Wake County, North Carolina

Courts, legal aid, and legal guides in Wake County.

Wake County is North Carolina's second most populous county and home to Raleigh — the state capital. The Wake County Justice Center houses Superior and District Courts. Raleigh hosts the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Terry Sanford Federal Building), the North Carolina Supreme Court, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina State University, and Campbell University School of Law. The region's economy combines state government, higher education (NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke — all within Research Triangle Region), technology, healthcare, and research.