Campbell Law News

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School Interim Dean Keith Faulkner announced today that the law school has received a $50,000 grant from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation (AJF) to aid students serving underserved members of our community. The A.J. Fletcher Foundation Public Interest Law Fellows program will provide stipends for students who take unpaid summer internships in the area of public interest law. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - A scholarship specifically for Campbell Law students hailing from Cumberland County, N.C. has been crafted, and The Richardson Firm of Fayetteville, N.C. provided the idea as well as the founding contribution. The Cumberland County Law School Alumni Endowed Scholarship was formally announced by Matt Richardson on May 16 during a Cumberland County alumni reception hosted by The Richardson Firm. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law Class of 2013 graduate Andrew Shores has been selected as one of 16 participants for Baylor Law School’s 2013 Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition, June 6-9 in Waco, Texas. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School students Jacob Davis and Adam Steele have been selected to receive two of four available Wake County Bar Association (WCBA) Memorial Scholarships for the upcoming academic year. Davis and Steele, both rising third-year students, will formally receive their $4,000 scholarships during a presentation at an upcoming WCBA luncheon on June 4 at the Women’s Club of Raleigh. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School conferred 132 Juris Doctor degrees at its 35th annual hooding and graduation ceremony on Friday, May 10 at the Raleigh Convention Center. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory delivered the commencement address. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory will deliver the commencement address at Campbell Law School’s 35th-annual hooding and graduation ceremony on Friday, May 10. The celebration is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Raleigh Convention Center. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School hosted a five-person delegation of Lithuanian attorneys on Monday, April 29. The visit was in conjunction with the North Carolina Bar Association’s (NCBA) Attorney Exchange Program. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) will partner to host a three-day continuing legal education (CLE) program at the law school, May 9-11. Campbell Law graduates interested in attending will receive a 15% discount from the standard program cost. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School’s Juvenile Justice Project (JJP) visited New Horizons Academy in nearby Durham on Tuesday, April 16, to discuss restorative justice with students. JJP Director Jon Powell and second-year student Jacquelyn Merrill met with students, engaged them in the powerful restorative justice tool known as the “circle process,” and discussed recently mediated cases. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Three Campbell Law School adjunct faculty members were recently recognized by the North Carolina State Bar during the Board of Legal Specialization’s Annual Luncheon & Awards Presentation. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School collected more food donations than any other law school in the state for the 2013 North Carolina Feeding Frenzy. Led by Campbell Law Student Bar Association President Anna Brinkley and students Dorothy Gooding, Brian Lawler, Jasmine Lucas, and Brad Trahan, the law school collected more than 6,500 pounds of canned food in just three weeks. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School graduates led all seven North Carolina law schools in first-time and overall bar passage on the February 2013 state bar exam. First-time test takers from Campbell Law scored a 90 percent bar passage rate, while repeaters passed at a 62.50 percent clip. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - J. Rich Leonard, United States Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, has been appointed as the next dean of Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. Leonard’s appointment, effective July 15, 2013, fills the position currently held by Interim Dean Keith Faulkner. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School hosted its annual luncheon for scholarship donors on Wednesday, April 10. More than 75 donors, alumni, students, faculty, and staff members attended the event, including numerous distinguished Campbell Law alumni and former faculty members. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law Associate Professor of Law Kevin Lee will speak at the annual Conference on Religious Legal Theory (RLT), April 10-12, at Touro Law School in Central Islip, N.Y. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School Professor of Law and former dean Melissa Essary co-moderated the North Carolina Bar Association’s Legal Summit on Tuesday, April 2. The event, “Legal Education & the Profession in Transition,” was held at the North Carolina Bar Center in nearby Cary. Deans and students from each of the state’s seven law schools took part in panel discussions throughout the day, including Campbell Law Interim Dean Keith Faulkner and Campbell Law Student Bar Association President and third-year student Anna Brinkley. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School was the winner of one of the nation’s most prestigious mock trial competitions over the weekend, as Michael Hedgepeth, Jessica Burgess, Philip Kuhn, and Anna McNeill brought home a national championship by winning the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge in Houston, Texas. Hedgepeth and Burgess tried both sides of the case as lawyers throughout competition, while Kuhn, McNeill and South Texas student Lena Laurenzo served as witnesses en route to collecting the Treece-O’Quinn Trophy as competition champions. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School’s Old Kivett Advocacy Council hosted the 2013 Intramural Negotiation Competition, March 20-21, at the law school. Thirty-two Campbell Law students comprised 16 teams, with two separate teams ultimately winning the competition. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law Associate Professor of Law Kevin Lee presented a paper at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture & the Humanities at the University of London on Friday, March 22. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School will host a discussion on violence in local communities at the law school on Tuesday, March 26, beginning at 6 p.m. Mothers in Charge Founding Director Dorothy Johnson-Speight will discuss the cost of violence to community members, as well as needed responses from neighborhood citizens. Local advocates and family survivors of homicide victims will also participate in the conversation. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School and Legal Aid of North Carolina will host a 50B Project Together training session on Wednesday, March 27, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at the law school. All attorneys interested in representing victims in 50B return of Ex Parte hearings in Wake County are invited. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School’s Hispanic Law Student Association (HLSA) will host its third annual Salsa Night on Friday, March 22, at Solas Restaurant & Lounge in Raleigh. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Capital Area Teen Court. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School’s Career Center and Women in Law combined to host a judicial forum on Monday, March 18. The informative panel discussion and networking reception featured seven members of the North Carolina judiciary. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Third-year Campbell Law student Dorothy Gooding has been selected to receive a scholarship from the Susie Sharp Inn of Court, as announced at the Inn’s recent meeting on Wednesday, March 13. Gooding was previously invited to join the Inn as a student member. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law Interim Dean Keith Faulkner was elected Susie Sharp Inn of Court President at the organization’s meeting on Wednesday, March 13. Faulkner previously served in the role of president-elect. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School moved into the top tier for law schools and collected its highest ever ranking as released by U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday, March 12. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - A team of four Campbell Law students won the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition Regional Championship this past weekend, March 8-10. The Campbell Law team collected 18 of 21 possible ballots en route to collecting the title, cementing a spot in the National Finals in New Orleans, La., in April. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law Review will host its annual symposium this Friday, March 15, at the law school. This year’s theme, “The Virtuous Lawyer: Seeking Justice & the Common Good,” will include topics on non-adversarial alternatives in medical error litigation, restorative justice in criminal prosecution, and collaborative practice in domestic law. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School will host the Wake County Bar Association's (WCBA) Rule of Law Program on Thursday, March 7. Approximately 100 high school students, primarily from Wake County public schools, will participate. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School will host a full-day Gideon v. Wainwright Symposium on Friday, March 8, as the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark case. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Campbell Law “Study & Service in Panama” class will visit Panama for a unique service opportunity during the school’s upcoming Spring Break period, March 2-8. Led by Campbell Law Assistant Professor Lucas Osborn, nine students will engage in research, presentations, and analysis regarding Panamanian adoption, foster care, and orphan care practices, needs, and proposed legislation. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law Practitioner in Residence Matt Sawchak will speak on a national ABA Section of Antitrust Law webinar this Friday, March 1. The hour-long program will analyze the relationship between state “unfair trade practices” statutes and non-statutory business torts. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina Victim Assistance Network’s (NCVAN) Victim Service Practitioner Certification Academy will be held at Campbell Law School next week, March 4-8. More than 35 participants from across the state will take part in the program, and Campbell Law students are allowed to attend at no charge. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School will host the 21st Annual North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) High School Mock Trial State Championship, March 1-2. Eight regional champions from around the state will compete for the state title, as well as the opportunity to represent North Carolina at the National High School Mock Trial Competition in Indianapolis, Ind., in May. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School’s Advocacy Program continued its successful spring semester last week at the UNC Craven Moot Court Competition. Three second-year students, Anna Barefoot, Katie Greene, and Chris Waivers, represented Campbell Law in the 24-team field. Campbell Law Practitioner in Residence Matt Sawchak was the head coach of the team. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Two teams of students from Campbell Law School offered strong showings last weekend at the ABA Regional Client Counseling Competition for the Southeast Region at Washington & Lee Law School in Lexington, Va. The four competing second-year students were coached by Campbell Law Professor of Law Jean Cary. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law co-hosted a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program clinic alongside Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice and the North Carolina Justice Center on Saturday, Feb. 16. The program included an overview of eligibility requirements, documentation issues, and the application progress. Attorneys from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice assisted with a final review of documents to support DACA applicability, while members of the Campbell Law Hispanic Law Student Association assisted in initial intake and document evidentiary review. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School will host a continuing legal education (CLE) program for the Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of North Carolina (FBA-EDNC) on Friday, Feb. 22. Registration will begin at 1 p.m., with the program taking place from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The three-hour CLE credit course will be offered free to FBA-EDNC members, and $50 for non-members. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - A pair of teams from Campbell Law School swept all ballots in the final round of the 38th National Trial Competition (NTC) for Region V over the weekend, besting competing groups from 11 other law schools throughout the region. Andrew Shores and Melanie Turnbull, as well as Keith Gordon and Leesa Poag, will now advance to represent Campbell Law at the 2013 National Trial Competition, April 3-7, in San Antonio, Texas. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School will offer a free, one-hour continuing legal education (CLE) program on ethics this Thursday, Feb. 14, at 8 a.m. Campbell Law Practitioner in Residence Matt Sawchak will speak on the top 10 myths and missteps that litigators encounter when they apply the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. The North Carolina State Bar has approved this program for one hour of ethics credit. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School Associate Professor Kevin Lee participated in the Dean’s Lecture Series at Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law on Thursday, Feb. 7. His presentation, “The Citizen Lawyer in the Coming Era: How Technology is Changing the Practice of Law and What it Might Mean for the Future of the Lawyer’s Role in the American Democracy,” focused on the changes to the legal profession brought forth by advances in modern technology. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School Assistant Professor of Law Amy Flanary-Smith and Rex Healthcare Director of Palliative Care Dr. Anne Yeager gave a presentation at Leadership North Carolina’s (LNC) Health & Human Services Session on Thursday, Feb. 7. The presentation, “Preparing for a Better Goodbye,” discussed informed consent and advance directives. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School Practitioner in Residence Matt Sawchak presented a paper on advanced issues under North Carolina’s “unfair trade practices” law at a North Carolina Bar Association conference in Greensboro, N.C., on Thursday, Feb. 7. More than 125 judges, lawyers, and law students registered to attend. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School Assistant Professor of Law Amos Jones delivered a faculty workshop and a public lecture at the University of Kentucky on Friday, Feb. 1. Kicking off Black History Month observances, Jones’s lecture was titled “The Dismantling of De Jure Segregation in Kentucky: How Slave Religion, Strategic Voting, and Creative Lawyering Broke Barriers in a Socially Advanced Border State.” Jones connected an assortment of historical anomalies and firsts to paint a complex portrait of mid-Twentieth Century uplift in the Bluegrass State, frequently relating American religious history to the development of constitutional law. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law School and the Wake County Bar Association hosted Wake County’s Inaugural Access to Justice Convocation at the law school on Friday, Feb. 1. The program, which was attended by a wide assortment of legal professionals and service providers, consisted of two separate panel discussions on understanding the unmet legal needs in Wake County. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law School Associate Professor of Law Greg Wallace will present and participate in a panel discussion at the 2013 North Carolina Bar Association Constitutional Rights & Responsibilities Section Annual Meeting on Friday, Feb. 1. The meeting will include a continuing legal education (CLE) program for legal professionals. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. – Fifty-three Campbell Law students participated in the Campbell Law Career & Professional Development Center’s Second-Annual Mock Interview Day on Friday, Jan. 25. Each student was paired with one of eight participating employers, six of which earned their juris doctor at Campbell Law, in an effort to improve their interview skills prior to seeking professional employment. Each participating employer volunteered their time to help better prepare the next generation of Campbell Law attorneys. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Wake County Christian Legal Society will hold its monthly meeting at Campbell Law School on Friday, Jan. 18, and Campbell Law Associate Professor of Law Greg Wallace will serve as the keynote speaker. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Campbell Law School Student Bar Association (SBA) will host a day of community service activities on Monday, Jan. 21 during observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Campbell Law students, who do not attend classes in observance of the federal holiday in King’s honor, will serve the Raleigh community at a trio of locations. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law School and the Wake County Bar Association (WCBA) will partner to host an informative and free legal information session at the law school on Saturday, Jan. 19. Open to the general public, “People’s Law School” will consist of three one-hour sessions on a variety of legal topics. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., with sessions running from 9 a.m. until noon. Parking will be available at the City of Raleigh Municipal Parking Deck across from the law school on West Morgan Street. Read More ►

RALEIGH, N.C. - Campbell Law Professor of Law Melissa Essary has been named to the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors, as announced by Chamber President & CEO Harvey Schmitt. Essary will work alongside her peers on the Chamber Board to provide leadership and advice to the Chamber's Board of Directors, enhance Chamber partnerships, and strengthen outreach to the business community. Read More ►