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Supporting of our research priorities: access, affordability, and the value of legal education.
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![Willamette University Law](/sites/default/files/styles/image_fallback/public/2023-01/Willamette-University-Law.jpg?itok=OhNTDFyI)
Willamette University
Grant Title: Assessing the Impact of Cohort Structure on First-Time Bar Pass Rates
This project hypothesizes that implementing a cohort structure for recent law school graduates who use Helix Bar Review while studying for state bar exams will result in improved bar passage rates for these first-time test takers. Project results will inform legal education literature as well as other ongoing studies and activities to improve passage rates and may, depending on cohort size, provide insight into the disparity currently seen in the passage rates of underrepresented populations.
![Western New England University School of Law](/sites/default/files/styles/image_fallback/public/2023-02/wne-school-of-law.gif?itok=Ld8aQT9o)
Western New England University School of Law
Grant title: Bar Exam Stipend and Training Program (“The BEST Program”)
The Bar Exam Stipend and Training Program (BEST) is an intensive 10-week preparation program that will equip students with a customized study plan, an accountability coach, practice tests, wellness check-ins, and a weekly stipend leading up to the bar exam.
![The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education](/sites/default/files/styles/image_fallback/public/2022-10/NALPF-logo.jpg?itok=kg7213YG)
The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education
The project proposes AccessLex fund 10 law schools' participation in The NALP Foundation and NALP’s U.S. Law School Alumni Employment and Satisfaction Study, for a three-year period: 6 HBCU law schools and 4 other new law schools with significant populations of under-represented groups. The additional data from these schools’ alumni will enhance the study’s inclusivity, providing important new insights for the profession, and the new participating schools with actionable data and benchmarking.
![The State Bar of California](/sites/default/files/styles/image_fallback/public/2022-10/state-bar-car-Logo-blue-seal.png?itok=2pKxGiVm)
State Bar of California
The State Bar seeks to understand the impact of exam modality, open book, and testing time on the test-taking population, focusing on whether any of these exam features have an adverse or positive impact on subpopulations. Specifically tested will be: 1) the amount of time allocated for the performance test; 2) possible variances of an open-book option; and 3) to assess combinations of exam material and test-taking in online vs hard copy formats.
![Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/image_fallback/public/2022-09/chicago-kent-law-IIT.png?itok=gCUcWCzz)
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
One & Done addresses three barriers to passing the bar exam on the first try that face "at-risk" graduates. First, these graduates need more personal support with time management than they typically get from commercial preparation programs, as well as additional study time devoted to spaced repetition study and practice-as-study. Second, many need financial support. Third, many need support to stay emotionally, psychologically, and socially healthy through the grueling bar preparation process.
![Pennsylvania State University](/sites/default/files/styles/image_fallback/public/2022-03/Pennslyvania%20State%20University.jpg?itok=FJqWnY9K)
The Pennsylvania State University
Led by Dickinson Law, and in collaboration with other law schools that are leading this Antiracist Reformation, the ADI will offer a three-week online, hybrid, or resident program that invites fellows to participate in programs designed to facilitate Antiracist institution-building.
![Indiana Maurer School of Law](/sites/default/files/styles/image_fallback/public/2022-03/Indiana%20University%20Maurer%20School%20of%20Law.png?itok=4Ry64HFm)
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Enhance and evaluate the Productive Mindset Intervention for the California, Colorado, and Utah bar exams in July 2022 and 2023. Examine the predictors of bar performance in a dataset comprising over 15,000 test-takers across 7 administrations of the bar exams in California, Colorado, and Utah.
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CALI - The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
The purpose of this grant is to extend the reach of Academic Success Professionals and help law students become better learners in the unique law school environment. This is especially useful for first-generation and underrepresented law students.
![Wake Forest University School of Law](/sites/default/files/styles/image_fallback/public/2021-01/wakeforest.jpg?itok=ibY_KBSi)
Wake Forest University School of Law
This project will identify students’ knowledge gaps about the law school admissions process, negative views of Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), and financial barriers that lead to fewer application submissions, and fewer offers of acceptance.