RALEIGH, N.C. – The Board of Law Examiners for the State of North Carolina has confirmed that Campbell Law School ranked second among the seven North Carolina law schools for first-time bar passage on the February 2014 North Carolina Bar Exam. Of the six Campbell Law graduates who sat for the exam for the first time, five (83.33%) passed.
Only Duke University led Campbell Law on the bar exam, with all seven of its first-time test takers passing.
“We are excited that these graduates can now be referred to as our colleagues,” said Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard. “This is a tremendous achievement for each of them, and the beginning of what we believe will be long and fruitful careers as professional and community leaders. I speak on behalf of the entire Campbell Law community when I offer my most sincere congratulations to them.”
In all, 65.42% of total first-time test takers from North Carolina law schools passed the examination.
Of all applicants that sat for the bar exam, including out of state and repeat candidates, 56.44% (355 of 629) passed.
Thirteen repeat testers from Campbell Law also passed the exam.
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Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law School has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. 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 3,500 alumni, including more than 2,400 who reside and work in North Carolina. In September 2009, Campbell Law relocated to a state-of-the-art building in downtown Raleigh. For more information, visit http://law.campbell.edu.
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