Campbell Law

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law School has been named the second best law school in the country for bar exam preparation by The National Jurist. Of the 50 schools included on the list, Campbell Law is the only North Carolina law school selected for inclusion. The complete list is available via The National Jurist February 2015 issue. “It’s exciting for a leading legal education publication to highlight our law school in this fashion,” said Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard. “We [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law School has been selected as one of the top law schools in the country for practical training by The National Jurist. One of 86 institutions nationally to make the list, Campbell Law received the highest rating of any North Carolina law school. The distinction also marks Campbell Law’s first appearances on the list, another indicator of its continued rise in national recognition. The complete list is available via The National Jurist website. The top 20 [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard announced on November 14, 2014 that David F. Mills has been tapped to lead the Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic effective December 1. Mills, a 1991 Campbell Law graduate, recently completed a five-year stint as county attorney for Johnston County, North Carolina.  He will continue his private bankruptcy practice in addition to his duties at Campbell Law. “It is an honor to come home to Campbell Law,” said Mills. “I am personally excited to be [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard was named 2014 Lawyer of the Year by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly at the Leaders in the Law awards banquet on Sept. 19 at the Raleigh Marriott City Center. Previously announced as a Leaders in the Law award recipient, Leonard was selected as the 2014 Lawyer of the Year by a vote of an independent panel of judges. “I am beyond humbled and deeply honored to receive this award,” said Leonard. “I’ve been fortunate to work alongside [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Over the course of the past 25 years, 90.89% of Campbell Law graduates have passed the July North Carolina Bar Exam on their first try. That remarkable statistic, tops among the seven N.C. law schools, comes on the heels of a second-place showing by the institution’s graduates on the July 2014 examination, in which 85.61% (119 of 139) of Campbell Law’s first-time test-takers passed. Campbell Law is the only law school in the state of North Carolina to place in the top two [...]

By: Amanda Bryan, 3L at Campbell University School of Law [...]