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Areas of Expertise:

  • Legal Ethics
  • Judicial Politics
  • Construction Law
  • Property
  • Land Use
  • Local Government

Donald Campbell

 

Visiting Professor of Law

 

Education:

  • University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, PhD. Candidate in American Politics/Judicial Policies
  • Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, J.D., summa cum laude, May 2001
  • University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburgh, Mississippi, B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, May 1998

 

Judicial Clerkship:

  • The Honorable Leslie H. Southwick, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Jackson, MS (2007-2008)

 

Professional Experience:

  • Visiting Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi
  • Heilman, Kennedy, Graham, P.A., Jackson, Mississippi, 2003-2006
  • Fortman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, 2002-2003
  • Ott & Purdy, 2001-2002

 

Publications:

  • "To Advice and Consent Delay: The Role of Interest Groups in the Confirmation of Judges to the Federal Courts of Appeal," 8 Nw. J. L. & Soc. Pol'y __ (2012).
  • Raise Your Right Hand and Swear to be Civil: Defining Civility as an Obligation of Professional Responsibility, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 99 (2011)
  • The Ethical Obligations of an Organization's Lawyer in the Face of Constituent Deviance, Business Law Reporter of the Business Section of the Mississippi Bar, Volume 1, Issue 2 (Summer 2010).
  • Commentary on Judicial Ethics in Mississippi (MLi Press 2010)(with Jeffrey Jackson)
  • Professional Responsibility for Mississippi Lawyers (MLi Press 2010)(with Jeffrey Jackson)
  • Should the Rooster Guard the Henhouse: A Critical Analysis of Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980, 28 Miss. Coll. L. Rev. 381 (2009).
  • Construction Law, 3 Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law, (Jeffrey Jackson & Mary Miller, eds., Thompson West 2001).
  • Criminal Law, Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law 507 (with Patricia Bennett and Mary Miller) (Jeffrey Jackson & Mary Miller, eds., Thompson West 2001).
  • Partnership, 6 Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law 255 (with Ronald Morton) (Jeffrey Jackson & Mary Miller, eds., Thompson West 2001).

 

Works in Progress:

  • Civility as an Obligation of Professional Responsibility.
  • "Where Do We Go From Here?": Political Incorporation, Political Empowerment and the Case of U.S. v. Ike Brown.
  • Judging the Judges: Utilizing Tools of Direct Democracy to Obtain Judicial Accountability.

 

Honors & Awards:

  • Outstanding Professor of the Year (as voted by student body), 2009 - 2010
  • First Year Professor of the Year (as voted by first year students), 2008-2009

 

Lectures, Panels & Papers Presented:

  • Presentation, "Movin' on Up: Ethical Concerns When Non-Lawyers Change Firms," at the Mississippi Paralegal Association Spring Seminar (April 19, 2012).
  • Presentation, "An Examination of Unauthorized Practice of Law in the Oil and Gas Context," at Fourteenth Triennial Mississippi Oil & Gas Law Seminar (April 29, 2011).
  • Presentation, "To Rescue or not to Rescue: That is the Question," at the Mississippi Trial & Appellate Judges Spring Conference (April 28, 2011)
  • Presentation, "Ethics for Prosecutors," at New District Attorney Spring Conference (February 2, 2011).
  • Presentation, "Two Ethical Issues for Judges (and Lawyers): Role Clarification for the Guardian Ad Litem" at Guardian Ad Litem Training (August 13, 2010).
  • Panelist, "Judicial Recusal: Why, When and How", Presentation of the Charles Clark Chapter of the American Inns of Court (July 26, 2010).
  • Presentation, "Recusal in the Criminal Defense Context", at the Mississippi Public Defender 2010 Spring Conference (April 30, 2010).
  • Presentation, "Ethical Issues Raised in Milavetz, Gallop, & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States," at the annual Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference (December 10, 2009).
  • Presentation, "Civility as an Obligation of Professional Responsibility" at the Central States Law School Association Conference (October 24, 2009).
  • Presentation, "Civility is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself: The Need for a Mythology of Civility" at the Mississippi College School of Law Faculty Forum Series (October 13, 2009).
  • Presentation, "Current Topics in Legal Ethics," at the Supreme Court of Mississippi 2009 Continuing Legal Education Seminar for Appellate Court Attorneys (August 28, 2009).
  • Presentation, "Judging Judges: Judicial Accountability Through Direct Democracy" at the Mississippi College School of Law Faculty Forum Series (April 9, 2009).
  • Moderator, "Are the Rules Enough?: Deterring Judicial Deviance" at the Mississippi College School of Law Symposium: Corporations, Courtrooms, and the Constitution: Shades of Gray in the World of Legal Ethics (Feb. 25, 2009).

 

Law School and Institutional Service:

  • Scholarship Committee (2008-2012)
  • Acceptance Day Speaker (2012)
  • Presentation, "Bates v. Arizona: Analyzing Lawyer Advertising," at the Law Student for a Day Program sponsored by the R. Jess Brown Chapter of the Black Law Students Association of Mississippi College School of Law (April 1, 2011).
  • Presentation, "Professionalism and Ethics," at the Law Student for a Day Program sponsored by the R. Jess Brown Chapter of the Black Law Students Association of Mississippi College School of Law (March 5, 2010).

 

Professional Activities:

  • Reporter, Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct Study Committee, 2009
  • Member, Committee on Common Interest Communities for the Real Property Section of the Mississippi Bar.

 

Bar Admissions:

  • Mississippi (2001)
  • Florida (2007)
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • United States Dictrict Court for the Southern District of Mississippi