North Carolina Central Law School

North Carolina Central Law, or NCCU Law, is located in Durham, North Carolina, part of the ever-expanding Research Triangle Park area. The law school had an acceptance rate of 22% in 2007.

NCCU Law School, a historically African-American institution, offers a 3-year full-time Juris Doctor (J.D.) day program and a part-time evening program as well. You can find out about living arrangement options at Student Housing.

Contact Information

640 Nelson Street
Durham, NC 27707
(919) 530-5243

Email: recruiter@nccu.edu
Website: http://web.nccu.edu/law/

Fast Facts (Class of 2011)

• Enrollment Information
  

  Applicants: About 3000
  Enrollment: About 200 per class

  Women: 60%
  Caucasian/White: 39%
  

  Student to Faculty Ratio: 1: 17.6

• GPA/LSAT Scores
  

  LSAT Median: 147
  LSAT 25/75 Percentile: 143-151

  UGPA Median: 3.17
  UGPA 25/75 Percentile: 2.88-3.45

• Costs and Fees (2008-2009)
  

  Tuition: $5,709 (resident full-time); $17,569 (nonresident* full-time)
  *Note that you may be eligible for in-state tuition after living in North Carolina for 12 months.

Application Procedures

Application fee: $40
Application deadlines: March 31, 2009 for Fall 2009 full-time admission; April 15, 2009 for evening program admission.

Applicants must apply online through the Law School Admission Council (LSAC).

In addition to the application and fee, applicants must also submit:

• LSDAS Report
• Personal Statement (recommended)
• Two letters of recommendation

Transfer Procedures

Transfer applicants to North Carolina Central Law must be in good standing in their current ABA-approved law school.

Transfer applicants must complete an online application along with other materials as detailed at ; deadline is March 31.

Degrees and Curriculum

In order to earn a Juris Doctor degree, a student must acquire 88 credit hours; for more specific information, see Graduation Requirements.

The first-year curriculum includes Civil Procedure I and II, Contracts I and II, Criminal Law, Legal Reasoning & Analysis I, Legal Research and Persuasion, Property I and II, and Torts I and II. Required upper level courses include Constitutional Law I, Evidence, Business Associations, Corporations, Taxation, Decedents’ Estates I, Legal Letters, NC Distinctions, Sales and Secured Transactions, Professional Responsibility, and Senior Writing (for evening students only).

North Carolina Central Law offers two joint degree programs in which students can earn a J.D. along with either a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) or Master of Library Science (M.L.S.).

Law Journals and Other Activities

NCCU Law School publishes the North Carolina Central University Law Review.

Along with many student organizations, the law school has specialized Centers, Clinics, and Workshops for specific legal interests including the Street Law Clinic, the Center for Child and Family Health, and the Dispute Resolution Institute.

Bar Exam Passage Rate

A majority of North Carolina Central Law students take the North Carolina Bar Exam and, in 2007, achieved a 81.9% pass rate. The overall pass rate for the NC Bar Exam was 74%.

Post-Graduation Employment

From the 2007 graduating class of North Carolina Central Law, 81.4% were employed nine months after graduation.