Asheville Native Becomes Head Of North Carolina Bar Association - a podcast by Blue Ridge Public Radio - BPR News Extended

Asheville native Jackie Grant is now president of the North Carolina Bar Association . She was inaugurated at the NCBA's annual meeting last month. The A.C. Reynolds High School and Western Carolina University graduate is the first woman attorney from Asheville to serve as president of the NCBA, and only the second African-American woman to hold the position. Grant is a partner and litigator for Roberts & Stevens. She sat down with BPR's Matt Bush to talk about the role the Bar Association plays, and what lawyers can bring to discussions about criminal justice reform and educating the public about the court system. INTERVIEW EXCERPTS - On the role of the North Carolina Bar Association - "The Bar Association is the voluntary bar of lawyers. The North Carolina State Bar is the mandatory bar that handles licensing and disciplinary actions with lawyers. The North Carolina Bar Association has over 20-thousand members. We look at proposed legislation, anything that affects the legal

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