GBA Committees

GBA committees work to provide our members with continuing legal education, networking and fellowship opportunities, and peer recognition for outstanding service to our association and the community. More importantly, participation promotes volunteerism and support for area schools and non-profits; and we partner with Legal Aid of North Carolina to remove legal barriers to economic opportunities through criminal record expunctions provided by the Second Chance Project. To join a committee today, print the GBA Committee Service Form 2022-23 and send it to the GBA office.

• Awards & Recognitions
  Researches and makes recommendations to the Executive Board for annual awards, award recipients, and member recognitions.
• Community Involvement
  Recommends community service projects to the Association to adopt and runs such projects.
• CLE/Colloquium
  Plans and presents the Association’s CLE programs for the coming year; expands and enhances the number of CLE offerings of GBA.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion- Assists with creating an environment that supports historically underrepresented and marginalized attorneys; educating and raising the awareness of all attorneys about DEI; engaging in matters reflective of local communities; and/or ensuring diversity among GBA membership, speakers and service providers.
• Elon Liaison
  To provide a link between the activities and events occurring at the Elon University School of Law and GBA.
• Elementary School Project
  Arranges a program or project for benefit of students to enhance interest in learning; coordinate the holiday Elementary Book drive for each student to receive the gift of a book.
• Herb Falk Society
  Serves as a conduit for attorneys to quantify their pro bono services and be recognized for such efforts by carrying the designation as a Herb Falk Fellow. The terms and conditions that will govern this initiative will be recommended by this committee and accepted by the Association before it is instituted.
• Health & Wellness
  Recommends a health & wellness project for the GBA to adopt and implements such project.
• High Point Bar Liaison
  Plans events and collaborative projects with the High Point Bar.
• History & Archives
  Conducts interviews with senior members of the Association; preserve its history and records.
• Holiday Party
  Decides on location, prepare invitations, contact sponsors, plan menus, prizes, and entertainment.
• Legal Aid Fundraiser
  Identifies a fundraiser project to benefit Legal Aid of NC, and organize the event.
• Membership
  Recruits, retains, and engages members through information, involvement in GBA committees and events, and membership meetings.
• Memorials
  Monitors newspaper obituaries and contacts members regarding deceased members; arranges for notice to members for special seating if funeral (if applicable); arranges to present memorial to the family at a membership meeting; maintains archives.
• Newsletter
  Publishes 9 issues per year, send notices to officers and committee chairs, solicit/write articles, advise and assist with publication of directory.
• Nominating
  Presents a slate of candidates for new officers and 3 new directors for the upcoming year, to be presented to the Executive Committee in March, published in the newsletter, and voted on at the April Business Meeting of the Association.
• Public Relations
  Serves as a liaison between the news media and the GBA, promotes the publication of good news about GBA and its members in the news media, and updates the GBA website and blog.
• The Second Chance Project
  The GBA’s Signature Pro Bono project, which assists Legal Aid referred clients in obtaining expunctions of criminal records.