RALEIGH, N.C. – Second-year Campbell Law student Brian Castro has been named a Womble Carlyle Scholar. As a recipient he will collect $30,000 for law school expenses and receive a paid eight-week internship at the firm between his second and third years at Campbell Law.
“As the first in my family to enter the legal profession, I am driven by a desire to show others that, through hard work and dedication, anything is possible,” said Castro. “I thank Womble Carlyle for their longstanding commitment to diversity and their commitment to North Carolina as a whole.”
A native of High Point, N.C., Castro has been extremely active at Campbell Law. He has served as an extern to Associate Justice Paul Newby of the Supreme Court of N.C. and Judge Bob Hunter of the N.C. Court of Appeals, as well as a research assistant for Campbell Law Associate Professor Mike Kent. Castro has also completed an internship in the legal department at GlaxoSmithKline and is a music tutor.
A 2015 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Castro was a Carolina Covenant Scholar during his undergraduate tenure. In 2014 he won the National Student Design Competition sponsored by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America for group work in assisting toddlers with disabilities achieve greater independence while using their wheelchairs.
Since its establishment in 2004, the Womble Carlyle Scholars Program has awarded more than $600,000 to 75 Scholars. Each year, the firm awards scholarships to two diverse second-year law students who present solid academic credentials, personal or professional achievement outside the school environment, and a record of significant community service. A number of past Womble Carlyle Scholars now practice at the firm as attorneys.
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