Campbell Law News

RALEIGH, N.C. –Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Dean Melissa Essary presented to the North Raleigh Exchange Club on December 5 at the Cardinal Club. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. –Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Dean Melissa Essary has announced that the school will host a Legal Writing Institution (LWI) One-Day Workshop on Friday, Dec. 2 from 9 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. Panel discussions providing tips and best practices on teaching legal writing (persuasion, advocacy, and moot court), legal research, and instructional innovations will be led by experienced instructors from law schools at Campbell University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Dayton, University of South Carolina, Tulane University, North Carolina Central University, West Virginia University, and Wake Forest University. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. –The Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law boasts a strong tradition of community service, and the Hispanic Law Student Association further cemented that tradition over the Thanksgiving holiday. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Dean Melissa Essary has announced that Chief Justice Sarah Parker of the Supreme Court of North Carolina has been awarded the Judge Robinson O. Everett Award for Legal Excellence. Chief Justice Parker, also a Campbell Law Board of Visitors member, received the award at the Delta Theta Phi Third Annual Judge Robinson O. Everett Awards Gala and Campbell Law Professionalism Dinner at the Cardinal Club in downtown Raleigh on Nov. 16. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law hosted an ABA Regional Negotiations Competition for the Fourth Circuit law schools, November 12-13. Twenty-eight teams from 14 schools competed for the opportunity to advance to New Orleans for the national competition in February. The event was hosted and organized by Campbell Law’s Old Kivett Advocacy Council. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – As part of its extended alumni outreach program, Campbell Law hosted an event at the Campbell vs. East Carolina men’s basketball game on Nov. 14. The gathering was held in the Gore Suite at the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center in Buies Creek. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Campbell Law School raised over $2,900 for the annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) walk that took place on October 29 at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion. Donations and participants came from all aspects of the law school, including the student body, faculty, and staff. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – November 8 marked a historic day at Campbell Law School as the first all-North Carolina Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals panel of judges heard oral arguments at the school. 2010 marked the first year since the Court’s establishment in 1891 that North Carolina has had three judges sitting simultaneously on the court. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law partnered with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, and the Military Issues Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association to host a “When Duty Calls” clinic on November 5. The clinic provided disabled military veterans with pro bono legal assistance in filing service-connected disability claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Tuesday, October 25, The Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law hosted 26 international judges and prosecutors in concert with the International Affairs Council (IAC). Attendees hailed from Afghanistan, Armenia, India, Iraq, Turkey, Sudan and many other foreign countries. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Wednesday, October 26, the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law hosted the distinguished international peace broker The Rev. Dr. Harold Good, OBE. Good’s presentation, “Peace in North Ireland; A Modern Miracle,” focused on the role churches played in bringing peace to North Ireland and was delivered to an audience of more than 130 guests in the Campbell Law School auditorium. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law has launched a new website, as announced by Dean Melissa Essary. The renovated website boasts integrated multimedia content, allowing for an enriched and more user-friendly browsing experience for prospective students, current students, visitors and alums. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Saturday, November 12th and Sunday, November 13th, Campbell Law School will host the 2011-2012 Regional Negotiation Competition for the 4th Circuit of Law Schools. The competition provides participants with the opportunity to practice and improve their negotiating skills while they are still in law school. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – More than 125 alumni, faculty and guests attended Reunion 2011 on October 22 at the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in downtown Raleigh. The classes of 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2011 were honored. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Second Annual Campbell Law Fall Fest was presented by the Campbell Law Fine Arts Society on October 17. Musical entertainment was provided by Campbell Law student and country-music artist Jamie Tate and her band. Students, faculty, and staff also enjoyed a barbecue lunch, raffles, recreational games, and a silent auction. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Professor E. Gregory Wallace participated in “Conversations on the Constitution” held at N.C. State University on Oct. 10 in celebration of Constitution Day. He spoke as a panelist on the impact 9/11 has had on constitutional issues of war powers, civil liberties, privacy, and security. He addressed the changes and challenges of the past decade on interpretations of the Constitution advanced by the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court. Constitution Day is observed nationwide every year as a way to celebrate the U.S. Constitution and to educate students about how this document impacts them as citizens. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law School Professor Matt Sawchak spoke on October 13 before an audience of North Carolina appellate lawyers, judges, and court officials, addressing advanced topics in appellate procedure. Read More ►

RALEIGH, NC – The Old Kivett Advocacy Council has announced the results of the 2011 Negotiation Competition, which took place at the Campbell University Norman A. Wiggins School of Law from October 11-12, 2011. Thirty-two Campbell Law students participated in the competition. Read More ►

RALEIGH, NC – The Old Kivett Advocacy Council has announced the results of the 2011 Richard A. Lord Moot Court Competition, which took place at the Campbell University Norman A. Wiggins School of Law from September 21-24, 2011. Approximately 120 second-year students and 350 guest judges from around the state participated in the competition. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law School hosted an October 7, 2011, special meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Appellate Rules Committee. Guest speakers were Circuit Judges James A. Wynn, Jr., and Albert Diaz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, has announced that U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers visited the school on Sept. 29 to discuss jobs and the economy with students and faculty. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On October 7, 2011, Campbell Law School was the site for a reception following the annual Red Mass celebrated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh. More than 200 members of the legal community participated in the mass. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law has announced that Dean Melissa Essary has announced her intention to step away from the dean’s position after six years and return to full-time faculty responsibilities at Campbell University’s law school, effective July 1, 2012. Essary made history in 2006 when she became the first woman dean of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. She led the relocation planning that moved the school from Buies Creek, N.C. to downtown Raleigh in September 2009, as well as increased law school applications to record levels; grew the student body from 345 in 2006 to the current 477, accompanied by a significant increase in the academic credentials of entering students; achieved the highest minority enrollment in the history of the law school; and continued the law school’s tradition of having the highest overall bar passage rate in North Carolina on the July bar exam over the past 25 years, among other accomplishments. Provost Dwaine Greene will convene the search committee to conduct a national search for the next dean of the law school. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, Melissa A. Essary, Dean of Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University, presented the keynote address at the 2011 Women Leaders in Business Seminar sponsored by Ward and Smith, P.A., a statewide law firm that offers a variety of educational seminars and conferences throughout the year. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, has announced that Judge Rich Leonard has been named to the Campbell Law Board of Visitors, which advises, guides, and counsels the dean, faculty, and senior leadership. A graduate of Yale Law School, Judge Leonard earned his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received the prestigious full-tuition academic Morehead Scholarship. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, has announced that the school will hold a law school reunion dinner for alumni who graduated in years ending in a one or a six on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the law school, located at 225 Hillsborough St. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman A. Wiggins School of Law, was featured as the keynote speaker at the Garner Chamber of Commerce Women in Business luncheon on September 15 at the Grand Marquise Ballroom in Garner, N.C. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, has announced that 61 members of the graduating class of 2011 took part in a swearing-in ceremony on Sept. 9 at Campbell Law School at 225 Hillsborough St. The Honorable Paul C. Ridgeway, Wake County Superior Court Judge and member of the Campbell Law class of 1986, presided over the ceremony and led the swearing in of attendees. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman A. Wiggins School of Law has announced the school ranked second among all North Carolina law schools for passage rates on the North Carolina Bar Exam for first-time exam takers, according to the N.C. Board of Law Examiners. Campbell boasted nearly a 92 percent passage rate, falling short of only Duke University, which came in first with a 100 percent passage rate. Campbell outperformed UNC-CH, Wake Forest, North Carolina Central University, Elon University and Charlotte Law School for bar passage rates. With all of the schools combined, 82 percent of first-time exam takers in North Carolina passed the bar exam. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Health Law Society at Campbell Law School has been awarded a $1,500 grant from the North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys. The grant will be used to complete a community service project titled “Increasing Organ Donor Awareness.” The Society intents to focus its efforts on historically underrepresented communities in organ donation registries, specifically the Latino and African-American communities. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman A. Wiggins School of Law has announced that Professor Jon Powell has been appointed to the juvenile planning committee of the Governor’s crime commission. As a committee member, Powell will be responsible for advising Gov. Bev Perdue on all issues of juvenile crime across the state as well as determining where federal dollars should go to sponsor programs to address these issues. Powell was recommended to the governor for the committee by Linda Hayes, secretary of the N.C. Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Powell is the director of the Juvenile Justice Project at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman A. Wiggins School of Law, recently announced the school’s hosting of Campbell Law Cares, a daylong service project benefitting several local charities and organizations on Thursday, Aug. 18. Approximately 200 first-year students and 10 faculty members worked on more than a dozen different projects around the city of Raleigh, including: Read More ►

Professor Wallace Comments on Recent Court Ruling for News 14 Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman A. Wiggins School of Law, has announced that four of the school’s professors presented at the 2011 Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) annual meeting July 24-30 in Hilton Head, S.C. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Saturday, July 9, 2011, Campbell Law School partnered with North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc. (NCPLS) to provide a free legal information clinic for formerly incarcerated men and women of the North Carolina Department of Correction. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Campbell University Norman A. Wiggins School of Law has announced that it will host Delta Theta Phi, an international professional law fraternity headquartered at the Campbell Law campus in downtown Raleigh, for its 57th biennial convention and leadership conference, which will be held Thursday, July 28 through Saturday, July 30, at the Clarion Hotel State Capital, located at 320 Hillsborough St. As an organization, Delta Theta Phi serves as a networking tool for students and professionals to enhance the education and career experience. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Bar Association recently honored Justice Paul. M. Newby, an adjunct professor at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, as a 2011 recipient of the NCBA Citizen Lawyer Award. The award was presented at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Asheville. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Kim Sieredzki, a 1997 graduate of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law has received the Robinson O. Everett Professionalism Award from the Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association. The honor was given at an awards luncheon held in conjunction with the NCBA Annual Meeting in Asheville, North Carolina. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Thomas Walker, Campbell Law School class of 1990, has been unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new U.S. attorney for the eastern district. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Bar Association recently honored Representative Sarah S. Stevens, Campbell Law class of ’86, as a 2011 recipient of the NCBA Citizen Lawyer Award. The award was presented at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Asheville. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Professor Margaret Currin has been appointed by the North Carolina Senate to a two-year term on the North Carolina Rules Review Commission (RRC). Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law is pleased to announce that rising third-year student Anna K. McLeod has been selected into the highly competitive Equal Justice Works 2011 Summer Corps Program. A record 1,898 applications this year, the selection process was extremely competitive. Summer Corps members are engaged with a broad range of issues, including civil rights, community economic development, death penalty, disability rights, housing, domestic violence, education, public benefits and workers' rights. Anna is spending her summer working at the Mecklenburg County Public Defender's Office addressing indigent criminal defense issues. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Saving money for college is something that not only is on the minds of most parents and students, it is also at the forefront of a proposed U.S. House bill aiming to end patents on tax strategy methods, including those related to college-savings plans. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law is proud to announce a 98 percent participation rate among the faculty and staff contributing to the 2011 Law School Annual Fund Campaign. Giving by these two groups is at a record high. The results were recently celebrated at a luncheon. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University is pleased to announce it will host the 3rd National Conference on Restorative Justice. The conference is a joint venture between universities, restorative justice practitioners and the faith community to promote and refine the use of restorative justice in the United States. It will be held Wednesday, June 8 to Friday, June 10, 2011, at the Sheraton Hotel in Raleigh at 421 South Salisbury St., Raleigh, N.C. 27601. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Wednesday, May 18, the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University and the Jenkins MBA program in the NC State Poole College of Management announced a partnership to provide students with the opportunity to obtain a dual Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Beginning with the fall 2011 semester, the JD/MBA degree will enable students to earn both degrees in four years of full-time study, with the option to take electives and specialization courses in both business and law. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Friday, May 13, Neal Katyal, Acting Solicitor General of the United States, addressed students from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law as they made the move from students to practicing lawyers. The Campbell Law School commencement took place in Meymandi Concert Hall in the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts at 10:00 a.m. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Dean Melissa Essary was honored Wednesday, May 11, as one of the ‘2011 Women of Achievement’ by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina, Inc. (GFWC-NC). Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Melodye Hendrix has been named Senior Director of Development for the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. She will oversee development, alumni relations and communications to include all aspects of fundraising, annual fund and major gifts for the law school. Read More ►

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Pat Hetrick, professor of law at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University has received the law school’s Dean’s Excellence in Teaching award. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Judge J. Rich Leonard, adjunct professor of Corporate Reorganization at Campbell Law School, has received the prestigious 2011 American Bar Association Robert B. Yegge award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Judicial Administration. He will be honored at the ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada this summer. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On April 11, 2011, The Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity of Campbell Law School presented Fourth Circuit Judges Albert Diaz and James A. Wynn, Jr. with the 2011 Justice James Iredell Awards during a gala ceremony in Raleigh. Brandon McPherson (’11), Justice of Phi Alpha Delta’s Iredell Chapter, and Martha Bradley (‘12), Chair of the James Iredell Banquet Committee, served as event emcees. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Lori Feezor (’89) was honored Friday, April 15, as the seventh recipient of the Health Law Section’s Distinguished Service Award. The award was presented during the section’s annual meeting at the N.C. Bar Center “in recognition of her lifelong achievements and outstanding contributions to health law, and her exemplary service to health care professionals, the bar and the general public.” Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On March 25, the Campbell Law School chapter of Delta Theta Phi hosted its second annual Judge Robinson O. Everett Awards Gala. The event was held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh. More than 100 students, faculty and members of the North Carolina legal community attended. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Professor Bobbi Jo Boyd has been selected a spring 2011 Fellow for the National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Four Campbell Law students and two professors traveled to Washington, D.C. last week to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States. The group heard oral arguments in two cases, one of which arose from North Carolina. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On March 23-25, the Old Kivett Advocacy Council hosted the 2011 Richard T. Bowser Intramural Client Counseling Competition at the Campbell Law School in Raleigh. During the competition, forty participants honed their interviewing and counseling skills with clients. More than 30 alumni, local attorneys, faculty members and former competition winners judged the competition. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Six teams of first year Campbell Law students participated in the Kilpatrick Townsend Mock Trial Competition hosted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School last weekend and won several individual awards. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Defeating teams from five law schools in a row, a Campbell Law School mock trial team brought home the crystal championship trophy from the regional American Association for Justice (“AAJ”) Student Trial Advocacy Competition held in Washington, D.C. on March 3-6th. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – More than 250 friends and family members attended Family Day and Law Day events that were jointly held on Saturday, February 19. The Family Day program was hosted on campus on Saturday morning and gave the families of current students time to interact with faculty, hear presentations and learn more about their students’ activities in law school and the Campbell Law program. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – More than one-hundred second-year law students, in conjunction with their legal ethics class, listened intently to four North Carolina attorneys – Mr. Ben Brown, Mr. Sharif Deveaux, Ms. Kathy Klotzberger, and Mr. Rob Waddell (’90) who shared their personal stories about the intersection of law practice and substance abuse and mental health issues. With candor, humor, and the upmost respect for themselves and the legal profession, Brown, Deveaux, Klotzberger, and Waddell caught law students’ attention early Friday afternoon. The four attorneys represented the North Carolina State Bar’s Lawyers’ Assistance Program (LAP) and were accompanied by LAP Coordinator Towanda Garner. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Saturday, January 22, Campbell Law School hosted a North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services’ Free Legal Information Clinic for formerly incarcerated individuals. Partnering with North Carolina Legal Services and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Campbell Law has run three of these clinics each year since the fall of 2009. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Answering the call to give back to their community and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., more than 50 Campbell Law students along with faculty and staff members participated in a Day of Caring by working on a variety of service projects in Wake County on Monday, January 17. Read More ►

Raleigh, NC – The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University is the host school for the 40th Annual Southern Region Black Law Students Association Convention (BLSA) in Raleigh, Jan. 12–16. Over 500 African-American law students, along with lawyers, judges and legal professionals from across the South, will gather to learn and network in the capital city. Read More ►

BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Dr. Jerry Wallace, President of Campbell University, announced today the appointment of Britt Davis as Vice President for Institutional Advancement. He brings more than 20 years of advancement and nonprofit management experience to the position. In his role, Davis will oversee the University’s development programs. He succeeds Dr. Jack Britt, who will become the Senior Vice-President for Advancement and Assistant to the President. Read More ►