The Supreme Court’s orders were adopted on December 11, 2024, and the amendments become effective on January 6, 2025.

The directors begin Part 1 by discussing how they received the "call of duty" from their respective chief justices.

View an order extending relief for 13 weather-affected counties in western North Carolina, effective October 15, 2024.

View an amended order declaring catastrophic conditions resulting from severe weather and flood advisories in multiple western counties.

Among these reforms were the creation of District Courts, the Court of Appeals, and the Administrative Office of the Courts.

View an order declaring catastrophic conditions resulting from severe weather and flood advisories in these counties.

Visit and learn about one of America's colonial courthouses, the Historic 1767 Chowan County Courthouse.

Mitchell served on the Court of Appeals, and as an associate justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.