Email: dcampbe@mc.edu PH: (601) 925-7138

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)

areas of expertise:

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

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:

• 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:

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

Lectures, panels, and papers presented:

• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• Presentation, "Judging Judges: Judicial Accountability Through Direct Democracy" at the Mississippi College School of Law Faculty Forum Series (April 9, 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).

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