RALEIGH — Three rising second-year Campbell Law School students — Sofía M. Gómez-Ayala, Iman Abebe and Lauryl Fright — have been selected to participate in the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Minorities in the Profession (MIP) 1L Summer Associate Program.
MIP is dedicated to promoting the increased presence of minorities, specifically those who identify as racial minorities, in the legal profession by providing a vehicle through which top law firms and corporate legal departments can connect and interview first-year minority law students across the state. Selected rising second-year law students participate in summer associate programs designed to provide students with hands-on experience in a variety of practice areas.
Within the MIP program, each law school can send three representatives (who have already made it through an internal application process) for a set number of competitive positions. Campbell Law has a proven track record in this program – for the past three years, 100% of the Campbell Law students sent to the 1L SAP interviews have been offered a summer position in a N.C. law firm or within the legal department of a corporation.
Gómez-Ayala will complete her internship at Young Moore and Henderson PA. This firm, based in North Carolina, has been in operation for more than 60 years, and specializes in civil litigation, business transaction, estate planning and administrative law. Gómez-Ayala recently graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Political Science.
Abebe will complete her internship at IQVIA, a technology company that develops research and analytic tools for the life sciences industry. Abebe earned a Bachelor of Public Administration from George Mason University in 2019. During her time at George Mason, Abebe completed an internship at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and she was selected for the Global Politics Fellows program and the Fact Finders Fellowship. Abebe also worked as a legal assistant at the Center for International Private Enterprise within the U.S. Chamber of Commerce before coming to Campbell Law.
Fright will complete her MIP internship at Poyner Spruill LLP, a full-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys knowledgeable in more than 35 areas of practice. Fright graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in Peace War and Defense with a concentration in International Security and Intelligence. At Campbell, Fright received the Dean’s Excellence Scholarship, and she is a member of the Society of Law and Technology. She also volunteers with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance pro bono project. Fright will also complete a separate internship at Wyrick Robbins, a firm specializing in corporate law, litigation, commercial real estate, and tax/trusts & estates.
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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. Among its accolades, 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 4,700 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. In 2024, Campbell Law is celebrating 45 years of graduating legal leaders and 15 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina’s Capital City.