Case Study: NCCU School of Law achieves reliable, scalable virtual education and community empowerment with Zoom Video Communications

North Carolina Central University School of Law Uses Zoom to Enhance Virtual Education and Empower Communities

North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham, NC uses its Virtual Justice Project to deliver pre-law courses and community “Know Your Rights” sessions, but its legacy video tool suffered frequent disconnections and limited visibility, especially for students on home or 3G connections. That instability, plus a lack of engineering support, made it hard to teach large classes or provide a consistent remote learning experience.

NCCU replaced the legacy system with Zoom Meetings and Zoom Rooms, piloting large first-year classes (~60 students) and rolling it out campus-wide. The reliable platform let professors see and engage students in real time, supported screen sharing and remote appointments, enabled virtual community outreach, and allowed in-person classes to convert to virtual during inclement weather—resulting in dependable virtual instruction and broader access to legal education for students and communities.

NCCU School of Law

Greg Clinton

Director of Information Technology and Facilities