"Barbara Jackson" (born 1961) is an United States/American attorney and jurist who was elected in 2010 to an eight-year term on the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Jackson, an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (bachelor's degree, 1984; law degree, 1990) and Duke University (LL.M. 2014), has worked as a legal counsel for the state of North Carolina for most of her legal career, working in the office of Governor James G. Martin (1991–1992), as an advocate for persons with disabilities (1992–1996), and as General Counsel to the North Carolina Department of Labor (2001–2004).

In 2004, Jackson was elected to an eight-year term on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, defeating incumbent judge Alan Thornburg in the North Carolina judicial elections, 2004/statewide judicial elections. In 2010, Jackson was elected to a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court that had been held by Edward Thomas Brady, who did not run for re-election. She defeated Robert C. Hunter, a colleague on the court of appeals, in the North Carolina judicial elections, 2010/statewide judicial elections to win the seat. When she took office in January 2011, Jackson became the court's 96th associate justice and formed a 4-3 majority of female justices for the first time in the court's history.

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They find out what kind of contamination is present, the concentrations, the extent and whether it poses a risk to people and the environment.

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Losing their crops and their livestock will make it that much harder for communities to get back on their feet. Without a way to make a living in the countryside, more people will migrate to the cities - cities that are already packed with people and that are poorly equipped to handle more. This is why it's vital to look ahead at long-term, environmentally sound activities to rebuild livelihoods.

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