Campbell Law Ranks Second On July N.C. Bar Exam

School Places In Top Two For First Time Test Takers. End Quote

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) September 10, 2013 - Campbell Law School announced that the Board of Law Examiners for the State of North Carolina has confirmed that the school ranked second among the seven North Carolina law schools for first-time bar passage on the July 2013 North Carolina Bar Exam. Of the 121 Campbell Law graduates that sat for the exam for the first time, 99 (81.82%) passed. Campbell Law is the only law school in the state of North Carolina to place in the top two for first-time test takers on the July bar exam in each of the past three years. Only Duke University led Campbell Law on the July 2013 bar exam, with 25 of 26 (96.15%) first-time test takers passing.

In all, 71.54% of total first-time test takers from North Carolina law schools passed the examination, an 8.46% statewide decrease from July 2012 and a 14.73% statewide decrease from July 2011.

Of all applicants that sat for the bar exam, including out of state and repeat candidates, 63.32% (794 of 1254) passed.

Three Year Snapshot: Campbell Law first-time test takers on the July N.C. Bar Exam
Year N.C. Rank Pass/Total Percent
2013 2nd overall 99/121 81.82%
2012 1st overall 121/128 94.53%
2011 2nd overall 114/124 91.94%

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"This is a tremendous achievement and the beginning of meaningful and successful careers for 99 of our most recent graduates," said Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard. "I have no doubt that my new colleagues within the bar will do a fine job of upholding the outstanding reputation that previous Campbell Law graduates have created through years of exemplary practice."

"Our consistent success on the state bar exam is in large part due to our institutional culture and curriculum, in addition to the commitment demonstrated by our students, faculty, and staff," said Campbell Law Director of Academic Support & Bar Success Sha Hinds-Glick.

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ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW:
Since its founding in 1976, the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. 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 3,500 alumni, including 2,400 who reside and work in North Carolina. For 26 years, Campbell Law's record of success on the North Carolina Bar Exam has been unsurpassed by any other North Carolina law school. In September 2009, Campbell Law relocated to a state-of-the-art building in downtown Raleigh. For more information, visit http://law.campbell.edu.

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