Michael Francis Easley is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd governor of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009. He is the first
governor of North Carolina to have been convicted of a felony. The conviction was later expunged by the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Wake County.
A member of the Democratic Party, Easley was North Carolina's second Catholic governor.
Mike Easley
Easley was elected Attorney General in 1992
Easley with President George W. Bush, Nebraska governor Dave Heineman, and New York governor Eliot Spitzer in 2007.
Easley speaking at his second inauguration, 2005
North Carolina Central University School of Law
The North Carolina Central University School of Law is the law school associated with North Carolina Central University. The school is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and the North Carolina State Bar Council, and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). According to NC Central's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 37.9% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
NCCU's School of Law is one of only 2 schools of law with in the University of North Carolina system, the other being UNC Chapel Hill.