The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a new partnership with the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law that is designed to prepare the next generation of fair housing policy and litigation leaders.
NCCU is a public historically Black university based in Durham. In this partnership, NCCU law students will join active fair housing practitioners and attorneys from across the nation to participate in fair housing litigation courses offered through HUD’s National Fair Housing Training Academy (NFHTA). HUD and NFHTA will collaborate to develop and offer a course for 15 students a year on fair housing litigating that will be taught by NCCU and NFHTA faculty beginning in spring 2025.
The partnership will also provide students with internship and career opportunities within HUD-funded fair housing partner agencies.
“NCCU School of Law is pleased to be the first institution to participate in this form of collaboration with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,” said Patricia Timmons-Goodson, dean of the NCCU School of Law and a former Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. “We are hugely optimistic that great benefits will accrue to our law students and the broader community.”
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