"A North Carolina State Bar response to Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong's request for dismissal of some of the charges against him suggests that Nifong has attempted to skirt the system in his handling of the Duke lacrosse case."
"Skirted the system"? What kind of compliance standard is that, for Pete's sake? It sounds like the state bar is getting ready to whitewash some serious ethical violations.
I think the words you quoted are the reporter's interpretation.
This sounds far more serious (at end of article):
University of North Carolina law professor Joe Kennedy described the bar's tone in the most-recent documents as somewhat incredulous. He pointed to the bar's following point: "Nifong is arguing that he can make false statements to a court…then use his misrepresentations to claim he committed no violation."