It's not too late to signup for Campbell Law Alumni Association's virtual CLE on Feb. 9 -- FREE for members
Join the Campbell Law Alumni Association for a virtual, two-hour CLE, “Real-Life Ethics and Healthy Boundaries,” beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9. This presentation will offer one hour of ethics credit and one hour of substance abuse/mental health credit (pending approval from the North Carolina State Bar). This CLE is FREE to all Alumni Association members and $75 for others. If you have any questions, please contact Assistant Dean of External Relations Megan Sherron at sherron@campbell.edu or Alumni Relations Coordinator Sharon Sparks ssparks@campbell.edu. Registration available at this link.
Campbell Law School will serve as a regional host for the 2022 American Bar Association (ABA) Client Counseling Competition. The competition, which will feature 12 teams, will be held virtually via Zoom on Feb. 18-19. Campbell Law has the honor of being selected for the second year in a row to host law schools from the region, including law schools from Texas, Colorado, Michigan and California. “This competition is unique, wherein students compete to determine who possesses the best skillset necessary to interview, counsel, and support a client in an initial meeting,” said Tatiana Terry, professor of Trial Advocacy and director of Competitive Advocacy. Judges are only allowed to judge one round (preliminary, semifinal final), but those who are available for more than one round should indicate their availability when signing up. If you would like to serve as a judge, please register at this link or email Lauren Johnson. Questions? Contact her at lnjohnson0823@email.campbell.edu. Learn more at this link.
Blanchard Community Law Clinic to host remote driver’s license restoration clinic on March 4
The Blanchard Community Law Clinic will serve approximately 60 residents of Edgecombe, Nash, and Wilson counties at a free Driver’s License Restoration Clinic on Friday, March 4. “Having a suspended driver’s license impacts almost every aspect of a person’s life, from housing, to family, to employment,” explained Clinical Professor Emily Mistr. “It’s incredibly difficult to get a job without a valid license, even if the job doesn’t involve driving.” This clinic aims to serve individuals whose licenses are suspended due to unpaid fines and fees or failures to appear in court on traffic charges. Campbell Law students and their supervising attorneys will assist participants with completing paperwork to ask the court to remit unpaid monies and talk to the county district attorneys about resolving traffic cases where people failed to appear in court. Registration for this clinic is now closed. The clinic is offered through a partnership between the Blanchard Community Law Clinic, the Equal Access to Justice Commission’s Faith and Justice Alliance and the District Attorney’s Office for Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson counties. “It is the first of its kind in the state to offer this type of service to an entire multi-county prosecutorial district,” Mistr said. Learn more about the work of the BCLC at this link.
Lisa Clark promoted to associate director of financial aid
Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced that Lisa Clark has been promoted to associate director of financial aid effective Jan. 1, 2022. Clark has served as assistant director of financial aid since joining Campbell Law in 2012. “Lisa is an asset to the Campbell Law community,” said Assistant Dean of Admissions Morgan Cutright. “Her fantastic financial aid counseling never goes unnoticed by the student body. She also serves as the Veterans Certifying Official for the law school and had a perfect annual audit with the Veterans Administration this past year. I am so proud to see her well-deserved promotion to Associate Director of Financial Aid.” In her role, Clark directs all financial aid functions in order to enroll and maintain a diverse student body and institutional eligibility participation in federal and state aid programs. Learn more at this link.
Campbell Law among law schools answering U.S. Attorney General’s call to action on eviction prevention
Campbell Law School is taking immediate action to increase housing stability and access to justice in Wake County
In January, the White House and the Department of Justice convened 99 law schools who responded to the Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Call to Action to the Legal Profession to address the housing and eviction crisis. Law schools in 35 states and Puerto Rico immediately committed their law schools to help prevent evictions. In just a few months, law students across the country dedicated nearly 81,000 hours to provide legal assistance to households and communities across the country. To assist in increasing housing stability and access to justice, Campbell Law Professor Ashley Campbell, director of the Blanchard Community Law Clinic, and Professor Tolu Adewale are working closely with Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Raleigh office to take landlord tenant cases pro bono this semester. “The clinic will be representing clients in summary ejectment hearings in small claims court in Wake County,” Campbell explained. “Professor Adewale and I handled landlord/tenant cases during our respective time at Legal Aid. In addition, all of our students in the clinic class are reading, ‘Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond.'” Learn more about how you can help at this link.
Are you a 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 link. Please contact Coordinator of External Relations Sharon Sparks at ssparks@campbell.edu or call 919-865-4652 for more information.