Buies Creek–Associate Professor of Law Johnny C. Chriscoe, Jr., has received the 2008 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award from Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law.Chriscoe is also the recipient of the 2008 Student Bar Association’s Professor of the Year Award, the second time he has received the award since joining the Campbell law faculty in 2000.A summa cum laude graduate of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Chriscoe served as a clerk for the North Carolina Court of Appeals and spent several years in litigation practice. He returned to the Campbell Law School in 1995 to teach part-time and serve as associate dean of External Relations. In 2000, he became a full-time professor, currently teaching Torts I and II, Insurance Law, Trial Advocacy, Advanced Trial and Appellate Advocacy and Personal Property law. In addition, Chriscoe serves on several law school committees, coaches trial teams and was appointed to the board of directors for North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, a non-profit, public service organization that provides post-conviction and civil legal services to the incarcerated population of North Carolina. He currently serves as vice president of that board.Chriscoe has taught in various continuing education legal seminars and published in the area of civil procedure. He is currently preparing an article on insurance law.Melissa Essary, dean of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of law, praised his performance.”This award is in recognition of Professor Chriscoe’s dedication to our law school and to its students and for his commitment to excellence in legal education,” she said.Photo Copy: From left, associate professor of law, Johnny Chriscoe, receives the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award from Melissa Essary, Dean of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. Also pictured is Dr. Jerry M. Wallace, president of Campbell University. (Photo by Bennett Scarborough)
Chriscoe receives Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award