Collusion, conspiracy, and campaigns
Top Trump campaign aides met with a Russian lawyer before the election, and despite their assurances that nothing illegal occurred, Congress wants them all to testify.
Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics
Look but don’t touch: Trump requests voter data, states and civil rights groups push back
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity has received harsh criticism after requesting voter information from each state in order to investigate voter fraud during the November election.
Personal ties blur ethical lines on Pennsylvania Avenue
While President Trump previously issued an executive order holding members of the Trump administration to high ethical standards, numerous waivers of the order have raised ethical concerns of their own.
Letter from the Editor
The days were long, the weeks were short, yet there are no regrets.
The Uniform Bar Exam, next stop: North Carolina
North Carolina has taken its first step in administering the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE).
Black facing matters?
A report commissioned by the University of Oregon surrounding a professor’s Halloween costume at a party, has raised concerns for advocates of the First Amendment.
The day he snapped…
Questions are looming after lawyer Nathan DeSai, turned his gun on nine innocent people outside of his Texas home.
Alabama Chief Justice goes against United States Supreme Court
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore faces backlash after issuing an order for state judges not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, in direct conflict with the Supreme court of the United States.
Pennsylvania Attorney General resigns following criminal conviction
Kathleen Kane, once a rising star in Pennsylvania politics, had to resign following her criminal convictions based on a grand jury media leak.
Proposed 2016 Formal Ethics Opinion 3: Negotiating Private Employment with Opposing Counsel
View the Proposed Ethics Opinion in Full Here A proposed ethics opinion entitled “Negotiating Private Employment with Opposing Counsel” was proposed
Proposed 2016 Formal Ethics Opinion 2: Duty of Defense Counsel Appointed after Defendant Files Pro Se Motion for Appropriate Relief
View the Proposed Ethics Opinion in Full Here A proposed ethics opinion entitled “Duty of Defense Counsel Appointed after Defendant Files
Adding to the 25 year clock?
How the Supreme Court’s most recent decision concerning affirmative action in college admissions could have just re-set the clock on racial relations on college campuses across the country.
Are sugar daddies the new student loans?
As costs of tuition increase, more college students are turning to alternative methods to pay for their education, including “sugar daddy” websites, where young women have relationships with men for payment.
Letter from the Editor
The Campbell Law Observer was the most rewarding experience in law school.
4.22.16 Disbarred [Out of State]
Karla W. Simon, Duke Law alum of 1972, filed an affidavit of surrender of license in April 2016. Simon was