Each specialty committee shall be charged with actively
				  administering the plan in its specialty and with respect to that specialty
				  shall
(1) recommend to the board reasonable
				  and nondiscriminatory standards applicable to that specialty;
(2) make recommendations to the board for
				  certification, continued certification, denial, suspension, or revocation of
				  certification of specialists and for procedures with respect thereto;
(3) administer procedures established by the
				  board for applications for certification and continued certification as a
				  specialist and for denial, suspension, or revocation of such
				  certification;
(4) administer
				  examinations and other testing procedures, if applicable, investigate
				  references of applicants and, if deemed advisable, seek additional information
				  regarding applicants for certification or continued certification as
				  specialists;
(5) make
				  recommendations to the board concerning the approval of and credit to be
				  allowed for continuing legal education courses, or educational alternatives, in
				  the specialty;
(6) perform such
				  other duties and make such other recommendations as may be delegated to or
				  requested of the specialty committee by the board.