Campbell Law once again ranks among Top 10 in Fordham’s trial competition ranking

2023 – 2024 Academic Year			Fall 2016 – Spring 2024
1	UCLA	49 points	1	UCLA	226 points
2	Stetson	26 points	2	Stetson	110 points
3	Baylor	17 points	3	Cumberland, Samford	85 points
4	Cumberland, Samford	16 points	4	Fordham	78 points
5	St. John’s	15 points	5	Baylor	74 points
6	South Carolina	13 points	6	Drexel-Kline	70 points
7	Hofstra Temple	11 points	7	Temple	67 points
9	Mercer Campbell Illinois Georgetown Missouri – Kansas City	10 points	8	South Carolina	66 points
14	Maryland Texas Harvard	9 points	9	Campbell Harvard	65 points
17	Drexel-Kline Chicago-Kent Rutgers American	8 points	11	Chicago-Kent American	62 points
			13	Georgetown Denver	57 points
			15	St. John’s	56 points
			16	UC Berkeley	50 points
			17	Northwestern	48 points
			18	Loyola (Chicago)	47 points
			19	Maryland	45 points
			20	Loyola (Los Angeles)	44 points

 

Campbell Law is in good company tying with Harvard in ninth place with 65 cumulative points since Fall 2016. 

 

During the 2023-24 Academic Year, Campbell Law also ranked ninth with a total of 10 points tying with law schools at Mercer University, the University of Illinois, Georgetown University and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

 

Campbell Law is the only North Carolina law school to make both lists.

 

“I am delighted to share the highly respected Fordham Trial Competition rankings, which has us at a solid 9th place for the past academic year, and, more impressively, also in 9th place based on the past eight years,” Leonard said. “Congratulations to all who make this possible.”

 

The TCPR is an objective snapshot of achievement in interscholastic law school trial competitions, according to Fordham’s Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center. 

 

Associate Director of Advocacy Programs and Competitions at American University Washington College of Law Joe Lester compiles all competition results at www.trialteamcentral.org. Learn more about his methodology at this link.

 

“Campbell Law has a commitment to preparing savvy lawyers who are fierce courtroom advocates. The results are consistent with our mission and passion,” said Campbell Law’s Director of Competitive Advocacy Mary Ann Matney ‘17.  “Our consistent Top 10 ranking reflects the incredible talents of our students and the dedication of our trial advocacy faculty and coaches.”

 

Campbell Law’s Competitive Trial Advocacy Program is tied for sixth in the nation in the most recent final GAVEL Rankings. The GAVEL Rankings were created by Professor Jared Rosenblatt, Special Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School and faculty advisor to Hofstra’s Trial Advocacy Association.

 

Campbell Law, which is tied with the University of South Carolina’s School of Law, is the only North Carolina law school to make the list.

In addition to Fordham’s ranking and the GAVEL ranking, U.S. News has ranked Campbell Law among the nation’s top schools for trial advocacy six times in the past seven years and preLaw Magazine once again graded Campbell Law among its Top Law Schools for Trial Advocacy in its Winter 2024 issue.

 

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 nearly 5,000 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. In 2024, Campbell Law is celebrating 45 years of graduating legal leaders and 15 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina’s Capital City.