The chamber legal institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit affiliate of the north carolina chamber (the "chamber"), the leading business advocacy organization in north carolina, and is organized to provide a medium through which persons having a common business interest in the improvement of conditions favorable to the economic development of north carolina may promote their common business interest by (i) identifying, investigating, studying, researching, and analyzing in a nonpartisan manner those aspects of the legal environment and legal system in north carolina that enhance the business climate, workforce development, and quality of life of the state, including the prospects for the creation and retention of jobs for the state's citizens; (II) educating and instructing the business community and general public by disseminating and publishing the knowledge gained as a result of those activities; and (III) serving as a champion for job providers on potentially precedent-setting legal i