RALEIGH, N.C. – More than 200 elected officials, judges, prominent attorneys, alumni and family and friends gathered at Campbell Law on Friday, April 28 as the law school officially dedicated and cut the ribbon on two internal courtrooms and an adjoining suite of offices. The courtrooms are named in honor of Judge Franklin T. Dupree, Jr. and Judge W. Earl Britt, while the office suite is named after Ronald C. Dilthey.
A photo gallery of the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony is available on the Campbell Law Facebook page.
The two courtrooms and suite, along with a previously dedicated third courtroom, collectively form Campbell Law’s G. Eugene Boyce Center of Advocacy. The center was established in September 2015 with a gift exceeding $8 million dollars from prominent Raleigh attorney Gene Boyce.
To date, Campbell Law has spent more than $450,000 dollars to equip all three courtrooms with state of the art technology in an effort to produce tomorrow’s leading advocates regardless of courtroom setting.
“We are delighted to honor these three titans of advocacy and professionalism within our Boyce Center of Advocacy,” said Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard. “Each of these men have made a profound impact on the courts and our profession, and it only makes sense that our student advocates learn and practice within facilities that bear their names.
“This is a milestone day for our law school community, and one that we know will make a profound impact in the lives of countless students to come.”
The Honorable Franklin Taylor Dupree, Jr. served as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Nominated by President Richard Nixon on Nov. 30, 1970, he was confirmed on Dec. 11, 1970 and received his commission the next day. He served as Chief Judge from 1979-83, assuming senior status that same year. Dean Leonard clerked for Judge Dupree from 1976-78.
The Honorable William Earl Britt currently serves as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in Raleigh. He was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 14, 1980, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 21, 1980 and received his commission two days later. He served as Chief Judge from 1983-90, assuming senior status on Dec. 7, 1997.
Ronald C. Dilthey is Of Counsel at Lewis Brisbois in Raleigh. Renowned and widely respected for his work in advocacy and trial litigation, Dilthey served as an adjunct professor at Campbell Law for 35 years, teaching in the areas of workers’ compensation and civil litigation. He has served countless professional and bar committees, and was appointed by the Governor of North Carolina to serve as an industry representative on the North Carolina Brown Lung Study Commission. From 1993-97, he served as a member of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission.
Former clerks for Judges Dupree, Jr. and Britt spearheaded the campaign for naming the respective courtrooms in honor of their mentors. Close friends and colleagues led the efforts to honor Dilthey.
Outside of the classroom, Campbell Law’s historically strong competitive advocacy program has particularly blossomed in recent years. Since 2012, Campbell Law student advocates have collected three national championships, five national runners up, seven national semifinalists, four regional championships and 12 national individual best advocate awards. Campbell Law’s advocacy program was recently named 21-best nationally by U.S. News & World Report.
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