RALEIGH — Fifty graduates from the Campbell Law Class of 2014 participated in a swearing-in ceremony at the law school on Friday, Oct. 10. The Honorable Paul Gessner (L ’91), the Honorable Kendra Hill, and the Honorable Paul Ridgeway (L ’86), all North Carolina Superior Court Judges, administered the oath of office and led the swearing-in of Campbell Law alums who recently passed the July 2014 North Carolina Bar Examination.
The ceremony offered graduates the opportunity to be sworn in as attorneys with the North Carolina State Bar at their alma mater with their family, friends, professors, classmates, and peers encouraging them and sharing the occasion. Each graduate took the oath of office as an attorney at law to support the Constitution of the United States.
“The swearing-in ceremony is one of our favorite traditions at Campbell Law,” said Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard. “It is our pleasure to formally welcome our graduates into the profession, and we are thrilled that so many of our recent graduates continue to return each year and share this special moment with us.”
Campbell Law graduates ranked second in the state for first-time bar passage on the July 2014 North Carolina Bar Exam, posting a 85.61% passage rate. Over the course of the past 25 years, 90.89% of Campbell Law graduates have passed the July North Carolina Bar Exam on their first try, tops among the seven N.C. law schools.