Policy and Advocacy
Policy and Advocacy

Policy and Advocacy

Good policy is informed policy.

Our policy experts track legislation and regulations with potential impact on students and the legal education community.

We provide policy analysis, develop policy positions and help you use your voice on key issues impacting access, affordability and value in higher education.

We provide policy analysis, develop policy positions and help you use your voice on key issues impacting access, affordability and value in higher education.

Policy Positions and Statements

Policy Positions and Statements

Our policy experts routinely speak with lawmakers, policy advocates and other influencers on behalf of students. Here’s what we believe.

 

Graduate Loan Capping – Advocating for the Betterment of Higher Education

Learn about how capping graduate loans negatively impacts borrowers and how AccessLex institute is advocating for the benefit of graduate and professional students to improve access to advanced degrees.

Reports

Examining Grad PLUS

Read our two-part research report on graduate lending.
Make the Case

#MakeTheCase Advocacy Campaign

Take an active role in advocating for what matters to you.
Legislation and Regulations

Legislation and Regulations

Our policy experts track education-related proposals making their way through Congress and advocate for policies that make legal education work better for students and society.

Graduate And Professional Data By State

To assist with your advocacy efforts, we provide data sheets with information on graduate and professional student enrollment, degree completion, a summary of the number of federal student aid recipients, and the amount of federal aid disbursed by state.

Nancy Conneely

Meet the Managing Director of Policy.
Nancy is responsible for advancing the Company’s legislative, regulatory and administrative policy goals. She generates policy analysis, develops policy positions, and oversees the #MakeTheCase advocacy campaign. Nancy and her team routinely speak to lawmakers to advocate for students and higher education policy.
For more information on our Policy and Advocacy initiatives, contact Nancy at Policy@accesslex.org.