Five Campbell Law graduates earn Stubbs Bankruptcy Fellowships

RALEIGH - Five recent Campbell Law School graduates who studied bankruptcy law have earned the 2026 Stubbs Bankruptcy Fellowships, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced.

Liam Blackerby '26, Casey Bouker '26, Dylan Long '26, Elizabeth Robertson '26 and Tabb Shea '26 have each earned a $5,000 scholarship after completing the three bankruptcy courses offered by the law school.

Several years ago, Leonard, a former U.S. Bankruptcy judge, and others were worried that not enough young lawyers were going into bankruptcy law. So Leonard asked the law school's Stubbs Bankruptcy Law Clinic namesake Trawick Stubbs, the patriarch of the bankruptcy bar in North Carolina and the senior partner in Stubbs Perdue, if he would be willing to sponsor a unique scholarship to encourage law students to take at least three bankruptcy courses in their time at Campbell Law.

Since 2023, a total of 15 law students have earned the Stubbs Bankruptcy Fellowship thanks to Stubbs' generous donation. The courses include the Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic taught by Director Ciara Rogers, who is a partner at Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC.

"My hope is to continue to find generous donors who will help fund the Bankruptcy Fellowships for current students for years to come," Leonard added.

ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW SCHOOL

Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law 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 is celebrating 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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