Mission
To serve as a valued, collaborative, and strategic partner to the University and to provide timely, thorough, and accurate legal advice consistent with applicable laws, policies, rules, and procedures.
Office of Legal Affairs
The Office of Legal Affairs' responsibilities to the university include:
Legal Advice and Counsel
This includes contract drafting, negotiation, and review, interpretation of federal and state laws, handling internal and external administrative and regulatory matters and complaints, policy review and development, and general legal education of the campus community.
Litigation Support
We gather factual information and assist the Office of the Attorney General in the development and furtherance of the University's position in judicial and administrative forums.
Preventive Counseling
We provide timely and effective legal advice before legal problems arise in order to prevent or minimize legal liability.
Resources
For more information on the resources available to the students, faculty, and staff who shape our legal environment at NCCU, click here.
Legal Compliance
Title IX and Sexual Misconduct
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681, et seq.) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities operated by recipients of federal financial assistance.
Clery Compliance
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (“Clery Act”), originally called the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act, was passed in 1990 and has been amended and reauthorized on several occasions since its original passage.
Public Records
North Carolina Central University, as a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina and an agency of the State of North Carolina, is open and responsive to information requests from the public and the news media.
Student Records
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA") (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records maintained by institutions that receive funding from the US Department of Education.
Personnel Records
Personnel records of all employees at North Carolina Central University are maintained by the Department of Human Resources (“HR”) and by the department in which the employee works. For more information regarding the records maintained by HR, contact HR at 919- 530-6334.
Attorneys and Staff
Bowman, Delphine
Paralegal
Legal Affairs
Shepard Administration Building, Room 
919-530-6105 
Joyner, Ciarra J
Title IX Coordinator
Legal Affairs
Morris-Shepard, Fenita T
General Counsel
Legal Affairs
Morton-Manley, Keir
Assistant University Legal Counsel
Legal Affairs
Perry-Green, LaKisha
Compliance Manager
Legal Affairs
Practice Areas
Our service philosophy is to provide excellent legal services that also advance the business objectives of our university with sound, common-sense solutions. To maintain efficiency, we have divided the workflow into primary attorney assignments. If you have a legal question about an area not listed, please give us a call.
Questions and/or Requests
Contract questions, contract review, or to return signed contracts
Policy, regulation, or rule questions or review
Questions about public records requests
Questions related to or about free speech
General compliance issues, formal complaints, or grievances
Other general questions
Compliance and Integrity Program
The Compliance and Integrity Program at NCCU is intended to advance the university's principles and works to incorporate these values into short- and long-term choices about its business, research, and educational activities. The adoption of a compliance-focused culture by the university and the establishment of crucial objectives for achieving those objectives are prerequisites for the program's success at NCCU.
Eagle Brief Newsletter
Eagle Briefs is intended to provide the NCCU community with important updates regarding compliance with federal and state laws and regulations; new NCCU policies, regulations and rules; and more information regarding processes that individuals need to be familiar with as students, faculty, and staff.
Disclaimer
This website is designed to provide you with information about the Office of Legal Affairs and the types of services that we provide. It is not intended to provide legal advice and should not be used as a substitute for contacting and consulting with a member of the Office of Legal Affairs staff.