Join us in our 85th Anniversary Giving Campaign, as we continue to celebrate this momentous year. Concluding on March 1, 2025, the funds raised through this campaign will directly increase the resources necessary to operate a modern law school and educate our future leaders in law.
Relive the excitement of our 85th anniversary celebration and witness the incredible impact of #NCCULaw alumni in communities spanning across our state and the nation. Immerse yourself in the inspiring stories shared by esteemed alumni: Congressman George Kenneth "G.K". Butterfield Jr. ‘74, Governor Michael Easley ‘76, Senior Associate Justice (Ret) of the North Carolina Supreme Court Michael Morgan ‘79, Durham County Superior Court Judge Shamieka Rhinehart ’01, District Court Judge Dorothy Hairston Mitchell ‘02, SBA President Robyn Magee, a third-year law student, and many more!
We are deeply grateful to our sponsors for supporting the NCCU School of Law's 85th anniversary. Your generosity strengthens our mission and helps shape the future of legal education. Thank you for being a vital part of this milestone celebration!
Our History
On March 1, 1939, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted House Bill 18, which authorized a law school at North Carolina College for Negroes, now North Carolina Central University, paving the way for a new generation of African American lawyers in North Carolina.
In March 1939, as North Carolina College for Negroes (now North Carolina Central University) received its charter from the State Legislature to begin a department of law, World War II was in full swing. The world was at war when in one small school in North Carolina, a young black student began law school alone. The student was Robert Richard Bond, the first graduate of NCCU School of Law.
