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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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The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on behalf of The John Marshall Law School
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
September 2018
Amount:
$120,353
Status:
Awarded
This grant supports a study of the impact of High performance cognitive training – Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Training (SMART) has on improving cognitive performance, and thus academic performance and bar passage.
To read more, please visit Texas Tech adopts SMART brain training for its 1Ls
University of Massachusetts
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
June 2018
Amount:
$124,662
Status:
Awarded
This grant supports a study of students’ social networks that will examine whether certain connections are associated with law school success. The project will focus on whether students from diverse backgrounds lack access to key social connections and to what extent network inequality accounts for disparities in legal education outcomes.
Emory University
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
March 2018
Amount:
$86,603
Status:
Awarded
A $86,603 grant was awarded to Emory University to measure the institutional efficiencies in producing student outputs for legal education. The project will use American Bar Association data and the Analytix tool, to develop a method of ranking schools based on a sophisticated conception of outputs and value-added.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
July 2017
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Awarded
Indiana University received a grant to support the analysis of LSSSE data to determine in which ways social belonging influences law students’ engagement and success. In addition, this grant will support the development, implementation, and evaluation of a productive mindset intervention for final-semester law students and recent law school graduates who are sitting, for the July 2018 California bar exam.
Washington University School of Law
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
September 2016
Amount:
$17,930
Status:
Completed
The Washington University School of Law received a grant to support a multi-school examination of the relationship between experiential coursework, bar subject coursework, outcomes on the bar examination, and securing an initial post-graduation legal job.
To read more, please visit A Study of the Relationship between Law School Coursework and Bar Exam Outcomes
University of South Carolina School of Law
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
April 2016
Amount:
$114,836
Status:
Completed
The University of South Carolina School of Law received a grant to assess the viability of race-neutral alternatives in law school admissions. The study surveyed first-year law students on race-neutral aspects of their identity to determine the relationship, if any, between race and identity factors.
To read more, please visit Assessing the Viability of Race-Neutral Alternatives in Law School Admissions
St. Mary's University School of Law
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
August 2015
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Completed
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)
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
August 2015
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Completed
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
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
August 2015
Amount:
$85,000
Status:
Completed
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