Posts Tagged ‘Campbell Law School’

One of the nation’s most out-spoken advocates for health care reform brought her message to Raleigh on Saturday.

Elizabeth Edwards says Americans are suffering because of a broken system, Edwards spoke at Campbell Law School, telling the crowd there that people who are sick should be able to get treatment.

She also went on to blame insurance companies who have high administrative costs and exclude pre-existing conditions.

She says that her battle with cancer now puts her in the pre-existing condition category but that she is doing better than expected.

“I am. I’m doing very well, just went to the doctor this week and things, ah, look good. So all those doomsayers from two and half years ago, I hope that they’re going to have to erase some of the words that they wrote,“ Edwards said.

Edwards says she is confident that lawmakers will pass some sort of health care reform.

She just wants it to give good coverage to everyone.

[WNCT]

The Campbell Law School will explore the impact of murder and responses to it with a public issues forum this week.

The forum, “The Aftermath of Murder: How Can Justice Heal?” will also examine the lives of the people who are most affected by the crime.

The event is free and open to the public.

It will be held Thursday from noon until 1:30 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium at 225 Hillsborough St., the school announced today.

A group of panelists that will participate in the program include:

* Therese Bartholomew, the author of “Coffee Shop God,” whose younger brother Steve was murdered while on a business trip in Greenville, S.C.;

* Rose Clark, the sister of Ernest Basden, a convicted murderer who was sentenced to death. Clark witnessed her brother’s execution in 2002.

* Cynthia Adcock, an assistant professor of law and a capital defense attorney who holds a master of divinity degree from the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest. Adcock represented Ernest Basden in his final appeal and was with his family during his execution.

* Sarah Anthony, an attorney and deputy director of the Fair Trial Initiative. Anthony is described in a news release as an expert in defense-initiated victim outreach, who serves as a liaison between the defense team, the accused murderer and the victim’s family.

[News Observer]

Come next week, nearly 400 wannabe lawyers will be walking the streets of downtown Raleigh as Campbell University throws open the doors for the new home of its law school.
Next Monday will mark the first day of classes at Campbell’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, which left rural Buies Creek in Harnett County for the glitter and glamour of Raleigh this year.
The new facility, at 225 Hillsborough St., will be within blocks of the Wake County courthouse, large private law firms, state agencies, and courtrooms at the state’s two appellate courts, a federal courthouse and a federal bankruptcy court.

On Friday, Campbell University officials will open the doors of the new downtown Raleigh home of their law school for a media tour of the refurbished Hillsborough Street building. Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker and Melissa Essary, dean of the law school, will be on hand for interviews. Classes at the school start next Monday.

That’s a key component to giving students real-life exposure to the legal profession so they can better adjust to practicing law after graduation, said Melissa Essary, the law school’s dean.
“Our students are not the most important constituency in the building; it’s our student’s future clients,” Essary said. Giving students exposure to how the world works, and not just hypothetical situations, helps those future clients, Essary said.

[News Observer]

The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University is reporting a significant increase in applications for admission to begin law school in the fall of 2009.

As of May 31, 2009, total applications to Campbell Law are up 25 percent over the prior year while applications to law schools nationally are up just six percent.

Campbell Law’s fall 2009 relocation from the main Campbell University campus in Buies Creek to Raleigh seems to be having a direct impact on applicants.

Since October 2007, when Campbell Law first announced the move, applications for admission have steadily increased. However, the most dramatic surge has come in response to the entering class of 2009 – the first class that will complete all three years of law school in the new Raleigh location.

Assistant Dean for Admissions Lewis Hutchison said, “Today’s students want to be in an urban environment where they can gain experience and see the law in action. Being within walking distance of the state legislature, appellate courts, state agencies and dozens of law firms and corporate offices, means our students will be able to do both.”

[mync]

The last class will graduate Friday form Campbell Law School’s Buies Creek campus. Campbell is moving its law school to a new, 109,000 square foot facility in downtown Raleigh. Students will begin classes at the new location in the fall.

The final graduation ceremony from its main campus in Buies Creek is Friday at 10 a.m. There will also be a special invitation to members of the 1979 charter class.

N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds will deliver the keynote address.

[News 14]