NC Supreme Court Clerk takes National Office

NC Supreme Court Clerk takes National Office

Newport Beach, California – North Carolina’s Supreme Court clerk is also president-elect of the National Conference of Appellate Court Clerks. Voted on recently at the national conference in California, Christie Cameron who directs administrative activities of the North Carolina Supreme Court will serve as national president in 2002-2003. Her election will take place in Minneapolis next year and the 2003 conference will be held in Asheville, North Carolina.

The organization includes the clerks of all courts of appeal including the clerks of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, all state supreme courts and all federal courts. They gather once a year to exchange information and undergo continuing education from national and internationally recognized legal experts.

At this year’s California conference, one of the featured educational topics was how to handle a high profile case if it comes to your area. Teaching the seminar was the clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court Bill Suter, Tom Hall, clerk of the Florida Supreme Court and clerks from the seventh circuit and Florida court of appeals. Based on the “internationally watched” Bush/Gore election in Florida that generated news coverage around the world, the class showed the clerks how to prepare for such an event. Politics, the shooting of a government official or a tragic plane crash could focus national or international attention on the local court system such as the case did in Palm Beach, Florida.

Cameron also helped instruct a seminar at the national meeting on electronic filing of cases and documents with the courts. North Carolina now allows this method and many other states were anxious to learn our system.

Supreme Court clerk Christie Cameron is a native of Bethel, NC and a graduate of UNC Law School, she lives in Raleigh with her husband Dallas and three children.