NCCU School of Law Office of Admissions

06/12/2018

Help us in congratulating rising 3L Olabisi Ofunniyin on being selected as the Chief Justice’s Commission On Professionalism North Carolina Central Law School Ambassador for 2018-2019.

Ms. Ofunniyin is a current summer associate at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP and will clerk the second half of the summer with Judge Biggs in the Middle District of North Carolina.

When asked how she felt about being selected, Ms. Ofunniyin stated: “The law is one of history’s oldest professions, and it is rare that new entrants get to take part in charting its path. I am most honored and excited to have the chance to give young leaders, such as myself, a lens into how professionalism is viewed in today’s market, and to play a role in enhancing those views. This ex officio CJCP membership will grant me a unique opportunity to share with my peers, strategies on how we can best position ourselves to continue the legacy of service, support, inclusion, and public good in the legal profession.”

06/12/2018

Congratulations to rising 3L Desirae Hutchinson who has taken her oath and started as a summer clerk for Chief Judge Gregory at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit!

04/26/2018

Interested in learning more about North Carolina Central School of Law? Sign up today for a tour! Multiple tour options available including preset walking tours. Come learn more about our school, tour the building and meet current students!

04/19/2018

Meet 2L Xavier Lightfoot. Xavier has an interest in corporate law and litigation, and will be interning this summer at Ward & Smith and Local Government Federal Credit Union.

When asked why he chose NCCU: "When I was a junior in undergrad, I was introduced to a third year law student at NCCU who soon became one of my mentors. My mentor shared his story of how NCCU saw potential in him, despite his LSAT score, affording him the opportunity to attend law school through the school’s Performance-Based Admission Program (PBAP). He was a very successful law school student who returned to his community to serve after graduating and passing the bar. I decided to attend NCCU School of Law because I knew it was a school of opportunity that was dedicated to producing our state’s best attorneys. I too, just as my mentor, did not have the best LSAT score, but NCCU saw potential in me and provided me with an opportunity to show them more by allowing me to enter PBAP."

04/16/2018

Meet 1L Georgia Hezain. Ms. Hezain is from Raleigh, NC and has an interest in Family and Employment Law. Ms. Hezain participated in the N.C. Bar Association's 1L Minorities in the Profession Program and will be interning this summer at Cranfill, Sumner and Hartzog.

When asked why she chose N.C. Central School of Law: "Everyone told me that NCCU was a big family and on my tour the faculty solidified that statement. I wanted a closer connection than the experience I had at an extremely large undergraduate university and I felt like the students and faculty were actually here to help and cared about my success. The clinics and opportunities sold me on NCCU and I do not think I could have made a better choice!"

04/10/2018

The North Carolina Central Law Review and The Science and Intellectual Property Law Review will be hosting our annual Symposium on Wednesday April 11. This event will focus on the three main areas of intellectual property law: Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks. The symposium is designed to show how these abstract fields of law interact with everyday life.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intellectual-property-in-the-real-world-tickets-44621285466?aff=es2

04/07/2018

http://durhammaroons.com/student-stories-1/2018/4/5/four-years-an-evening-student-a-story-of-determination-dedication-and-discipline

Interview by Deja Cagle, 3L Very few things in life can prepare one for the rigors of law school.  Serving on the battlefields o

04/05/2018

NCCU Law Week kicks off this Sunday! The theme of the week is Marshall's Law: Navigating Your Moral Compass. We will be celebrating the legacy of Thurgood Marshall and the morality that he instilled into our legal system.

See the attached calendar for all of the events our student organizations have planned.

03/29/2018

Hosted an amazing group of college students from FSU’s Trio Program at Law School today. Go Noles!

03/28/2018

Help us in congratulating our 2018-2019 incoming Law Review Editor-in-Chiefs (pictured at the 64th annual National Conference of Law Reviews in Chicago):
Dana Sisk, NCCU Environmental Law Review
Kirstin Evans, The North Carolina Central Law Review
Paulina Lopez, NCCU Science and Intellectual Property Law Review

03/28/2018

Join us tonight, Wednesday March 28th at 630pm, for the Tax Council Association's annual roundtable. Tonight's discussion will focus on tax issues and the life of a tax attorney.

03/26/2018

Join us on Tuesday March 27th at 6pm as the Death Penalty Project and the Innocence Project Present: Wrongful Convictions: A Tale of Two Sides.

A panel discussion on a personal insight into the imperfections of the justice system.