RALEIGH — Campbell Law School awarded and recognized distinguished members of the community for their academic achievements and their contributions to our law school community at the 46th annual Law Day Awards banquet on Saturday, March 25, at the Sheraton Center Downtown.
Marcus Gadson was named “Professor of the Year” following a vote of the student body. Professor Gadson joined Campbell Law’s faculty on July 1, 2019. As a scholar, he focuses on state constitutions and civil procedure and he teaches courses in Civil Procedure, State Constitutional Law and Race, Justice and the Law. His scholarship has appeared, or is forthcoming, in top-ranked journals including the Michigan Law Review, U.C.L.A. Law Review and Georgetown Law Journal. Professor Gadson has repeatedly been recognized for his teaching accomplishments. His students have voted him 1L Professor of the Year three times, and he received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for the 2021–22 academic year. Professor Gadson earned a B.A. with High Honors from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He then clerked for Judge Bernice Donald of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and practiced law at Steptoe and Johnson in Washington, D.C. Other finalists for this award included Professors Suzanna Geiser, Michael Kent, Jon Powell and Matt Sawchak.
Campbell Law also recognized academic achievements at the banquet. Chase H. Freeman was awarded the “First-Year Academic Achievement Award for 2020-2021,” and Sofia Baneth was awarded the “Second-Year Academic Achievement Award for 2020-2021.” Adia McLaughlin was awarded the Jane Perkinson Memorial Scholarship on behalf of Barbri. Daniel Crandol was awarded the Kaplan PMBR Scholarship, and Matthew Darby was awarded the Themis Bar Review Scholarship. The Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake Jr. Constitution Law Award for 2022 was awarded to Sydney Smith.
In addition to the “Professor of the Year” award, Campbell Law also distributed a number of student-voted awards to professors and staff at the banquet.
Melissa Essary was recognized as the “First-Year Professor of the Year.” Finalists included Professors Bobbi Jo Boyd, Johnny Chriscoe, Marcus Gadson, Lisa Lukasik and Matt Sawchak.
North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby was recognized as the “Adjunct Professor of the Year.” Finalists included Professors Rana Badwan, Susan Dunn, Rick Glazier, Emily Mistr and Paul Ridgeway.
Suzanna Geiser was named the “LRW Professor of the Year” for the second year in a row. Finalists included Professors Krista Bordatto, Robert Montgomery, La Toya Powell and Josh Walthall.
Assistant Dean of Career Services April Giancola was recognized as the “Administrator of the Year.” Finalists included Raven Byrne, Meredith Chilausky, Lisa Clark and James Yacovelli.
Jessica Osborn was awarded the David Teddy Innovative Leadership Award. This award is given annually to a Campbell Law student who demonstrates “a keen sense of leadership and service to the law school.” Finalists included Nate Bowers, Hannah Ingalls, Jacob Kauer and Taylor Pulliam.
Campbell Law students also recognized the Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) as the “Student Organization of the Year.” Finalists included the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), Lambda Law, the National Security-Military Law Student Association (NS-MLSA) and the Student Bar Association (SBA).
Photos of the Book Award winners and other photos of the event can be found on the law school’s Facebook page at this link.
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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 more than 4,700 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. Campbell Law is celebrating 45 years of graduating legal leaders and 14 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina’s Capital City.