Durham, North Carolina
North Carolina Central University School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1950
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 151
- Median GPA
- 3.31
- Resident tuition
- $13,444
- First-year class
- 133
- Bar-required jobs
- 62%
- First-time bar passage
- 59.4%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- Law and Technology CertificateSchool page for Law and Technology Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (8)
- Civil Litigation ClinicSchool page for Civil Litigation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Defense ClinicSchool page for Criminal Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Family Law ClinicSchool page for Family Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Juvenile Law ClinicSchool page for Juvenile Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Patent ClinicSchool page for Patent Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Pro Bono ClinicSchool page for Pro Bono Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Trademark ClinicSchool page for Trademark Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Veterans Law ClinicSchool page for Veterans Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (1)
- Pathways to Practice Externship ProgramSchool page for Pathways to Practice Externship Program (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Dispute Resolution InstituteSchool page for Dispute Resolution Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property Law InstituteSchool page for Intellectual Property Law Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Justice InstituteSchool page for Justice Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Technology Law and Policy CenterSchool page for Technology Law and Policy Center (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
176
Clinic positions available
118
72 filled
Field placements filled
76
Simulation course seats
482
Co-curricular offerings
10
Full-time faculty
34
69 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
