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. The school's alumni include: Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, serving 3 terms (1974–82, 1990–94), the Mike Easley, the 72nd governor of North Carolina, serving 2 terms (2001-2009), George Kenneth "G. K." Butterfield, Jr., U.S. House Representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district (2004-current) to name a few.