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Jean M. Cary
Professor of Law
cary@law.campbell.edu
910-893-1768

Prior to teaching at Campbell, Jean Cary worked for a small personal injury and real estate law firm in Durham, North Carolina. From 1982 to 1986, she was the supervisor of the Civil Clinic at the University of North Carolina School of Law where she was lead counsel on several major federal court class actions.

She also supervised students on landlord-tenant and consumer cases. She started litigating in 1975 as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow with a legal services office in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Professor Cary is the Director of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy Southeast Deposition Program. She is a frequent teacher in NITA programs across the country. In 2001, NITA honored Professor Cary with the Honorable Prentice Marshall Faculty Award for her many years of outstanding advocacy teaching.

Undergraduate Education:
BA (History, with distinction), Duke University

Higher Education:
JD, Georgetown University Law Center

Class Offerings:
Trial Advocacy
Pretrial Litigation
Family Law
Family Law Planning

Law Practice Experience:
Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, 1975-79
East Central Community Legal Services, 1979-82
University of NC Civil Clinic, 1982-86
Thompson and McAllaster Law Firm, 1987-88

Professional Experience:
Research Associate, North Carolina Institute of Government, 1989-90
Adjunct Trial advocacy professor, North Carolina Central University, 1990
Adjunct Trial advocacy professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990
Adjunct Trial advocacy professor, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, 1990
Professor of law, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, 1991-Present
Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law, 1999-2000
Director, Southeast Deposition Program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1988-Present
Frequent teacher of advocacy skills with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Memberships & Affiliations:
US Supreme Court
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
US District Courts for the Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina
Board of Directors, Center on Social Welfare Policy and the Law
Governing Board, Member, NC Association of Women Attorneys
Member, NC Commission on Race Relations in the Bar
Member, NC Academy of Trial Lawyers
Member, North Carolina State Bar
Member, Susie Sharp Inn of Court
Member, North Carolina Bar Association

Awards & Professional Honors:
The Honorable Prentice Marshall Award to the Outstanding Faculty Member from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2001
The Iredell Award, presented by the Campbell Law Chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta Society, 1996

Publications:
Jean M. Cary, Rambo Depositions Revisited: Controlling Attorney-Client Consultations During Depositions, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. XIX, No.2 (Spring 2006).

Jean M. Cary and Joseph E. Kennedy, Legal Counseling and Negotiating, A Practical Approach, G. Nicholas Herman, (Fall 2001).

Jean M. Cary, Teaching Ethics and Professionalism in Litigation: Some Thoughts, Stetson Law Review (Fall 1998).

Jean M. Cary, Rambo Depositions: Controlling an Ethical Cancer in Civil Litigation, Hofstra Law Review (Winter 1996).

Jean M. Cary, Ann L. Majestic and Janine Murphy, Student Nonconduct Issues, Education Law in North Carolina (1993).

Jean M. Cary, Legal Issues Related to Extracurricular Activities, School Law Bulletin (Fall 1992).

Jean M. Cary, Title IX: Sex Discrimination in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, School Law Bulletin (Spring 1991).

Jean M. Cary and Ann L. Majestic, Student Conduct Issues, Education Law in North Carolina (1990).