Whether you are a first-year student seeking a summer internship, a recent graduate exploring career opportunities, or an employer who wants to attract the most qualified candidates for the job, the Campbell Law Career Center is here to help.
Learn more about the Career Center by watching this video.
Contact the Career Center
Phone: 919-865-5898
Fax: 919-865-5993
225 Hillsborough Street, Suite 101
Raleigh, NC 27603
Mallory Underwood
Assistant Dean, Career Services & Professional Development
Mallory Underwood began as the Assistant Dean of Career and Professional Development at Campbell Law on May 27, 2024. Previously, Underwood served as Director of Career and Professional Development at Campbell for two and a half years. As Director, she advised students on all aspects of professional development and career planning and helped match law students and recent graduates with employers for internships and post graduate jobs.
Prior to joining Campbell Law, Underwood was a partner at Raleigh civil litigation firm Teague Campbell, where she practiced for more than a decade. While at the firm, she served on the recruiting committee and was involved in the law student summer intern program. After leaving private practice, Underwood worked as a North Carolina Dispute Resolution Certified Mediator, helping parties navigate conflict and resolve disputes in civil and workers’ compensation cases. More recently, she specialized in strategic communications for Metro Productions, assisting mission driven non-profits with content creation and storytelling.
Underwood graduated cum laude from University of South Carolina in 1992 and earned her JD from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1995. In law school, Underwood was a member of the Moot Court Board, a Team Finalist in the Tulane Sports Law Moot Court Competition, and was inducted into the Order of Barristers.
Currently, she is a member of the Professionalism Committee for both the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) and the Wake County Bar Association (WCBA) and is involved in the National Association for Law Placement (NALP). Active in the community, Underwood’s volunteer experience includes past service as Chair of the Magellan Charter School Board of Directors.
Grace Roede
Director, Career Services & Professional Development
Grace Roede joined Campbell Law School as the director of the Career and Professional Development Center effective Aug. 19, 2024.
With nearly 20 years in the legal services sector, Roede’s background includes leading recruitment and hiring across the Carolinas for global business law firm K&L Gates, where she implemented firm wide mentoring and professional development initiatives and provided management with strategic advisory and HR support. In addition to her recruiting role at K&L Gates and other Am Law 100 firms, Roede has also served as the Director of Membership at the North Carolina Bar Association and most recently, as the Student Career Manager in the University of North Carolina School of Law’s Career Development Office.
A native of Wilkesboro, Roede is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and resides in Cary. Roede is a member of Triangle Association of Legal Recruitment Administrators (TALRA) and National Association for Law Placement (NALP).
Nicholas Sanders
Director of Externships
Nicholas Sanders joined the Office of Career and Professional Development on July 10, 2023, as Director of Externships.
In his role, Sanders also serves as an adjunct faculty member. He is charged with overseeing the teaching and administration of the law school’s robust externship program throughout the year – fall, spring and summer.
Prior to joining Campbell Law, Sanders served as a Special Deputy Attorney General in the Appellate and Post-Conviction Section since December 2022 and an Assistant Attorney General in the same section since October 2019. He also served as a judicial law clerk from August 2018 to September 2019 in the North Carolina Court of Appeals. While in law school, he worked as an intern or extern for the Wake County District Attorney’s Office, the Durham County District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
A 2018 graduate of Duke University School of Law, Sanders also earned a Certificate in Public Interest and Public Service Law. While in law school he served as co-editor-in-chief of the Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy; vice president of the Government and Public Service Society; and alumni donations coordinator for the Public Interest Law Foundation. He earned a bachelor of arts magna cum laude in political science in 2015 from the College of Charleston, where he minored in Crime, Law and Society and served as captain of the mock trial team.
Melissa Peacock
Recruitment Coordinator and Office Manager
Melissa Peacock joined Campbell Law School’s Career Center in May 2023. Prior to joining the Career Center, she was a Faculty Administrative Assistant with Campbell Law School.
In the Career Center, Peacock serves both employers and students with recruiting efforts, including on-campus interviews, resume collects and job fairs. She maintains job postings for current law students and alumni through the job posting board, Symplicity. Her work also includes coordinating fall, spring and summer externship postings for students and maintaining relationships with externship host sites. In addition to her role as Recruiting Coordinator, Peacock is the office manager for Suite 101, which includes the Career Center, Director of Development and Director of Communications and Marketing.
Peacock graduated from Campbell University in 2020 with a bachelor’s in social work and a minor in psychology and she graduated from Liberty University in 2022 with a Master’s in Higher Education: Student Affairs. Her husband, Taylor, also graduated from Campbell University in 2020 and subsequently graduated from Campbell University School of Law in 2023.
The Peacocks have a wonderful son named George. When not at Campbell Law, Peacock enjoys spending her free time sitting outside with her family or playing a game from their own personal library of card/board games.