Womble Bond Dickinson supports Campbell Law advocates at national civil rights moot court competition

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Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard announced today that Womble Bond Dickinson will provide financial support for the law school’s advocacy program at the William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition.

The competition, which is limited to 32 teams, will take place Feb. 22-23 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team includes third-year students Hannah Wallace and Stefan Longo and second-year student Madeline Lipe. The team is coached by Campbell Law Professor Gregory Wallace.

“Campbell Law is very appreciative of Ellen Gregg and Beth Jones and their peers at Womble Bond Dickson for their generous support of our advocacy program,” Dean Leonard said. “Their support will provide Hannah, Stefan, and Madeline all excellent student advocates, with an opportunity to compete and make our entire law school community proud.”

The William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition is a national interscholastic appellate moot court competition. Each team argues in a minimum of three preliminary rounds with the opportunity for additional arguments in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and the third place or final round. The competition aims to promote interest in all areas of civil rights law and to help interested students develop the oral advocacy and writing skills essential to be successful appellate practitioners.

Gregg, a 1986 Campbell Law graduate, is a veteran trial lawyer with Womble Bond Dickinson. She leads the Case Management Facility (CMF), which helps clients manage information in mass tort and class action litigation. Gregg is also Vice Chair of the firm, and is an innovator in law firm leadership, professional development, and recruiting programs. She has litigated cases at all levels of state and federal courts including class actions, and medical malpractice, wrongful death, civil rights and complex product liability claims. Gregg applies this experience in her role as Team Leader of the CMF, a high-tech legal knowledge management (LKM) system.

Jones, a 1988 Campbell Law graduate, is a leader of the Womble Bond Dickson’s Education and School Law Team, head of its Employment and Pensions Service Team and Managing Partner of the Research Triangle Park and Raleigh. She advises on compliance, policy and liability matters affecting campuses including student unrest on campus, student discipline, governance, FERPA compliance, Title IX and sexual misconduct, investigations, campus police, international study programs, affiliation agreements, accreditation, tenure denial and faculty dismissals, and senior administrator contracts and separations. She regularly represents institutions in investigations with agencies such as the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.

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Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law 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 4,200 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. Throughout 2019, Campbell Law is celebrating 40 years of graduating legal leaders and 10 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina’s Capital City.

 

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