RALEIGH, N.C. – Second-year student Jacob Morse was named the recipient of the Anglin Law Leadership Award at Campbell Law’s 39th annual Law Day Banquet on Saturday, April 2. A native of Mooresville, N.C., Morse is the third recipient of the $2,000 award.
The Anglin Law Leadership Award, established by Christopher J. Anglin of the Anglin Law Firm, recognizes a second-year Campbell Law student with a strong academic record, leadership in student organizations and pro bono activities and contributions to the community. Applicants must possess a strong academic record with preference given to students that participate in one or more student organizations, serve in a leadership role, participate in the advocacy program and/or student publications, exhibit outstanding academic performance and leadership and take part in pro bono activities.
In addition to the Anglin Award, Morse is a recipient of the Campbell Law Leadership Scholar Award.
“It is truly an honor to be selected as the third Anglin Leadership Law Award recipient,” said Morse. “I am humbled and blessed by this distinction and will strive to live up to the ideals and characteristics that it seeks to recognize.”
In addition to strong academic credentials, Morse is extremely active within the law school community. He currently serves as treasurer of the Campbell Law Student Bar Association and is involved in several other student groups. He has assisted the Campbell Law Pro Bono Council with its Wills & Advance Directives Project, served as a student representative to the Campbell Law Board of Advisors, and volunteered as a judge for the YMCA Youth in Government Mock Trial and the American Mock Trial Association regional competition.
Morse has also enjoyed success as a student advocate at Campbell Law, having argued both sides of three national advocacy competitions in his first year on the school’s mock trial team. He won the Best Closing Argument Award and Best Storytelling Award at Baylor Law’s 2015 Academy of the Advocate, as well as the Best Advocate Award at the 2015 Kilpatrick Townsend 1L Mock Trial Competition.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morse served the UNC-CH community in an array of leadership roles including vice president of the student body, student representative to the UNC-CH Board of Trustees University Affairs Committee and the Carolina Union Board of Directors. Morse also served on committees dealing with academic advising, commencement, academic planning, and was chair of the university’s Student Advisory Committee to the Chancellor. He participated in the Honors Carolina Burch Field Research Seminar in Washington, D.C., where he held an internship with Representative David Price in the United States House of Representatives.
“I chose Jacob because he exemplifies all of the character traits that the award was meant to recognize,” said Anglin. “He is excels as a student, he is a leader in the Campbell community and he will make a great attorney.”
Anglin practices a wide array of law including personal injury, civil litigation and criminal law. For more information visit http://anglinlawfirm.com.
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