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BINGHAM DANA LLP
150 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1726
617 951-8000
Fax 617-951-8736
December 28, 2000
As special Massachusetts counsel for Nuveen North Carolina Dividend
Advantage Municipal Fund (the "Registrant"), we consent to the incorporation by
reference of our opinion, filed with pre-effective amendment no. 1 to the
Registrant's registration statement on Form N-2 on December 19, 2000.
In giving this consent we do not admit that we are in the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours,
BINGHAM DANA LLP
