Campbell law school ranked second in state on bar exam passage

     Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law ranked second in the state, just two percentage points behind Wake Forest University and ahead of the University of North Carolina and Duke University, in passage of the state bar exam. In the July 2005 results recently released, the law school’s passage rate was 19 percentage points higher than the national average.
     A total of 102 students took the exam, including 98 first-time candidates and four repeat candidates.  Campbell students achieved an 87 percent passage rate, while Wake Forest earned 89 percent.
      “We are pleased to be back near the top after a down year last year,” said Willis Whichard, dean of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. “This makes 14 out of the last 15 years that Campbell graduates have been either first or second among the graduates of North Carolina law schools in the bar passage rate. We suffer with those who do not succeed, but we’re grateful that the number of those is small this year.”
     The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law has an enrollment of 336 students and enjoys a heritage derived from three distinct traditions—the noble tradition of the legal profession, the Christian tradition and the finer traditions of the rural South, such as friendliness and self-reliance. It strives to educate lawyers who are prepared to serve their communities with legal skills and ethical and intellectual leadership.