BUIES CREEK - Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law is pleased to announce it hosted 65 African-American and Latino students from three Harnett County high schools on Mar. 5. The event was part of the Law School Admission Council's (LSAC) Minority Recruitment month efforts.

Local schools represented were Harnett Central, Triton and Overhills high schools.

During their day on campus, students interacted with numerous staff and faculty members, who spoke to them about the importance of grades and the career possibilities available to them in the law field. After a tour of the Law School, students met with faculty members Russell Smith and Jon Powell, both licensed N.C. attorneys, who discussed their path to the legal profession and the work they did in their practice.

The students also worked on a logic problem in pairs, reviewed sample outlines and discussed a sample essay examination, before having lunch in Marshbanks Hall, Campbell University’s main dining facility.

The day concluded with a law student panel which featured two representatives from Campbell Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA), Jon Trapp and Erin Oliver.

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 received two prestigious awards from the American Bar Association (ABA), the first for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program, and the second for having the nation’s top Professionalism Program. In 2007, the Law School’s Moot Court Program was ranked 13th nationally among 196 ABA accredited law schools. Campbell Law boasts more than 2,900 alumni, including 1,900 who reside and work in North Carolina. For more information, please visit www.law.campbell.edu.

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Media Contact: Ashley Arnold, 910.893.1812, arnold@law.campbell.edu