Campbell Law once again ranks among Top 10 in Fordham’s trial competition ranking

Photo of four female Campbell Law advocates posing outside in suits

RALEIGH — Campbell Law School ranks ninth in Fordham University School of Law’s Trial Competition Performance Ranking (TCPR) for the 2016-2024 academic years, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced. Campbell Law advocates have earned a cumulative total of 65 points since Fall 2016.

Performance Rankings Top 20
2023 – 2024 Academic Year
Fall 2016 – Spring 2024
1
UCLA
49 points
1
UCLA
226 points
2
Stetson
26 points
2
Stetson
110 points
3
Baylor
17 points
3
Cumberland, Samford
85 points
4
Cumberland, Samford
16 points
4
Fordham
78 points
5
St. John’s
15 points
5
Baylor
74 points
6
South Carolina
13 points
6
Drexel-Kline
70 points
7
Hofstra
Temple
11 points
7
Temple
67 points
9
Mercer
Campbell
Illinois
Georgetown
Missouri – Kansas City
10 points
8
South Carolina
66 points
14
Maryland
Texas
Harvard
9 points
9
Campbell
Harvard
65 points
17
Drexel-Kline
Chicago-Kent
Rutgers
American
8 points
11
Chicago-Kent
American
62 points
 
 
13
Georgetown
Denver
57 points
 
 
 
15
St. John’s
56 points
 
 
 
16
UC Berkeley
50 points
 
 
 
17
Northwestern
48 points
 
 
 
18
Loyola (Chicago)
47 points
 
 
 
19
Maryland
45 points
 
 
 
20
Loyola (Los Angeles)
44 points
 
 
Campbell Law is in good company tying with Harvard in ninth place with 65 cumulative points since Fall 2016. 
 
During the 2023-24 Academic Year, Campbell Law also ranked ninth with a total of 10 points tying with law schools at Mercer University, the University of Illinois, Georgetown University and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
 
Campbell Law is the only North Carolina law school to make both lists.
 
“I am delighted to share the highly respected Fordham Trial Competition rankings, which has us at a solid 9th place for the past academic year, and, more impressively, also in 9th place based on the past eight years,” Leonard said. “Congratulations to all who make this possible.”
 
The TCPR is an objective snapshot of achievement in interscholastic law school trial competitions, according to Fordham’s Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center. 
 
Associate Director of Advocacy Programs and Competitions at American University Washington College of Law Joe Lester compiles all competition results at www.trialteamcentral.org. Learn more about his methodology at this link.
 
“Campbell Law has a commitment to preparing savvy lawyers who are fierce courtroom advocates. The results are consistent with our mission and passion,” said Campbell Law’s Director of Competitive Advocacy Mary Ann Matney ‘17.  “Our consistent Top 10 ranking reflects the incredible talents of our students and the dedication of our trial advocacy faculty and coaches.”
 
Campbell Law’s Competitive Trial Advocacy Program is tied for sixth in the nation in the most recent final GAVEL Rankings. The GAVEL Rankings were created by Professor Jared Rosenblatt, Special Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School and faculty advisor to Hofstra’s Trial Advocacy Association.
 
Campbell Law, which is tied with the University of South Carolina’s School of Law, is the only North Carolina law school to make the list.
In addition to Fordham’s ranking and the GAVEL ranking, U.S. News has ranked Campbell Law among the nation’s top schools for trial advocacy six times in the past seven years and preLaw Magazine once again graded Campbell Law among its Top Law Schools for Trial Advocacy in its Winter 2024 issue.
 
ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW SCHOOL
Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. Among its accolades, the school has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation’s top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. Campbell Law boasts nearly 5,000 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. In 2024, Campbell Law is celebrating 45 years of graduating legal leaders and 15 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina’s Capital City.