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our lawyer forefathers that gave us our nation, and it will be the same skills of your generation that, God willing, will allow us to sustain it.”

Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein’s remarks touched on the importance of integrity and taking “ownership of consequential decisions.”

“Members of the Class of 2018, you are talented and well-trained young lawyers with much to offer our profession. You’ve spent the last three years of your life immersed in the law, but you are beginners. Most of the law you need to know remains to be learned. Most of the wisdom that you need to exercise has yet to be developed. So maintain the intellectual discipline that brought you to this moment. Set aside time each day to study and grow as a lawyer and as a human being.”

Campbell Law also formally honored and bid farewell to retiring professor Bob Loftis after more than 30 years of service to the law school. Loftis provided the benediction in his final act as a member of the faculty.

Campbell Law confers 123 degrees at 2018 commencement

Campbell Law School conferred 123 Juris Doctor degrees at its 40th annual hooding and graduation ceremony on May 11 at Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. United States Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein delivered the com-mencement address.

“You start your careers at a paradoxical time,” said Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard. “Although it is indisputable that fewer people on our globe now live in abject poverty and standards of living are rising everywhere, nonetheless, powerful autocratic movements and rulers are ascending in influence. It sometimes seems that the very idea of a democratic republic is under attack. As a student of history, I tell you that it was the skills of analysis, debate, advocacy and compromise of

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of Campbell Law party in late May. We rented Market Hall, a sophisti-cated event venue down-town, provided plenty of good food and drink, enjoyed a terrific local lawyer band, and kept speeches to a minimum. The purpose was to raise some funds to provide modest stipends to our graduates preparing for the bar exam, but also to celebrate the current success of the law school.

Although schools around us are struggling, we are prospering on all fronts. Interest in Campbell Law has never been higher. We have seat deposits for an overflowing class next fall, and recently 55 folks signed up to attend an information session about our FLEX program. This event was the precursor to next year’s major fling, the 10th anniversary of the law school’s move to Raleigh. Stay tuned.

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CLASS OF 2004 Katie Hartzog received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

CLASS OF 2008 Mark J. Hale, Jr. was named to the 2018 North Carolina Super

Lawyers Rising Stars and Business North Carolina 2018 Legal Elite.

CLASS OF 2009 Gigi Gardner was named to the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars and Business North Carolina 2018 Legal Elite.

We are saddened to share the passing of Patrick Pait.

CLASS OF 2012 Amanda Miars has been named partner at Murchison, Taylor & Gibson PLLC.

Mary Catherine Stokes married Taylor Justin Whitford in Morehead City, N.C.

CLASS OF 2015 Emily Anne Smith became engaged to Michael Buttrick.

CLASS OF 1980Rep. Billy Richardson has been named Legislator of the Year by the N.C. Association of Teacher

Assistants Legislative Committee.

Randell C. Stoney, Jr. was named to 2018 South Carolina Super Lawyers.

CLASS OF 1987We are saddened to share the passing of Susan Elizabeth Davis Crooks.

CLASS OF 1989We are saddened to share the passing of Paul “Bud” Raisig Jr.

CLASS OF 1990William B. Hamel has been named associate managing attorney at Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, P.A.

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Roy Wiggins as a district court judge in District 26.

CLASS OF 1994We are saddened to share the passing of Judge R. Les Turner.

CLASS OF 2001Susan Edwards married Pete Strom in Columbia, S.C.

Campbell Law, Meredith announce 3+3 degree partnershipCampbell Law School and Meredith College have partnered to cre-ate an accelerated dual degree option for students seeking to earn undergraduate and juris doctor degrees in record time. Under the 3+3 accelerated dual degree program, Meredith College students can earn an undergraduate degree and a juris doctor from Campbell Law in six years rather than seven, saving both time and money.

The student will spend three years at Meredith Col-lege, completing all general education requirements and the coursework for

her major. In her fourth year, the student will begin study at Camp-bell Law, and the credits earned during that year will complete her Meredith degree while counting towards the law degree. Students can continue to live on campus at Meredith during this fourth year.

There are a wide variety of majors at Meredith that students could complete in order to do the 3+3 program.

Meredith College has a proven track record of preparing students for success in law school, according to Assistant Professor of Political Science Whitney Ross Manzo, Meredith’s pre-law adviser. Manzo will serve as the 3+3 program coordinator.

Meredith and Campbell Law School share many characteristics that make this partnership attractive to students. Both schools offer small class sizes and supportive faculty, along with all the benefits of their location in the heart of North Carolina’s capital city.

Meredith Provost Matthew Poslusny said the new partnership with Campbell Law School underscores the College’s commitment to the professional preparation of its students.

In addition to the Meredith partnership, Campbell Law also has a 3+3 program in place for Campbell University undergraduates.

CPILSA, A.J. Fletcher Foundation award five grants for public interest work The Campbell Public Interest Law Students Association (CPILSA) and The A.J. Fletcher Foundation (AJF) have awarded five grants to stu-dents for their upcoming work in public interest this summer. CPILSA will fund two $2,350 grants, while AJF will provide three grants of $2,000 each.

“The grants are incredibly helpful for our students who wish to lead with purpose and serve the community throughout the summer, yet may not be able to do so without this financial assistance,” said Campbell Law Career Center Assistant Director Kelly Noble. “We are appreciative of The A.J. Fletcher Foundation for providing the financial resources for three grants and commend their deep com-mitment to providing legal access to those that need it.”

S. Elizabeth Stedman (Children’s Law Center of Central N.C.) and Alexander Fowler (Maryland Office of the Public Defender) were awarded grants from CPILSA. AJF grants were received by M.C. Skinner (Polanco Law), Tatianna DeBerry (Wake County District At-torney), and Sarah Sponaugle (N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission).

A student led initiative, CPILSA was founded in 2010 and strives to guide Campbell Law students to rewarding careers in public interest law. The organization annually holds a silent auction, along with other fundraisers, with the proceeds ultimately aiding in funding the sum-mer grant awards.

A long-time supporter of the law school, AJF served as the key benefactor in establishing the Goodmon Clinic at Campbell Law, which houses both the Restorative Justice Project and the Senior Law

Clinic. In June 2013, AJF awarded Campbell Law a $50,000 grant to establish the Public Interest Law Fellows program.

The mission of AJF is to support nonprofit organizations in their endeavors to enrich the lives and well-being of people in North Carolina. To achieve this, AJF partners with nonprofit organizations that recognize and solve social and civic problems and provides resources to advance big, bold ideas.

Professor Collins named to N.C. Pro Bono Honor SocietyCampbell Law Assistant Clinical Professor Allegra Collins has been inducted into the 2017 N.C. Pro Bono Honor Society. Collins and her fellow inductees were recognized for each having donated 50 or more hours of legal services during the past year through the state’s voluntary pro bono report-ing effort. Collins also appeared on the inaugural list in 2016.

Collins teaches Judicial Writing, Appellate Brief Writing, and Rem-edies, and is the Director of the Externship Program. She joined the full-time faculty at Campbell Law as the interim director of legal research and writing prior to the 2015-16 academic year.

An appellate attorney with exten-sive experience in appellate law and the North Carolina appellate court system, she practices regularly before the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Collins is the incoming Vice Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section and a member of its Appellate Rules Committee. She was named to the 2018 Legal Elite in the area of Appellate Law.

Collins is currently a candidate for the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Campbell Law records 100% participation on employee giving for 7th year in a rowEvery single Campbell Law administrator, faculty and staff member contributed to the Campbell University Employee Giving Campaign in 2018, marking the seventh consecutive year that all law school employees have given to the campaign.

“Our faculty and staff follow the university mission to lead with purpose, and this is simply further evidence of that truth,” said Campbell Law Director of Development David Bohm. “Everyone on the law school campus has contributed to this effort for seven straight years now. When it comes to supporting our students and their academic success, our employees are entirely on board.”

Campbell Law has been at 100 percent every year since 2012.

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Professor Wallace participates in Second Amendment symposiumCampbell Law School Professor Greg Wallace recently served as a pan-elist at Southern Illinois University’s Law Journal Symposium. The event,

“Exploring the Second Amendment 10 Years after D.C. Vs. Heller,” highlighted the Supreme Court’s landmark but controversial decision recognizing that the Second Amendment protects the individual’s right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes such as self defense. The symposium explored a variety of Second Amendment issues at the forefront of American legal, political, and social discourse.

Wallace served as a panelist on as-sault weapons, discussing common misunderstandings about the opera-tion and use of such weapons and how courts have wrongly relied on these inaccuracies when upholding assault weapon bans.

“The symposium brought together some of the top legal experts and litigators in this area of the law from both sides,” said Wallace. “The discussions were both engaging and respectful.”

Wallace teaches constitutional law with an emphasis on free speech, church and state, right to arms, and constitutional interpretation. He regularly provides commentary on constitutional issues at conferences and symposia as well as in news reports, talk radio, and op-ed columns. He is a regular contributor to TheHill.com.

Redistricting reform event held at Campbell LawTom Ross, former President of the University of North Carolina system and co-chairman of the bi-partisan board of directors of North Carolin-ians for Redistricting Reform, spoke at Campbell Law School on June 15 on the need for redistricting reform in the state.

Ross’ presentation included an update on the redistricting cases before the Supreme Court and other critical legal battles. He also outlined a plan of action for North Carolina to fairly draw Congressional and state districts.

Currently, members of the General Assembly draw lines for Congres-sional and state legislative districts in North Carolina. Over the years, this system has led to both parties abusing the process for political advantage. It has also led to heightened political division, expensive legal battles, and negative press about the state. Other states have adopted independent systems of redistricting where politicians do not draw their own districts.

Professor Lukasik receives Dean’s Excellence in Teaching AwardCampbell Law Associate Professor Lisa Lukasik has been named the 2018 recipient of the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award. She joined the Campbell Law faculty in 2009 and was granted tenure in 2016. She regularly teaches Torts to first-year students and offers upper-level seminars in public-school law, including special-education law and education litigation. Addition-ally, she often works with one or more students each semester on

“independent study” projects.

“I am honored and humbled to have been selected for this recognition,” said Lukasik. “I am grateful for the opportunity to do work that I love, teaching our phenomenal students; and I am grateful for my exceptional colleagues on Campbell Law’s faculty, staff, and administration who inspire me every day to improve through their creativity, energy, and commitment to our students’ success and excellence.”

Lukasik is a productive scholar whose research is focused on the educational rights of children with disabilities. Selected works include: Special-Education Litigation: An Empirical Analysis of North Carolina’s First Tier (2016); Re-examining Reasonableness: Negligence Liability in Adult Defendants with Cognitive Disabilities (2015) (with Johnny Cris-coe); Asperger’s Syndrome and Eligibility under the IDEA: Eliminating the Emerging “Failure First” Requirement to Prevent a Good IDEA from Going Bad (2012); and Deconstructing a Decade of Charter School Funding Litigation: An Argument for Reform (2012). She also serves as a State Hearing Review Officer in special education disputes.

Lukasik takes an active role in law school governance. In recent years, she has chaired the Admissions Committee, reviewing the applica-tion of every single student admitted to the school. She is also a vital member of the Academic Standards and Community Diversity & Stu-dent Life Committees. She serves as the faculty advisor for a number of student organizations, including the Black Law Students Association, the Education Law and Policy Society, the Education Law Pro Bono Project, the Service Animal Project, and Phi Alpha Delta. She is a tire-less advocate for creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all students at the law school, and she enjoys an enviable reputation among our students for her passion, stimulating class discussions, and genuine interest in their lives.

Lukasik earned her B.A. with honors from Washington University in St. Louis and graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She began her professional career as a junior college English teacher first in Kolobrzeg, Poland and later in Huntsville, Alabama. After several years as an English teacher, she returned to school and earned a J.D. with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law. She graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif and served as a pub-lished member of the North Carolina Law Review, a founding editor of the North Carolina Banking Institute Publication, and an Honors Writing Scholar.

She clerked for the Honorable Willis P. Whichard on the North Carolina Supreme Court and practiced education law with Tharington Smith, L.L.P.

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