Features

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

The NGB Takes Center Stage as the UBE Exits Stage Right: What This Means for North Carolina

April 16, 2025

Is the NGB Really All It’s Cracked Up to Be? The NextGen Bar Exam is on the horizon, leading test-takers and states to wonder: How is it better than the existing Uniform Bar Exam? Many states have utilized the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) for years; however, the administration of this exam is coming to an end. The NextGen Bar exam (NGB) will replace the UBE and represents a new approach on the traditional test. While the NGB promises to be better than the UBE, test-takers and states alike are [...]

Presidential Power vs. The First Amendment, Big Law, Law School Deans, and Bar Associations

April 16, 2025

President Trump has wielded his executive authority in a pointed and punitive manner against Big Law firms that have represented his political opponents and have provided legal services to clients with whom President Trump personally disagrees.  With Presidential Memorandums and Executive Orders (E.O.), President Trump has terminated government contracts with the firms, revoked security clearances from lawyers, barred the firms’ lawyers from government property, and threatened third parties [...]

USAID: Domestic Battles with Foreign Aid

April 16, 2025

The attempted dismantling of USAID under executive authority has raised significant constitutional questions regarding the limits of presidential power, the role of Senate confirmation, and the judiciary's capacity to enforce compliance in the face of foreign aid suspension. [...]

Silent Suffering: The Overlooked Crisis of Emotional Elder Abuse

March 31, 2025

Emotional elder abuse is a devastating yet often invisible form of mistreatment that strips older adults of their dignity, security, and mental well-being through manipulation, humiliation, isolation, and coercion—often at the hands of those they trust the most. [...]

FACE Act Under Heightened Scrutiny as President Trump Pardons Pro-Life Advocates

March 18, 2025

Since Dobbs, the number of pro-life activists being prosecuted for violations of the 18 U.S.C. § 248 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act saw a marked uptick under the Biden Administration. After a wave of pardons by President Trump, important legal questions remain unanswered as Congress seeks to overturn the FACE Act. [...]

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.  [...]
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