Features

Featuring longer form articles, CLO award winners, and guest contributions from Campbell Law School professors and local attorneys.

How Long is Too Long?

February 20, 2025

Stopping a vehicle for speeding, writing a ticket, and sending that person on their way is on the “simple” side of the spectrum. Complexity arises with continued questioning, K’9’s, or asking drivers to step out of their vehicles. These additional factors suddenly create a growing issue: how long is too long for a traffic stop? [...]

Natural Law and Its Discontents

February 20, 2025

Despite suggestions that natural law theory is on the decline, recent press and political statements have suggested that the opposite is true: natural law theory is alive and well in American politics.  [...]

The Legal World Behind Podcasts

February 3, 2025

In 2024 alone, more than 30 million podcast episodes were published, and over 500 million people were recorded as active listeners of podcasts.  Needless to say, podcasts have become a very popular form of digital entertainment. [...]

The Expense of Online Law Databases

December 6, 2024

Access to a legal database is essential to a lawyer, as lawyers must consult case law, statutes, and secondary sources to represent a client efficiently. Read for a comparison of the top two competing databases. [...]

Too Old to Work, but Not Old Enough to Sue

March 28, 2024

A growing consensus among circuit courts may destroy the hopes of litigants, dismissing an age discrimination claim if there is not an age difference of ten or more years between the plaintiff and their replacement hire. [...]

Unpacking North Carolina’s Ballot Initiative Shortfall

February 26, 2024

. . . voting measures are opportunities for citizens of a state to propose a change in legislation or a state constitutional amendment.  Ballot initiatives are commonly viewed as a pure form of democracy and may be utilized by those who feel underrepresented by their state or local politicians. [...]

The Future of Data Privacy in the United States

February 7, 2024

As federal policymakers research and draft data privacy legislation for the entire country to follow, there is tension between these state acts and the federal government’s plan for the future of data privacy in America. [...]

To Drink or Not to Drink?

February 6, 2024

The 21st Amendment was passed on December 5, 1933, ending the nationwide prohibition.  North Carolinian drinkers rejoiced, although their celebrations were short-lived. The state stayed true to its temperance roots and continued to enforce its state-wide prohibition for several months. [...]
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