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Rich Leonard is named a Fulbright Specialist Scholar and included in the Lawdragon 500 list of leading bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers. The brief also recounts the challenges of pivoting legal education to virtual formats during COVID-19 and protests, describes outcomes for the bar exam, and shares progress on safe return planning. It further notes recognition of the Trial Advocacy Program and a gift expanding the Blanchard Community Law Clinic’s expunction services under the Second Chance Act.","C A M P B E L L L AW S C H O O L • S U M M E R / FA L L 2 0 2 0  \nLAW BRIEF  \nDEAN J. RICH LEONARD NAMED FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST SCHOLAR, AMONG BEST BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS  \nDean J. Rich Leonard has been awarded the prestigious designation of a Fulbright Specialist Scholar for a three-year period. On the heels of a long and storied career on the bench, Leonard officially began serving as dean of Campbell Law School on July 15, 2013. A former United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, the seven years he has served as dean makes him the longest-tenured law school dean among North Carolina’s six law schools. His recognition as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar is the culmination of his extensive legal and academic experience.  \n“I was delighted to learnthat I have been selected as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar andwill be added to the roster whenever the U.S. State Department lifts the suspension of the Fulbright program (duetothe COVID-19 pandemic),” Leonard explained.“Unlike the regular Fulbright program that requires you to teach abroad for a semester or year, the Specialists area small group that responds to specific requests for short-term consultations from academic and other institutions, for stints from two to six weeks. Once on the roster, you stay for three years. I am hopeful I can find some projects that will let me involve law students and perhaps even take some with me.”  \nDean Leonard also has been named to the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers list. Of the 500 lawyers, eight are North Carolinians—five lawyersand three academics. Leonard is the only dean included on the list.  \nFollowing is an excerpt I wrote for the most recent North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Magazine:  \n“Candidly, the past six months have been the most difficult of my professional life. The nation is polarized, the pandemic is relentless, and systemic racism is rightfully coming under attack.  \n“In mid-March, I oversaw moving an in-seat curriculum with a fabulous teaching faculty, who had little use for distance education, onto a virtual platform in 72 hours. Graduation was cancelled, which I replaced with 75 individual ceremonies, one student and family at a time. The Floyd murder generated peaceful protests that went violent. My innocent statement that our gorgeous law school was not damaged in the riots led to bitter complaints that I cared more about a building than Black lives. When I did issue my statement, alumni accused me of being an apologist for looters.  \n“Whether the North Carolina bar exam could be given safely was a guerilla war. I took the view that it could. Many of my students are only truly in the job market when they have a law license, and are completely out of energy and resources by late July. I did not see that things would get better if we just postponed it. However, a loud and vehement minority of my students and faculty disagreed, and they made themselves heard. Luckily, it was given without incident and our pass rate was the highest since 2012.  \n“Each day presents a new set of challenges   and also brings new opportunities for the law school.”  \n“I do not believe virtual instruction substitutes for in-seat teaching, particularly in the first year. 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