North Carolina Central University School of Law offers two programs leading to the Juris Doctor degree: a full-time day program and a part-time evening program. Twenty-eight full-time professors, clinical instructors, and administrators, including eighteen women and eighteen minorities, work with a number of distinguished adjunct and visiting professors to teach approximately 550 students in both programs. Students who have attended the Law School range in age from twenty to sixty-five and have diverse education, socio-economic backgrounds and professional experiences.

  As an historically African-American institution, we continually seek to enhance our focus on civil rights and to strengthen our ties to the community. The Charles Hamilton Houston Endowed Chair was established to bring a prominent civil rights law professor to the School of Law to lecture in the areas of constitutional and civil rights law. The Chair has been held by such attorneys as Fred Gray, Julius Chambers, Alvin Chambliss, Jr. and Janelle Byrd-Chichester.

Juris Doctor - Day Program
  Day Program students must successfully complete six semesters or three academic years for their degree requirements.  Acceptance of an admissions offer to the Day Program represents a commitment to the full-time study of law. Any significant employment or involvement outside the School of Law is inconsistent with that commitment. Under American Bar Association Standard 305 (a)(iii), a student may not work in excess of twenty hours per week while attending a law school on a full-time basis. Day Program classes normally meet between 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on weekdays in the fall and spring semesters. Some specialized Day Program courses may meet in the evening hours. Clinical litigation courses are offered during the fall and spring semesters and during the summer. A Day Program student may enroll in a regular or summer session Evening Program course with permission from the Dean, if there is space available.