Campbell Law School recognizes Class of 2022 achievements
Campbell Law School conferred 155 Juris Doctor degrees on May 13 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts during its 44th hooding and graduation ceremony. Nottingham Law School Deputy Dean Matthew Homewood bestowed Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees on Joonu-Noel Andrews Coste and John Edward Ryan III on behalf of Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom. “Today is the culmination of a seemingly endless amount of hard work, preparation and sacrifice,” Dean J. Rich Leonard said. “We celebrate your accomplishments to date, and we look forward to watching as you launch your new careers. You have gone to law school in the oddest of times. Throughout it all, you demonstrated resilience and good humor that will aid you in your profession. As you spread out across big firms and small, big cities and small hamlets, private, public, academic and corporate positions, I hope you leave here as warriors for democracy and justice.”U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge James Wynn was the commencement speaker. In his entertaining and inspirational speech, Wynn told the graduates that today “you have transferred yourselves from wanna-be lawyers to gonna-be lawyers.” He added, “Be cool in all you do and leave the world a better place than you found it.” Learn more at this link.
Campbell Law partners with City of Raleigh to provide eviction assistance to residents
The Raleigh City Council has approved funding for a partnership with the Campbell Law School to serve low-income residents who are facing eviction and homelessness. The City of Raleigh Housing Justice Project with Campbell Law School will be a legal clinic run by lawyers and law students. The council’s approved action provides at total of $500,000 in funding over three years from the American Rescue Plan Act. Funding will support the clinic’s mission to provide advice and counsel as well as legal representation to eligible Raleigh residents in eviction proceedings. Eligible residents must live in Raleigh and be at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Dean J. Rich Leonard, who presented the partnership proposal during the May 3 city council meeting, said the funding will expand the work of the School’s Blanchard Community Law Clinic to include housing issues, especially eviction defense. “This is the sort of partnership that only can happen because the law school is in downtown Raleigh,” Leonard said. “It is a remarkable opportunity to provide desperately needed services to Raleigh residents, while at the same time imparting valuable advocacy skills to our students in an important substantive area.” Learn more at this link.
Miriam Sheppard to compete in 2022 Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition
Campbell Law School’s Miriam Sheppard ’22 has been selected to compete in the 2022 Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition June 1-5, hosted by Baylor Law School. This is the 13th Top Gun Competition and the first to be held in-person since the pandemic began. Hartsell and Williams PA is sponsoring Campbell Law’s bid in the competition. Baylor Law’s Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition is the most challenging, invitation-only mock trial tournament in the nation. Advocates from the top 16 trial advocacy schools competed head-to-head for the honor of being designated as the “Top Gun,” the best student advocate in the nation. In addition to the title, the championship trophy comes with a winner-take-all prize of $10,000. Sheppard, who will be supported by Camille (Cami) Wrotenbery ’22, has won numerous advocacy championships including the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge in March. Wrotenbery was also a member of the winning team. This Top Gun Competition is Campbell Law’s eighth time securing an invitation to this prestigious tournament. Previously, Campbell Law has had two final four finishes by Andrew Shores ’13 and Kaitlin Rothecker ’15, and two championship victories by Jacob Morse ’17 and Tatiana Terry ’19. Campbell Law School and Yale Law School are the only law schools with two Top Gun championship titles and Professor Dan Tilly is the only coach to have coached two Top Gun champions. Read more at this link.
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Professor Marcus Gadson receives 2022 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
Professor Marcus Gadson is Campbell Law School’s recipient of the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award for 2022. Professor Gadson joined the Campbell Law faculty as a tenure-track professor in 2019. He arrived with an established, successful career as a scholar. Professor Gadson teaches Civil Procedure to two-thirds of the first-year students and lends his personal and scholarly interests to critical upper-level electives, regularly teaching seminar courses on Race, Justice, & American Law and State Constitutional Law. Professor Gadson is renowned for fostering a classroom environment that is compassionate, approachable and intellectually engaging, Dean J. Rich Leonard explained. “He has a special skill for taking deeply complex material and making it accessible to incoming students who are encountering law for the first time,” he said. “Professor Gadson employs a host of teaching tools, resources and formative assessments to foster student success in his classes.” Read more at this link.
Professor Zachary C. Bolitho selected to be full-time magistrate judge in Florida
The judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida selected Zachary C. Bolitho to become a full-time magistrate judge in the Pensacola Division of the court. Bolitho began his service on May 23. “Mr. Bolitho’s experience includes government service, private practice, and academia,” the court said in announcing his hiring in a press release. “He has served as a law clerk to the Honorable David W. McKeague of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Tennessee; as an ex officio member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission; and as an Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice.” Bolitho also worked as a litigator at Jones Day and Cranfill Sumner and as an associate professor at Campbell University School of Law where he was named “Professor of the Year” four times. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Mount Union and his Juris Doctorate, summa cum laude, from Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law. Read more at this link.
Professor Lauren A. Newell to join Campbell Law School
Professor Lauren A. Newell, currently the associate dean for academic affairs at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, will join Campbell University School of Law as a tenured professor of law on Dec. 15, 2022, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced. Prior to joining the ONU Law faculty in 2012, Newell practiced corporate law with Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in New York City. Newell teaches and writes in the areas of business and securities law, dispute resolution and marijuana law. She is qualified as a nonpublic arbitrator of securities industry disputes through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Read more at this link.
NCAJ recognizes four Campbell Law graduates with awards
Four members of Campbell Law School’s Class of 2022 have earned recognition from the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ). The Calhoun Advocacy Award went to Justin B. Lockett and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Student Advocacy Awards went to Claudia Barcelo, Ryan Marie Cooke and Hunter Grey Pethel. Read more at this link.
SAVE THE DATE: Registration open for Alumni Association annual free CLE on Oct. 28
Join us for the annual Campbell Law Alumni Association CLE in-person at the law school from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28! This in-person event will offer the opportunity for six hours of CLE credit and is free to members. Register at this link.
The Campbell Law Alumni Association held a free CLE, led by Mark Scruggs '86, and social event for members on May 4 at The Mash House in Fayetteville sponsored by Hutchens Law Firm (J. Scott Flowers '03). To learn more about joining the Alumni Association, visit this link. Follow the Alumni Association on Facebook at this link.
Fall 2022 On-Campus Interview & Resume Collect Program
Campbell Law's Career & Professional Development Center welcomes the opportunity to assist your organization in coordinating recruiting efforts. Please reference our chart below for upcoming resume collect and on-campus interview dates. For more information, contact Katherine Manus at kmanus@campbell.edu.
Are you a Campbell Law judge?
If you or anyone you know is a Campbell Law alumna/nus and also a current or past judge, we are expanding our "Judges of Campbell Law" wall we unveiled in October! The exhibit honors alumni who have served on a variety of judicial benches. Learn more at this Read more at this link. Please contact Coordinator of External Relations Sharon Sparks at ssparks@campbell.edu or call 919-865-4652 for more information.
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