{"id":3687,"date":"2025-04-08T16:21:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2025-04-08T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:21:53","slug":"top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventy-two distinguished lawyers and former judges recently issued a \u201creport card<\/a>\u201d to commend High Point Law for its extraordinary inaugural year of operation. The seventy-two signers included lawyers who have served as leaders in the bar; federal and state prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys; civil plaintiff and defense attorneys; members of the trial and appellate judiciary; and partners and associates at national and regional law firms.<\/p>\n

The seventy-two lawyers and former judges highlighted some of the law school\u2019s accomplishments, including an inaugural class of 72 students; research and writing classes of 10 students or less; 30 judicial internships secured by first-year students; the availability of appellate advocacy, community law, and veterans law clinics; and law students\u2019 extensive interaction with distinguished lawyers and judges.<\/p>\n

The report card<\/a> also shared that High Point Law will move into its new 77,000 square-foot law school building this summer.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the report card<\/a>, former Chief Justice and Founding Dean Mark Martin stated:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe so appreciate this recognition of the extraordinary efforts of our students, staff, and faculty at High Point Law. As we move beyond our inaugural year and into our new building, exciting times are ahead for High Point Law!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is a link to the letter<\/a> from the 72 distinguished lawyers and former judges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seventy-two distinguished lawyers and former judges recently issued a \u201creport card\u201d to commend High Point Law for its extraordinary inaugural year of operation. The seventy-two signers included lawyers who have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8690,"featured_media":3536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_hpuaeo_plugin_post_data":"","_hpuaeo_plugin_meta_tags":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-school"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTop Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year - Law School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seventy-two distinguished lawyers and former judges recently issued a \u201creport card\u201d to commend High Point Law for its extraordinary inaugural year of operation. The seventy-two signers included lawyers who have...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Law School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-08T16:21:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"466\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mary Vecellio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mary Vecellio\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mary Vecellio\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#\/schema\/person\/92ff61211d1da9837094a2142152a3aa\"},\"headline\":\"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-08T16:21:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/\"},\"wordCount\":220,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Law School\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/#University\"},\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/\",\"name\":\"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year - Law School\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-08T16:21:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#\/schema\/person\/92ff61211d1da9837094a2142152a3aa\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/\"]}],\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/#University\"}},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":466,\"caption\":\"240820 Law Students 0029\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/\",\"name\":\"Law School\",\"description\":\"Just another High Point University site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/#University\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#\/schema\/person\/92ff61211d1da9837094a2142152a3aa\",\"name\":\"Mary Vecellio\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d6a3712f5e8899e95c4f06952c7ab24dd40612c4cb9b6bff32045191d6b1c69?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d6a3712f5e8899e95c4f06952c7ab24dd40612c4cb9b6bff32045191d6b1c69?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mary Vecellio\"},\"description\":\"Office of Communication\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/author\/mvecelli\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year - Law School","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year","og_description":"Seventy-two distinguished lawyers and former judges recently issued a \u201creport card\u201d to commend High Point Law for its extraordinary inaugural year of operation. The seventy-two signers included lawyers who have...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/","og_site_name":"Law School","article_published_time":"2025-04-08T16:21:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":466,"url":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mary Vecellio","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mary Vecellio","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/"},"author":{"name":"Mary Vecellio","@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#\/schema\/person\/92ff61211d1da9837094a2142152a3aa"},"headline":"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year","datePublished":"2025-04-08T16:21:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/"},"wordCount":220,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg","articleSection":["Law School"],"inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/#University"},"copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/","url":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/","name":"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year - Law School","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-08T16:21:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#\/schema\/person\/92ff61211d1da9837094a2142152a3aa"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/"]}],"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/#University"}},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/11\/240820-Law-Students-0029.jpg","width":700,"height":466,"caption":"240820 Law Students 0029"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/2025\/04\/08\/top-lawyers-and-former-judges-commend-high-point-laws-inaugural-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Lawyers and Former Judges Commend High Point Law\u2019s Inaugural Year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/","name":"Law School","description":"Just another High Point University site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/#University"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#\/schema\/person\/92ff61211d1da9837094a2142152a3aa","name":"Mary Vecellio","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d6a3712f5e8899e95c4f06952c7ab24dd40612c4cb9b6bff32045191d6b1c69?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d6a3712f5e8899e95c4f06952c7ab24dd40612c4cb9b6bff32045191d6b1c69?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mary Vecellio"},"description":"Office of Communication","url":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/author\/mvecelli\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8690"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}