RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard is doing his part to ease the financial burden of law school graduates. Leonard and his wife, Dr. Whitney Cain, have established the Jessie & Elizabeth Leonard Law Award, which will honor superlative academic performance. The award will annually provide a cash stipend of $2,000 at graduation to the valedictorian of the graduating class.
The award is named in honor of Leonard’s parents.
“I am fortunate to be in a position to provide this much needed award to our top academic graduate each year moving forward while I am dean,” said Leonard. “My remarkable parents were never able to reach the level of formal education they so aggressively sought for their children, and I have no doubt that they would be proud of the effort that our students put toward their legal education at Campbell Law.”
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