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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University is pleased to announce that Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia offered special remarks to more than 100 judges, lawyers, spouses and children and other special guests at the 2009 Family Prayer Breakfast on June 28 during the North Carolina Bar Association Annual Meeting in Asheville, N.C. Campbell Law School sponsors the Family Prayer Breakfast at the N.C. Bar Association annually.
Governor Perdue used his time to address the need for leaders to live with integrity and lead with honor. Governor Perdue recognized each person in the room as a leader in their respective communities and stressed the importance of protecting our hearts and minds from distractions that would interfere with our obligations as leaders.
“It was an honor for Campbell Law School to host the Family Prayer Breakfast at this year’s N.C. Bar Association meeting,” said Campbell Law Dean Melissa Essary. “Governor Perdue’s participation and remarks were inspiring and a sober reminder that we must walk in this world with great integrity and humility.”
Dean Melissa Essary presided over the prayer breakfast; D. Clark Smith, Past President of the N.C. Bar Association offered an opening invocation; and Allan Head, Executive Director of the N.C. Bar Association introduced Governor Perdue. Laura Meadows of West Asheville Baptist Church in Asheville led special music for attendees.
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 Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. In 2008, the Law School’s Moot Court Program was ranked in the top ten nationally by the University of Houston’s Blakely Advocacy Institute among 196 ABA accredited law schools. Campbell Law boasts more than 3,000 alumni, including 2,000 who reside and work in North Carolina. For the past 20 years, Campbell Law’s record of success on the North Carolina bar exam is unsurpassed by any other North Carolina law school. In the fall of 2009, Campbell Law School will relocate from the main Campbell University campus to a new location in downtown Raleigh.
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Media Contact: Britt Davis, 910.893.1811, davis@law.campbell.edu
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