Law School to host competitions, challenges during Campbell Giving Day on Nov. 12

RALEIGH - Campbell University will hold its annual Giving Day on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. Campbell Giving Day is the university's annual day of giving when alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends come together to give a gift to Campbell, wear orange to show their pride and share why they give on social media. It is a day the Campbell community unites to celebrate its rich history and thriving future.

In preparation, Campbell Law School Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced several competitions and gift challenges. To get things started, three donors are offering matching gifts once the sum of all donations reaches the following amounts:

• Brian Ricci '97 is donating $5,000
• An anonymous supporter is donating $10,000 in honor of Patrick A. Pait '09
• An anonymous donor is donating $20,000 in honor of Professors Matthew W. Sawchak and Michael B. Kent, Jr.

The Campbell Law Alumni Association is also continuing its tradition of making a $5,000 gift to the class (1979 - 2025) that has the most individual alumni donors during Campbell Giving Day.

And the generosity of members of the 2026 Campbell Law Reunion classes (1981, 1986, 2001, 2006, 2016 and 2021) know no bounds. The challenges and matches include:

• Class of 1986: $1,000 Matching Gift courtesy of Mark Scruggs '86 and $20,000 Matching Gift once 20 donors give ANY AMOUNT. This gift is in honor of The Homesley Family Endowed Scholarship;
• Class of 1996: $1,000 Matching Gift courtesy of Warren Savage '96;
• Class of 2001: $3,000 Matching Gift courtesy of Kristen Beightol '01, John Cathcart '01 and Anna Smith Felts '01;
• Class of 2006: $5,000 Matching Gift courtesy of Raven Byrne '06, Grayson Russell '06 and Bo Walker '06;
• Class of 2016: $750 Matching Gift courtesy of the 2016 Class Reunion Committee; and
• Class of 2021: $100 Matching Gift courtesy of Morgan Dunn '21 and Grace Massarelli '21.

The law school will also be part of the university-wide challenge which rewards the school or academic unit with the greatest number of gifts through their fundraising page. The winner will receive an additional $1,887 (in recognition of the year the University was founded) for student scholarships.

"Please visit the Campbell Giving Day page on Wednesday, Nov. 12, to make your gift to Campbell Law and to participate in the day's activities," Leonard added.

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ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW SCHOOL

Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law School has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. Among its accolades, the school has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation's top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation's best Trial Advocacy Program. Campbell Law boasts more than 5,000 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. In 2026, Campbell Law will celebrate 50 years of graduating legal leaders and 17 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina's Capital City.

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