RALEIGH, N.C. and LORIS, S.C. – Campbell Law School has announced that The Felburn Foundation of Loris, SC has reserved the naming of the main library reading room via a $500,000 contribution to the Campaign for Raleigh.

This is one of the largest gifts ever received by the law school and another major step in the $27.5 million dollar capital campaign.

“We are extraordinarily grateful for this major gift from the Felburn Foundation,” said Dean Melissa Essary. “Felburn has been such a terrific supporter of Campbell Law School, especially our library programming, and we are honored to name the main reading room in the new law school in honor of these fine friends.”

Through May 1, nearly $2.5 million in commitments have been made to the campaign. The new Law School building will open in Raleigh in August 2009, and the capital campaign will run through December 2010.

“The Felburn Foundation has been such a friend to Campbell Law School and the University,” said University President, Jerry Wallace. “We are grateful for this significant contribution, and excited to continue this relationship in the move to Raleigh.”

About The Felburn Foundation: The Felburn Foundation is a philanthropic organization that has made substantial financial contributions to Horry County libraries, Coastal Carolina University, Horry-Georgetown Technical College and others causes both local and national.Charles Freeman, President of the Felburn Foundation, is a member of the Campbell University Presidential Board of Advisors.

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 and create a more just society. The School has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation’s top Professionalism Program and by the American College of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. In 2008, the Law School’s Moot Court Program was ranked 17th nationally among 196 ABA accredited law schools. Campbell Law boasts more than 3,000 alumni, including 2,000 who reside and work in North Carolina as well as the highest average overall passage rate on the July N.C. Bar Exam for the past 17 years. For more information, visit law.campbell.edu.