Subscribers to the Criminal Law Listserv receive summaries of new criminal appellate cases and new criminal legislation several times a month from faculty member Jessica Smith (shown at left). Smith also produces the Criminal Case Compendium, which contains comprehensive, searchable annotations of significant cases affecting criminal proceedings in North Carolina from November 2008 to the present. Both of these resources are available at no charge.

Does your community have the ingredients to stimulate investment and to create jobs and wealth in an uncertain economy? Essentials of Economic Development with faculty member Jonathan Morgan (shown left) covers promising strategies and tools for promoting economic development in the face of tight budgets and tough economic conditions. The workshop will be held on June 7 in Pembroke.

It was a tough choice, but Jessie Smith, author of North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook to the Elements of Crime, Seventh Edition, has selected a winner in a contest to find the most-used copy of NC Crimes. Visit It's a Crime What I Did to my NC Crimes to see the entries and the winner.

Faculty members Jill Moore (shown at left), Maureen Berner, and Aimee Wall are coordinating a research project to examine different types of local public health agencies in North Carolina. The goal of the research is to determine whether the way a local public health agency is organized affects public health service delivery or health outcomes in communities. Support for this project was provided by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Land use and development regulation is one of the most visible activities and controversial powers of local government, and a considerable body of law has developed regarding the issue. This book is an authoritative legal reference for attorneys engaged in land use work for local governments or land owners, judges, planners, real estate developers, and citizens interested in development regulation.