AccessLex Diversity Pathway Program

The Summer Institute is an intense preparatory tool designed to help students become accustomed to what they will experience as law students. In a short period of time, participants are immersed into some of the required first year law school courses. The courses vary each year, but the intensity remains the same. Participants not only receive support and assistance from faculty, but from teaching assistants who are ICLEO Fellows and have also successfully completed the Summer Institute experience. In order to maintain the rigor of the program, participants are not permitted to work during the Summer Institute and must reside in the provided housing. There is no cost to participate for selected students. Upon successful completion of the Summer Institute, certified ICLEO Fellows are eligible for an annual education award for up to three successive academic years. The awards are paid directly to the Fellow's law school account to offset the costs of tuition.