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Since launching our grantmaking activities in 2014, we have awarded over $26.4 million in support of our research priorities: access, affordability, and the value of legal education.
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Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
June 2019
Amount:
$53,470
Status:
Completed
The Law School and Bar Exam Study Skills Fellowship consists of five law school professionals (Fellows) who write 3-5 self-paced instructional tutorials each (15-25 tutorials) covering the area of the Bar Exam Study Skills. The goal of the fellowship is to author lessons that help develop students’ critical-thinking skills.
Read more about the Law School and Bar Exam Study Skills Fellowship.
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The Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
April 2019
Amount:
$375,000
Status:
Awarded
The Sponsorship, Research and Challenge Directed Grant is a multi-component project, including a $25,000 sponsorship for the Law School Deans’ workshop/forum at the AALS Annual Meeting, $225,000 for the Study of the American Law School Dean, and a $25,000 Challenge Grant. The project will survey the process by which individuals are recruited and selected for deanship at American law schools, as well as identify the most challenging issues facing law deans today.
Read more about the Research and Challenge Directed Grant.
New York Law School
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
April 2019
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Completed
This grant supports New York Law School's efforts to dramatically enhance bar performance in its longstanding Evening Division, which offers a J.D. degree in four years (eight semesters). The Evening Division provides access to legal education for generations of underrepresented or economically disadvantaged groups working professionals, a significant number of whom have been members of historically underrepresented or economically disadvantaged groups.
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Elon University School of Law
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
April 2019
Amount:
$21,530
Status:
Awarded
This grant will evaluate the relationship between programmatic and curricular interventions developed by the Elon University School of Law and the bar examination success of the Law School’s students. The project’s results will be used to focus its efforts on those areas which most benefit its students, particularly those at risk of not passing their bar examination on the first try.
Appalachian School of Law
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
March 2019
Amount:
$100,000
Status:
Awarded
The grant will measure whether students with weak academic predictors exceed bar pass expectations after completing the academic success-bar pass program at Appalachian School of Law. The project also will report on the relationship of traditional (e.g., LSAT, UGPA, gender, race-ethnicity, age) and non-traditional (e.g., socioeconomic. pre-law education) factors to bar exam performance.
To read more, please visit Academic Support & Bar Exam Prep.
UC Hastings College of the Law
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
February 2019
Amount:
$34,980
Status:
Completed
This project would test the validity of the Nevada bar exam and, by extension, state bar exams generally. The objective is to determine whether and to what extent state bar exams are predictive of practice capacities.
To read more, please visit A better bar exam? Law profs weigh in on whether test accurately measures skills required for law practice.
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University of Tennessee
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
February 2019
Amount:
$50,000
Status:
Awarded
A $50,000 research grant was awarded to Louis Rocconi, Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee’s College of Education, Health & Human Sciences, to examine the relationship between law school rank and student engagement.
To read more, please visit AccessLex Institute Announces Grant Winners
University at Buffalo
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
February 2019
Amount:
$49,925
Status:
Awarded
A $49,925 research grant was awarded to Jaekyung Lee, Professor at University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education, to study academic and sociocultural readiness for postgraduate education among immigrant and international students to promote equal access and success in graduate/professional schools.
To read more, please visit AccessLex Institute Announces Grant Winners
Boston College
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
February 2019
Amount:
$49,978
Status:
Awarded
A $49,978 research grant was awarded to Andrés Castro Samayoa, Assistant Professor at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development, to explore how Latinx students and university officials at differently-ranked law schools articulate the value of legal education.
To read more, please visit AccessLex Institute Announces Grant Winners