Since launching our grantmaking activities in 2014, we have awarded over $21 million in support of our research priorities: access, affordability, and the value of legal education.
Awarded Grants
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Grant Status
University of Florida
A $47,000 research grant was awarded to Assistant Professor Dennis Kramer, with the University of Florida, to examine the impact of need-based aid programs on the graduate and professional school enrollment of low-income students at the institutional and national levels.
To read more, please visit More Money, More Opportunities: The Impact of a No-Loan Program on the PostBaccalaureate Enrollment Decisions of Low-Income and First-Generation Students
University of Memphis
A $50,000 research grant was awarded to University of Memphis Associate Professor Yonghong Xu to examine diversity in law schools and how the educational experiences of women and racial minorities contribute to their career progress in legal professions.
To read more, please visit Equality at the Starting Line? Gender- and Race-Based Differences at the Transition from Law School to the Legal Profession
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
A $50,000 research grant was awarded to Stephen DesJardins, a professor at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor, to address ways that law schools can use data systematically to admit students into their programs and then predict which students will actually enroll at the institution.
To read more, please visit Predicting Law School Enrollment: The Strategic Use of Financial Aid to Craft a Class
University of Chicago
A $12,400 dissertation grant was awarded to Nayoung Rim, a Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago, to study the effect of Title IX on gender disparity in legal education and other graduate and professional education.
To read more, please visit The Effect of Title IX on Gender Disparity in Graduate Education
St. Mary's University School of Law
St. Mary’s Law Success Program is an innovative effort to incorporate law school assessment and essential skills to enhance graduates’ success in the study and practice of law. The grant from AccessLex Institute provided general support.
To read more, please visit Support for Law Success
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
To better understand the motivations and needs of prospective law and graduate students, NASFAA conducted research to determine what consumer information is most vital to students while making informed borrowing decisions with regard to enrollment in and completion of law and other graduate and professional programs.
To read more, please visit Market Research on Law School Student Aid Award Letters and Shopping Sheet Information
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law
The Legal Education Advancement Project (LEAP) at William H. Bowen School of Law provides a performance-based admissions program aimed at increasing the representation of traditionally underrepresented groups at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law and in the Arkansas state bar. The grant from AccessLex Instituteprovided general support.
To read more, please visit Legal Education Advancement Project
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Paying special attention to trends over time, Professor Jerome Organ conducted research on variable affordability of law school on a net cost basis for student cohorts between 2010 and 2014.
To read more, please visit Net Tuition Trends by LSAT Category from 2010 to 2014 with Thoughts on Variable Return on Investment
UC Hastings College of the Law
UC Hastings received a grant to support a feasibility study that examined the viability of evolving UC Hastings’ current Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP) into a post-baccalaureate program that would address the specific standardized academic deficits commonly identified among students with adverse academic, social, economic, and culture backgrounds.
To read more, please visit Legal Education Opportunity Program