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2023 Commencement Exercises

North Carolina Central University School of Law will hold a Hooding Ceremony on Friday, May 5, 2023, from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. at King’s Park International Church in Durham. Attorney, political analyst, and civil rights activist Bakari T. Sellers will deliver the keynote address.This is a ticketed event. Livestream kingspark.org/ncculaw

Governor Cooper appoints the Honorable Craig James ‘96 to serve as District Court Judge in Judicial District 11

Congratulations to Judge Craig James ‘96 appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to serve as district court judge in Judicial District 11 (Harnett, Johnston, and Lee counties). Judge James will fill the vacancy created by the election of the Judge Paul Holcombe to superior court judge.  Judge James has served as a district court judge since April …

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Gov. Roy Cooper appointments NCCU Law’s Dean April Dawson to the North Carolina Task Forcefor Racial Equity…

Congrats to Dean April Dawson on her appointment to the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice by Gov. Roy Cooper. The Task Force focuses on addressing existing policies and procedures that disproportionately affect communities of color and developing solutions to ensure racial equity in North Carolina’s criminal justice system.  Dean Dawson serves …

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NCCU alumnus, the Rev. Dr. William Barber II named founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School.

Yale Divinity School News / Dec. 19, 2022 Yale Divinity School today announced the establishment of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy, which will pursue teaching, practice, research, and collaboration at the intersection of theology and advocacy. Bishop William J. Barber II, a moral movement leader who comes to Yale after 30 years …

NCCU alumnus, the Rev. Dr. William Barber II named founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. Read More »