RALEIGH — Campbell Law School Assistant Professor Nicole Ligon has been recommended by the U.S. Department of State to serve on the Fulbright Specialist Roster.
The Fulbright Specialist Program sends U.S. faculty and professionals, who are approved by a peer review panel, to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning and related subjects at academic institutions abroad for up to six weeks.
Ligon’s tenure on the roster will last three years, ending on Aug. 16, 2027. Fulbright Specialists are designated as experts in specific fields, in her case law.
“I am honored to have been recommended by the U.S. Department of State to represent our country and law school in this capacity. I look forward to engaging in mutually beneficial cultural exchanges and making a positive impact wherever I go.”
Ligon joins Dean J. Rich Leonard, who most recently served in the Fulbright Specialist Program in 2023, and Professor Scott Pryor, who served as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in India in 2019 and in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in 2009.
Leonard said, “Congratulations to Professor Ligon on this accomplishment. It was this designation that let me spend a fabulous six weeks in Bhutan last fall. It is an excellent program.”
At Campbell Law, Ligon teaches classes related to Media Law and the First Amendment as well as Professional Responsibility and Trial Advocacy. Previously, Ligon served as a Clinical Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law and the Supervising Attorney of Duke’s First Amendment Clinic. She also practiced litigation with Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York.
Ligon credits her mentors from each of these places for helping to support her throughout her legal and academic career and said she hopes she can help inspire others interested in global engagement to take the next step in the process.
In addition to her teaching and practice, Ligon frequently contributes expert analysis and commentary to news stories involving First Amendment concerns. Her scholarship has appeared in journals such as the University of Illinois Law Review, Harvard Law & Policy Review, Southern Methodist University Law Review, University of Richmond Law Review and New York University Law Review Online.
Ligon earned her J.D. from Duke University School of Law, where she served as a Notes Editor for the Duke Law Journal. She earned her B.A. from Emory University.
Campbell Law Assistant Professor Nicole Ligon to serve on Fulbright Specialist Roster
