NCCU's School of Law Dean Raymond C. Pierce has been selected as one of
six vice presidents of the North Carolina Bar Association. Pierce will
be confirmed at the Association’s 2006 Annual Meeting, June 17, and 18,
in Atlantic Beach.
A native of Ohio, Pierce was a partner in the Cleveland Office of Baker &
Hostetler whose practice concentrated on business transactions and
public policy. He also served in state governments on higher education
and pension investment-related matters. During the Clinton
administration, Pierce served as the former Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Education for Civil Rights, where he managed the enforcement of
federal civil rights laws in education and the development of federal
civil rights education policy. Pierce came to NCCU to lead the law
school in June 2005.
“I am honored to serve as a vice president of the North Carolina Bar
Association, said Pierce. “I believe it will help to bring additional
recognition to North Carolina Central University School of Law and our
longstanding legacy to provide service.”
Founded in 1899, the North Carolina Bar Association is a voluntary
organization, which provides services to attorneys and the general
public, including continuing legal education programs and a non-profit
lawyer referral service. It is separate and apart from the North
Carolina State Bar, which regulates and disciplines attorneys in the
state. Attorneys are required to be members of the State Bar, while
membership in the N.C. Bar Association is voluntary. It has more than
13,500 members, about 80% of the practicing lawyers in the state are
members of the N.C. Bar Association, and it is the largest voluntary
legal or professional organization in North Carolina.
