Law School Student Resources

The North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association dedicated to empowering a strong community of trial lawyers that protects people, prevents injustice and promotes fairness.
NCAJ believes that –

• Every individual has a right to justice.
• Advocacy is essential to creating fair laws and a level playing field.
• Our Collective expertise, experience and skills strenthen our impact.

NCAJ offers law student member benefits that are designed to connect you to the North Carolina trial lawyer community and set you on a career-long path of professional development.
These include –

• Networking opportunities with leaders in the profession at socials across the state
• Low registration fee for Annual Convention, NC’s largest annual gathering of legal professionals
• Access to NCAJ’s exclusive online job bank
• Discounts on travel, school and offices supplies, appliances and more
• Subscription to Trial Briefs magazine and all NCAJ digital communication
• Leadership development through the student rep program and New Lawyers Division
• Free access to all NCAJ live CLEs

Are you a leader of a student organization on a North Carolina law school campus?

NCAJ can help connect you with potential presenters and speakers on several fascinating topics. NCAJ members include attorneys and paralegals all over the state practicing in areas such as:

• personal injury
• civil rights litigation
• consumer rights
• criminal defense
• family law
• immigration
• workers compensation
• medical malpractice
• employment law
• nursing home litigation

Reach out to NCAJ today and let us help connect you with a NCAJ member speaker event for your law school student organization.  

Recognition of NC Law Students

Campbell University School of Law

2024 | Calhoun Advocacy Award
Jay Calvin Thomas

2024 | North Carolina Advocates for Justice Student Advocacy Awards
Emily Rose Murphy
Emily Grace Askew
Julian Andres Manrique

Click here to view past years award recipients

Elon University School of Law | NCAJ Appellate and Trial Achievement Award

2023
Alyssa J. Harris

Click here to view past years award recipients

Wake Forest University School of Law | Most Outstanding Advocate Awards
The program began in 1980 and was awarded to a student in each section of trial practice who achieves the highest grade. Today, students are nominated by the instructor of each trial practice section whom they consider to be the “most outstanding advocate” in their section. 

2018
Michael Jacob Stephens
Ashley V. DiMuzio
Paige N. Tucker
Briana Antoinette O’Neil
Sophia Blair
Mary Grace Carey
David Michael Layman
Evan William Weltge
Matthew Brian Hoyt
Kyle Francis Heuser
Raven Ash

Click here to view past years award recipients