Zebulon Attorney Named First Dean
Law School Planned
F. Leary Davis, Jr. Zebulon attorney, has been named first dean of the School of Law to be established at Campbell College in Buies Creek. Target date for opening the school is Aug. 23, 1976, when the fall term opens for the 1976-1977 school year. According to Dr. Norman A. Wiggins, president of Campbell College, Davis will be assuming the position immediately to assist in selection of the faculty and in accomplishing administrative preparations for the opening of the school.
Announcement of Davis' selection was made last week at a press conference held in the Baptist Building, Raleigh. Davis is a partner in the law firm of Davis and Davis with his father, Ferd Davis. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1964 and received a Doctor of Juris degree three years later.
The new law school at Campbell is to have as its goal training lawyers for practice in smaller North Carolina towns. "We will seek to recruit people who are motivated to locate in Eastern North Carolina and our smaller cities," Davis said. "To do that, our graduates will have to know how to practice law when they graduate so they can locate in small towns."
He cited the importance of lawyers to growth of smaller communities. "I believe the economy of North Carolina will be aided by locating lawyers in towns like Zebulon throughout the state. When lawyers go to small towns, business seems to follow."
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Campbell's own Professor Margaret Currin was a member of Campbell Law's charter class.
Before joining Campbell Law, Dean Davis had been a practicing attorney in Zebulon, North Carolina.
Dean Davis was 33 years old when he accepted the position of Dean of Campbell Law. In 1963, he married Joy Baker of Wendell, North Carolina, and they had three children, two of whom are pictured: Ferd Leary III (Trey), James Benjamin (Ben), and Elizabeth Joy (not pictured).
Senator Robert Morgan was one of the orientation speakers for the 1976 charter class.
In 1978, Campbell Law had successfully finished its first year and was on to its 2L year. Dean Davis is pictured with his three children, Trey, Ben, and Elizabeth Joy.