RALEIGH — Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced that Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC is financially sponsoring a team of Campbell Law student advocates.
The firm is sponsoring a team to compete at the American Bar Association (ABA) Labor and Employment Law Trial Competition on Nov. 3–4 in Washington, D.C. Campbell Law finished in the Final Four in 2017 and hopes to repeat that success this year.
The team includes third-year law students Alex Sefton and Ashley Urquijo and two-year law students Nicholas Tessener and Madeline Lipe . The team is coached by Campbell Law Professor J. Bryan Boyd.
“Ogletree Deakins has financially paved the way for our student advocates, and we are blessed to enjoy our relationship with them,” Leonard said. “Their gift provides the opportunity for our students to learn, get competitive experience and show the rest of the country how our first-class advocacy program is molding the future leading attorneys of tomorrow. We are in debt to them for their generosity.”
The American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law established the Trial Advocacy Competition to introduce law students to labor and employment litigation. The competition enables students to develop practical litigation skills and network with labor and employment practitioners.
Bob Sar is a 1995 Campbell Law graduate and a managing shareholder of Ogletree’s Raleigh office. Sar has extensive experience litigating employment matters in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He is the former vice-chairman of the North Carolina State Ports Authority, a member of the Campbell Law School Board of Visitors, a member of the North Carolina Bar’s Administration of Justice Committee and chairman of The Conference Table, a hospitality industry group. To learn more visit https://ogletree.com/
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