The Professor John Rubin Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Indigent Defense Training Programs honors individuals who volunteer their time and effort to serve as trainers and who have done outstanding work on training programs for attorneys who represent indigent persons. Mr. Teddy is the award's first recipient.

 

Mr. Teddy is a partner in the firm of Teddy, Meekins & Talbert, PLLC in Shelby, North Carolina. His practice is devoted exclusively to criminal defense with an emphasis on death penalty and DWI cases. Mr. Teddy is also a board certified specialist in North Carolina Criminal Law and the immediate past chair of the Criminal Defense Section of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ).

 

“We are thrilled for David. This honor brings to light Campbell Law’s commitment to instill the importance of community service into each of our students,” said Dean Melissa Essary. “It’s an obligation we hope each Campbell Law graduate keeps with them throughout their career.”

 

About Campbell Law School: 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 3,200 alumni, including 2,200 who reside and work in North Carolina. For 21 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 new state-of-the-art building in downtown Raleigh. For more information, visit law.campbell.edu. 

 

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