The NCBA is divided into thirty-one sections focusing on different areas of legal practice, such as bankruptcy, criminal justice, and labor law.
Caudle (1929) died in office; and Linville K. Martin (1942) resigned when he was called into military service during World War II.
By 1932, the Association had agreed that an incorporated bar established by legislative enactment was necessary to control the examination, licensing and disbarment of attorneys and to prevent the unauthorized practice of the law.
A bill was drawn by the North Carolina Bar Association and the 1933 General Assembly enacted Chapter 210 of the public laws.
The primary reason to establish the Foundation was to conduct education, research and public service projects of the North Carolina Bar Association.