Korean law students practice courtroom skills at Campbell law school

     A delegation of law students from South Korea’s Handong International Law School have been participating in a special study program at Campbell during the past three weeks. The students are enrolled in an intensive Trial Advocacy course and will be practicing their courtroom skills July 10-12 at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law.

     Professor Lynn Buzzard is the charter dean of the Handong law school and helped the University develop its law program. Several Campbell professors have served as adjunct professors at the distinctively Christian school, which is the only graduate, English-based, western law-focused school in Asia.

     As part of their studies, the students visited the North Carolina Supreme Court where they were briefed on the court’s history, operation and procedure by Chief Justice Sarah Parker. Judge John Tyson also hosted a visit to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and Judge Frank Lanier spent time with the students in the Superior Court.

     Additionally, former Campbell law dean, Willis Whichard, led students on a tour of the North Carolina Legislature. They also visited the office of the general counsel at SAS. SAS Senior Corporate Counsel David Keim and Legal Counsel Shiau Yen Chin-Dennis, a Campbell law graduate, briefed the students on the general counsel’s role in managing the legal affairs of a multi-billion dollar corporation with operations in over 50 countries world-wide.

     Another annual summer program involving Campbell and Handong University is an American Bar Association-approved cooperative that includes Campbell and Handong students in a five-week program in Korea involving the study of international business law, free trade agreements and globalization, among others.