North Carolina Central University School of Law

North Carolina Central University
School of Law
Motto Truth and Service
Type Public, HBCU
Established 1939
Dean Phyliss Craig-Taylor
Location Durham, North Carolina,
United States
Colors Maroon and Gray
         
Website law.nccu.edu

The North Carolina Central University School of Law (also known as NCCU School of Law or NCCU Law) is the law school associated with North Carolina Central University. The school is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) [1] and the North Carolina State Bar Council, and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).[2] According to NC Central's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 14.8% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[3]

The mission of the school is to provide a challenging and broad-based educational program designed to stimulate intellectual inquiry of the highest order, and to foster in each student a deep sense of professional responsibility and personal integrity so as to produce competent and socially responsible members of the legal profession.[4]

Academics

The school offers a full-time day program and a part-time evening program. Full-time professors and clinical instructors, including 28 women and 28 minorities, work with a number of adjunct and visiting professors to teach approximately 576 students in both programs.[5]

The school offers the Juris Doctor as well as two joint degrees—the Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (J.D./M.B.A.) and the Juris Doctor/Master of Library Science (J.D./M.L.S.).[6]

In 2007, the law school launched a Civil Rights and Constitutional Law Concentration for students interested in developing a deeper understanding of civil rights law and history.[5] There are four additional certificate programs available: Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law, Dispute Resolution, Tax Law, and Justice in the Practice of Law.[7]

In 2012, the school launched its Maritime Law Summer program with the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The program offers students a unique opportunity to complete coursework in admiralty law and coastal policy from practitioners and experts in both fields.[8]

History

The North Carolina General Assembly enacted House Bill 18 on March 1, 1939, authorizing a law school at North Carolina College for Negroes (now known as North Carolina Central University). The only previous school open to blacks in the state had been at Shaw University, in Raleigh, which closed its law school in 1914, leaving no in-state option for blacks to receive a formal education in law. The legislation was intetended to create a separate-but-equal option for blacks who wanted to become lawyers, without integrating the law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Bill authorized the Board of Trustees to establish the North Carolina College for Negroes Law School and announced it would open in the fall of 1939. Due to the amount of time the college had to prepare and advertise the law school, only one student registered, resulting in the administration delaying the opening to the following year.[9]

Facilities

The school is located in Durham, North Carolina on the campus of NCCU in the Albert L. Turner Building. The Turner Building is an 87,672 sq. ft. four-story brick structure that contains moot courtrooms, a model law office, classrooms, and an administrative wing. The Turner Building has 6 high-tech smart classrooms, two distance learning classrooms, and two high tech smart seminar rooms.[10]

The NCCU Law Library contains over 400,000 volumes and volume equivalents, and provides am environment for study and research. The ground floor of the building contains individual offices for student organizations, a student lounge, and canteen/vending area. There is a fully equipped computer lab and wireless internet throughout the building. The Great Hall, an atrium located on the first floor, allows the School of Law to comfortably host workshops, other seminars and special events.[10]

NCCU's School of Law is one of only 2 schools of law with in the University of North Carolina system, the other being UNC Chapel Hill.

Technology

In the fall of 2010, the school received approximately $2 million in funding from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to expand broadband infrastructure and deliver legal services throughout the state.[11]

Technology Assisted Legal Instruction and Services, (also known as TALIAS), expands access to the School’s legal education and clinical programs. TALIAS employs a fully immersive telepresence environment for both undergraduate courses and legal assistance at four Historically Black Colleges and Universities -- Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and Winston-Salem State University.[12]

Clinics

NCCU School of Law supports the following:

Institutes

Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Institute

The Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Institute has been established as a center of excellence in the field of biotechnology and pharmaceutical law, with a multidisciplinary approach in teaching, research and publications. Its mission is to make substantial contributions to the development of global biotechnology and pharmaceutical law and to the investigation and examination of contemporary issues in U.S. regulatory affairs issues.[13]

Dispute Resolution Institute

The Dispute Resolution Institute is intended to provide training in alternative dispute resolution.[14]

Journals

North Carolina Central Law Review

Established in 1967, the North Carolina Central Law Journal, changed its name to the North Carolina Central Law Review in the spring of 2007. The Law Review contains articles written by legal scholars, judges, practitioners and academics.[15]

Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review

Established in 2006, the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review seeks to publish a professional periodical devoted to these areas that are useful to judges, practitioners, teachers, legislators, students and others interested in these practice areas.[16]

Leadership

Phyliss Craig-Taylor is the current dean; she became dean in the Summer of 2012. Dean Craig-Taylor was previously a professor at NCCU Law from 2000-2006.[17]

The former deans of NCCU School of Law are:[18]

Notable Alumni

By national standards, North Carolina Central University School of Law is considered a small law school, yet it has produced more African-American graduates than North Carolina’s other law schools. Quite a few of these graduates—as well as graduates of other races—have gone on to earn widespread recognition.

Among them are:[19]

Rankings

Employment

According to NC Central's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 22.5% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[3] NCCU's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 29%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[30]

ABA Employment Summary for 2013 Graduates[31]
Employment Status Percentage
Employed - Bar Passage Required (Full-Time, Long-Term)
 
22.48%
Employed - Bar Passage Required (Part-Time and/or Short-Term)
 
3.55%
Employed - J.D. Advantage
 
9.47%
Employed - Professional Position
 
10.65%
Employed - Non-Professional Position
 
0.59%
Employed - Undeterminable
 
0.0%
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time
 
3.55%
Unemployed - Start Date Deferred
 
2.37%
Unemployed - Not Seeking
 
0.0%
Unemployed - Seeking
 
14.2%
Employment Status Unknown
 
33.14%
Total of 169 Graduates

Costs

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at North Carolina Central for the 2013-2014 academic year is $43,915.[32] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $116,984 for residents and $169,249 for non-residents.[33]

References

  1. http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/aba_approved_law_schools/by_year_approved.html
  2. http://www.aals.org/about_memberschools.php
  3. 1 2 "Employment Statistics".
  4. http://law.nccu.edu/about/
  5. 1 2 http://law.nccu.edu/academics/
  6. http://law.nccu.edu/academics/joint-degree-programs/
  7. http://law.nccu.edu/academics/certificates/
  8. http://law.nccu.edu/academics/maritimelawsummerprogram/
  9. http://law.nccu.edu/history/
  10. 1 2 http://law.nccu.edu/facilities/
  11. http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/9583214/article-NCCU-law-school-wins-grant
  12. http://www.talias.net/about
  13. http://law.nccu.edu/academics/institutes/bpli/
  14. http://law.nccu.edu/academics/institutes/dri/
  15. http://law.nccu.edu/academics/journals/law-review/
  16. http://law.nccu.edu/academics/journals/biotech-law-review/
  17. http://www.nccu.edu/news/index.cfm?ID=D0F6F95F-9257-38DC-08BE47A550D7D3C8
  18. http://web.nccu.edu/law/wordpress/so-far-60th-anniversary.pdf
  19. http://law.nccu.edu/wordpress/img/uploads/2010/09/so-far-2009.pdf
  20. Williams, Mike (2001-12-06). "Two alumni win mayoral elections". Campus Echo. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  21. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0212/#/28
  22. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0911/#/24
  23. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/prelaw_2011winter/#/26
  24. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0311/#/32
  25. http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/articles/2011/03/24/10-most-popular-law-schools.html
  26. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0909/#/26
  27. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist1007/
  28. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0309/index.php?startid=22#/22
  29. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0908/index.php?startid=26
  30. "North Carolina Central University Profile".
  31. "Employment Summary for 2013 Graduates".
  32. "Tuition and Expenses".
  33. "North Carolina Central University Profile".

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