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 develop federal policy positions, research federal policy concerns, and help students, administrators, and advocates use their voices on key issues impacting the accessibility and affordability of higher education.

We develop federal policy positions, research federal policy concerns, and help students, administrators, and advocates use their voices on key issues impacting the accessibility and affordability of higher education.

Policy Recommendations and Positions

Policy Recommendations and Positions

Our policy experts routinely draft federal policy recommendations and positions based on our internal research and conversations with lawmakers and policy advocates. Here’s what we believe.

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Charting a Clearer Path: Recommendations for Transparent and Consistent Financial Aid Offer Letters

This Issue Brief explores the lack of uniformity and vague wording often present in financial aid offer letters that students receive. The Brief examines this issue and provides solutions for more effective communication between institutions and the students they serve.  

Reports

Research and Reports

Our policy experts research key issues regarding graduate and professional student access to and affordability of higher education.
Make the Case

#MakeTheCase Advocacy Campaign

We support students, administrators, and advocates in using their voices on key issues impacting higher education.
AccessLex Policy Statements

AccessLex Policy Statements

Our policy experts track federal education-related proposals and advocate for policies that make legal education better.
Nancy Conneely

Meet the Managing Director of Policy.
Nancy Conneely 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.