Campbell Law Reporter

Rutgers Law Professor Weighs in on Recent SCOTUS Affirmative Action Cases

Host Brian Hedrick is joined by Professor Stacy Hawkins from Rutgers Law School to talk about the Supreme Court’s recent decisions involving affirmative action.  Professor Hawkins is a recognized expert in employment law and diversity being published in the Fordham Law Review, The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, and The Michigan Journal of Race and Law.  Additionally, she has been interviewed or quoted in numerous news outlets including TIME, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. 

May It Please the Court…and It Did

On this episode of the Campbell Law Reporter host Brian Hedrick is joined by the first ever Campbell law team to win the Kilpatrick Townsend 1L Mock Trial Championship at the University of North Carolina School of Law.  Listen as Zannah Tyndall, Megan Pope, Mollie Parsons, Julia Smith, Olivia Reiff, and Kendall Barbour recount the story of how they made Campbell Law School history.    

Restorative Justice Clinic - An Interview with Professor Powell

On this episode of the Campbell Law Reporter, host Stephen Dinkel is joined by  Professor and Jon Powell.

Professor Powell, a 1998 graduate of Campbell Law, serves as the director of the Restorative Justice Clinic.    

Campbell Law School boasts a rich and storied tradition of developing lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, professional competence, and a view of using the practice of law as a calling to serve others.    

The Restorative Justice Clinic (RJC) has allowed students to make a tremendous impact in the local community.    

RJC strives to bring victims and offenders together using restorative justice practices in an effort to foster collaborative healing, rather than specifically seeking punishment. 

”Nott” your average LLM

On this episode of the Campbell Law Reporter, hosts Brian Hedrick and Tom Stockton are joined by Deputy Dean Matthew Homewood from the Nottingham Trent University School of Law.

Deputy Dean Homewood discusses the JD/LLM program offered through the partnership between Campbell Law and Nottingham Law.

Additionally, two current Campbell Law students who participated in the JD/LLM program, LeAnne McAbee and Maria Alzate, talk about their experiences navigating the legal and social differences of studying in Nottingham and the unique opportunities offered to them through this partnership. 

The Rules of War - Thomas Harper, J.D.

On this episode of the Campbell Law Reporter, Thomas Harper, Senior Legal Advisor in International Humanitarian Law for the American Red Cross, joins the program to discuss Humanitarian Law and the American Red Cross. Thomas has spent his adult life in uniform, having originally enlisted in the Army Reserve upon graduating high school. He later commissioned as an Army officer via the ROTC program at North Carolina State University. Following law school at Campbell University School of Law in Raleigh, NC, Thomas served on active duty as a Judge Advocate for more than 7 years before transitioning to the Army Reserve, where he currently holds the rank of Major.  He has served in a variety of capacities, including as a prosecutor, defense counsel, Special Victim Counsel, and as an Operational Law attorney in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.      

 

Thomas writes and podcasts for The Legal Geeks, an American Bar Association Top 100 legal blog, where he uses Star Wars to teach about a wide variety of legal topics, including International Humanitarian Law. Thomas also co-hosts The Joint Geeks of Staff, a podcast featuring national security professionals who explore military and diplomatic lessons learned in science fiction. Thomas regularly shares his passion for the intersection between Star Wars and the IHL, having presented at San Diego Comic-Con, Star Wars Celebration (Disney’s official Star Wars convention), WonderCon, Dragon Con, and more.

The Blanchard Community Law Clinic at Campbell Law

On this episode of the Campbell Law Reporter, host Stephen talks to former Director Ashley Campbell of the Blanchard Community Law Clinic at Campbell Law.

The Blanchard Community Law Clinic provides legal services to low income people who are seeking better jobs and greater stability in their lives.

The Blanchard Community Law Clinic partners with non-profit agencies in the community — Alliance Medical Ministry,  StepUp Ministry, the Raleigh Rescue Mission, and Urban Ministries — to provide solutions to legal problems encountered by clients of those agencies.

The clinic, which was launched in September 2016, has made a tremendous impact in the Raleigh community within a short period. Legal services are provided by Campbell Law students, under the supervision of the Clinic Director. Students handle cases with a high level of independence and conduct client interviews, prepare motions, oversee case management, and make court appearances.

From Welcome To Windhoek: A Judge’s Journey - An interview with Dean Rich Leonard

This is the remarkable story of how a boy from rural Welcome, North Carolina grew up to become an innovative judge, global citizen, and go-to guy for court-building in emerging African nations.

Along the way, he organizes the first-ever judicial conference in Tanzania, jogs with children in Lusaka, dances with a python, and has adventures ranging from the harrowing to the hilarious.

In the end, he discovers the distance between Welcome and Windhoek is not as great as he imagined, and that both places now occupy adjoining spaces in his heart.

The story of Rich Leonard:

Dean Leonard’s work on the bench and at Campbell Law was publicly recognized when North Carolina Lawyers Weekly named him the 2014 Lawyer of the Year. Most recently he was recognized among the top CEOs by the Triangle Business Journal in 2021 and he was named Bankruptcy Law Lawyer of the Year by Global 100 magazine. He also received the 2018 McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award from the North Carolina Bar Association and the same year, he was elected to serve as chair-elect of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s General Alumni Association. He then served as chair from May 2019 to May 2020.

Insights of a 1st Gen Female Lawyer

Host Stephen Dinkel is joined by first gen lawyer Krista Garcia. Stephen and Krista talk about Krista's career as a young practicing attorney. Krista describes her law school experience, her first job as a prosecutor and how she has navigated as a solo practitioner in the changing law field. 

Setting Up Your Business to Survive In Today’s Environment

This episode is all about setting up a business with the proper infrastructure. Host Stephen Dinkel talks with Jason Deshayes from Cook Wealth about what business owners can do to be effective in today's business environment.  

Jason is the Director of Tax Planning at Cook Wealth in Raleigh. Cook Wealth helps clients with; everyday finances, family legacy planning, tax planning, debt management, investment management, cash flow optimization, business transactions and basically anything financially related.  

To learn more about Jason Deshayes visit cookwealth.com/jason-deshayes

Learning copyright law from Taylor Swift, Gigi Hadid, and Professor Lucas Osborn

An episode about Taylor Swift…are you Ready For It? One thing Better Than Revenge is protecting your intellectual property. Turning Blank Space into international bestselling albums can be very profitable thanks to copyright protection. Learn about IP with special guest Professor Lucas Osborn and your host Lloyd Newman.