• The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina predicts that the demand for lawyers in the state will increase by 25 percent from 2006 through 2016. Individuals interested in becoming licensed attorneys in the state must first graduate from a law program approved by the American Bar Association. Within North Carolina, a small number of public and private colleges offer such programs.
  
  

Duke University School of Law

• A private institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Duke University School of Law has carried the approval of the American Bar Association since 1931. In 2010, the school received the 11th-place ranking among all law schools in the United States from U.S. News and World Report. The school features a student to faculty ratio of approximately 10 to 1 and has an average class size of 69 for first-year law courses, according to the American Bar Association. Each year, approximately 6,000 students apply for admission to the school, and approximately 25 percent receive an invitation to attend. Students may only study at the school on a full-time basis. Nearly 90 percent of Duke University School of Law graduates pass the state Bar examination on their first attempt, and around 73 percent of students at the school receive some type of educational grants to offset the cost of tuition.
  
  Duke University School of Law
  Science Drive and Towerview Road
  Box 90393
  Durham, NC 27708
  919-613-7020
  law.duke.edu
  
  

Charlotte School of Law

• First approved by the American Bar Association in 2008, the Charlotte School of Law is a private, nonsectarian institution, which admits law students on both full- and part-time bases. With a student-to-faculty radio of less than 15 to 1, the school registers approximately 58 students in its first-year courses. More than 40 percent of students who apply to the school receive an offer of enrollment, explains the American Bar Association. Approximately 13 percent of those offers go to students who apply for part-time studies at the school. In terms of financial aid grants, around 40 percent of students at the school receive some type of an aid, and 9 percent receive full tuition grants, enabling them to receive their law degree tuition-free.
  
  Charlotte School of Law
  2145 Suttle Ave.
  Charlotte, NC 28208
  704-971-8500
  charlottelaw.edu
  
  

University of North Carolina School of Law

• Rated 28th among all law schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report in 2010, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law is a public, state-supported college approximately 25 miles from the capital city of Raleigh. With an average first-year class size of 80, the college has a ratio of around 15 students per faculty member. The law school's first-time state Bar examination pass-rate is more than 86 percent, reports the American Bar Association. Less than 19 percent of applicants receive an offer of admission to the university, and students must attend classes on a full-time basis. More than three-quarters of all students receive some type of grants, but less than 1 percent are awarded full-tuition grants. As a public college, the school provides tuition discounts to North Carolina residents.
  
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
  Campus Box 3380
  5026 Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599
  919-962-5109
  law.unc.edu