AccessLex | AASE Faculty Scholarship Grant

Overview

AccessLex and the Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE) are dedicated to the academic and bar success of law students across the nation. An important point of this collaboration is to cultivate scholarship in the field while supporting the professional development of academic support educators, especially those who are newer to the discipline and therefore unlikely to receive institutional support to pursue scholarship.

Launched in 2021 and now in its fifth year, the AccessLex | AASE Faculty Scholarship Grant supports scholarship by academic support program (ASP) faculty.

AccessLex Institute is proud of past Scholars’ contributions to the field, which include several law review publications. Past articles are included among our collection of grantee research in the AccessLex Resource Collections.

Becoming a Scholar

Scholars are selected annually through an application process where applicants describe their writing topic and explain how the writing relates to their career advancement. Applicants need not have a track record of publications; this grant may be used to jump-start an applicant’s scholarship. Applicants must be members of the AASE organization.

The AASE grant subcommittee utilizes a blind review policy. At all stages of the process, voting committee members do not know the identity and institutional affiliation of applicants. Only a designated non-voting subcommittee member knows the identity of the applicant and handles applicant communications. Applicants are asked three questions related to their identity (name, email, and institution) which only the designated member will know. For all other questions, please do not disclose any identifying information.

Fellowship Program for Scholars

Upon selection, all Scholars participate in an approximately one-year fellowship program and are assigned two mentors to assist the Scholar in completing a draft of their proposed article. Scholars are announced at the AASE Annual Conference. The culmination of the fellowship is a “Works-in-Progress” presentation at the AASE Annual Conference the year after announcement, with a final draft for publication by December 31 of the year after award.

Funding Details

Grant funds will be awarded to recipients as follows: $2,000 on or near July 1; $1,000 after presenting the Work-in-Progress at the 2027 AASE Annual Conference, and $2,000 upon submission of a completed article draft in publishable form. (Grant recipients who receive an award but do not complete their project may be required to return the funds to AccessLex and/or AASE.) Grant recipients are required to meet with their mentors throughout the process.

For more information, please contact Ashley London at [email protected], or Joel Chanvisanuruk at [email protected].

2027 Application Cycle

• The 2027 application cycle will open in January 2027.
• 2027 Scholar Announcement: at the May 2027 AASE Annual Conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.