Phyliss Craig-Taylor - Professor
B.S. and J.D., University of Alabama; LL.M., Columbia University; J.S.D. Candidate, Columbia University.

  Phyliss Craig-Taylor was born in Yantley, Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from the University of Alabama in 1980 and her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Alabama in 1985. She was awarded an LL.M. from Columbia University in 1994 and she is currently a candidate for a J.S.D. from Columbia.

  Professor Craig-Taylor was a partner in England & Bivens, Attorneys at Law. She served as a judicial clerk to the Alabama Supreme Court. She has held teaching positions at the following institutions: University of Tennessee (1991-1993); teaching fellow Columbia University 1993-1994; Assistant Prof at the University of Florida 1995-1998; Associate Prof at the University of Florida 1998-2000. She is currently a full Professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law.

  Her area of research and publication is in Land Loss in the African American Community and discrimination and disparity in the design and application of laws for minority groups. She has published several articles in this area, and is currently working on a book on land loss.

  At NCCU she serves as advisor for the North Carolina Central Law Journal. She serves in the Leadership of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. She also works as a coordinator with the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence to host conferences for Integrating Issues of Domestic Violence into Law School Curriculums. She is a member of the N.C. Bar Association and the Alabama Bar Association. She serves on the executive board for Planned Parenthood of North Carolina.

Her hobbies include quilting & reading.

"Respond to every act of injustice as if it happened to you."

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Contact Information:
pcraigt@nccu.edu - Email

(919) 530-???? - Phone
(919) 530-7981 - Fax