Rebecca Britton, a 1992 graduate of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University, has been elected president of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers for 2006-2007. Britton is a partner at the law firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton in Fayetteville, N.C. Britton’s civil litigation practice includes medical negligence, personal injury and civil rights. She has served on the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers board of directors, as vice president for Public Education for the organization and as host director for the 2005 National High School Mock Trial Championship. In 2002, Britton received the Kelly Crabtree Award for her work exonerating a former Marine who was wrongfully convicted and served nine years in prison. Her training at Campbell has been invaluable to her career, Britton said. “A Campbell lawyer has had the benefit of a challenging and demanding legal education that not only puts one through the academic rigor required to learn the law, but also teaches and instills a sense of practicality that gives Campbell lawyers the ability to hit the ground running when they graduate,” she said. The sense of community and the “open-door” policy of Campbell professors were also very helpful. “I could go to the professors at any time to ask questions, discuss issues and seek guidance or direction,” she said. “Those same professors were standing outside on the sidewalk at the end of each grueling day of the bar exam to cheer us on.” The Campbell law school continues to be a resource and inspiration to Britton. “The school provided the foundation for my legal career and instilled in me a dedication for serving my clients and my profession,” she added. The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association dedicated to protecting people’s rights through professional and community legal education. The Academy has approximately 4,000 members and is one of the top protectors of individual rights in North Carolina, representing those injured by the wrongdoing of others, workers, the disabled and those with family problems, consumers, those in debt and those accused of crime. Established in 1979, the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law has consistently led the way in the NC Bar exam passage rates, including a 100 percent passage rate in 1994, the first time all members of a graduating class have accomplished that feat in North Carolina history.Photo Copy: Rebecca Britton
Campbell alumna elected president of state Academy of Trial Lawyers