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NCCU Law School Announces Grant to Help Underrepresented Applicants Gain Admission

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By Michael PerchickWednesday, December 1, 2021 11:29PM ETDURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — North Carolina Central University’s School of Law received a $100,000 grant from the Law School Admission Council with the goal of providing underrepresented students better access to navigate the law school admissions process. According to Associate Dean Dr. Malik Edwards, it falls in line …

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NCCU’s Professor Dorothy Hairston Mitchell Appointed as Chair of the North Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense

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The North Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense Services is pleased to announce that its members voted to appoint Dorothy Hairston Mitchell as chair at its October 29, 2021 meeting. “The Commission and IDS staff are grateful to Ms. Mitchell for her willingness to lead,” said Mary Pollard, Executive Director of the North Carolina Office of Indigent …

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Professor David A. Green Participates In Panel Discussion On Bias and Disparate Outcomes in the Bar Examination

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This panel will discuss how bar examinees from communities of color or who are neurodivergent (including examinees with learning disabilities and mental health challenges) are adversely affected by bias in the bar exam. Studies show that bar examinees from communities of color have lower pass rates than their white peers. Neurodivergent examinees encounter a range …

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Carolinas Colloquium brings together legal writing community

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Law Library Director, Nichelle Perry, Assistant Director, Richelle Reid, Senior Reference Librarian, Zanada Joyner, and Reference Librarians, Emily Hoffman and Matthew Neely presented at the Carolinas Colloquium 2021 held at Elon University School of Law on Thursday, June 24, 2021 regarding their use of Teams to teach legal research during the pandemic.  Learn more