RALEIGH – One of the Wake County Bar Association (WCBA) Foundation Memorial Scholarships has been granted to rising third-year Campbell Law School student Katelyn Gallimore for this academic year, the WCBA announced at a luncheon on Tuesday, July 8.
Gallimore is the incoming president of the law school’s Women in Law (WIL) student organization, Senior Comments Editors for the Campbell Law Review (Vol. 48) and serves as a teaching scholar for Criminal Procedure and Business Organizations and as a peer mentor.
“As president of WIL, I’m excited to help carry on the legacy of this incredible student organization, foster community and create even more opportunities for students to connect, grow and thrive,” she wrote in a recent LinkedIn post.
Gallimore interned with the Blanchard Community Law Clinic (BCLC), where she was exposed to criminal law issues and found a new passion for policy work. She also worked as a legal intern at a private law firm in Wake County prior to law school, as a judicial extern for Judge Julie Bell in Wake County District Court, intern at Vasilko & Pedersen, and currently is an intern at New Direction Family Law.
“I am passionate about policy work and family law and have had legal experiences to expand my knowledge and understanding of family law, specifically in Wake County,” where she hopes to practice family law after graduation.
She also is working toward earning her Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Legal Practice from Nottingham Trent University Law School in the United Kingdom through a joint program with Campbell Law. She is researching and writing a dissertation on the relationship of domestic violence and child custody and further proposing policy change for North Carolina based on the research and a comparative analysis.
A graduate of Western Carolina University, Gallimore is a native of Raleigh and a graduate of Rolesville High School.
Gallimore added, “I’m grateful for the opportunities, support and mentorship I’ve been surrounded with at Campbell, and I look forward to all that my 3L year will bring this upcoming fall.”
The WCBA scholarships are awarded annually to “the best and brightest” law students or persons about to enter law school who have Wake County ties and are funded through donations, the annual golf tournament and late fees from district bar dues. The scholarship fund was founded in 1989 in memory of Edwin S. Preston Jr., former Wake County Chief Resident Superior Court Judge. Since its inception, the WCBA has awarded 82 scholarships amounting to more than $284,000.
This year’s other scholarship recipients are Abby MacKnight, a rising 2L at Elon Law School and Angela Fristoe, a rising 2L at Wake Forest Law.
Membership in the WCBA is voluntary for lawyers and judges who practice and reside in Wake County and are engaged in private practice, government service, corporate employment and the judiciary. Currently, there are more than 2,300 members who have chosen to better themselves, the profession and the public by providing better access to and understanding of the legal system, according to the WCBA website.
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