The Duke Law Oral History Project is an ongoing project designed to collect and archive memories from alumni and faculty throughout the history of the Duke Law School.

"As I was walking back to my seat, I could hear Property coming out of my ears like a balloon bursting."

The Honorable Charles L. Becton talks about his first Law School exam in Professor Bertel Sparks' Property class.

The Duke Law Oral History Project is an ongoing project designed to collect and archive memories from alumni and faculty throughout the history of the Duke Law School.

"[We had] just a wonderful bunch of professors my first year."

The Honorable Charles L. Becton remembers a number of professors from his first-year Law School classes.

The Duke Law Oral History Project is an ongoing project designed to collect and archive memories from alumni and faculty throughout the history of the Duke Law School.

"I met my wife there picketing."

The Honorable Charles L. Becton tells how he met his wife - a Duke undergraduate at the time - while picketing the Duke football team's spring banquet.

The Duke Law Oral History Project is an ongoing project designed to collect and archive memories from alumni and faculty throughout the history of the Duke Law School.

"That was a long time for me to be reading anything."

The Honorable Charles L. Becton recalls his Law School pre-assignments and the day he realized that completing his education was going to require a lot of work.

The Duke Law Oral History Project is an ongoing project designed to collect and archive memories from alumni and faculty throughout the history of the Duke Law School.

In honor of Black History Month, Senior Lecturing Fellow Charles Becton '69 shares a personal story about the thrill of being a lawyer.
Taken from a BLSA & Duke Law event "A Look Backward, Giant Steps Forward: The Honorable Charles Becton Speaks" on February 13, 2012.