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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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Willamette University
Program:
Bar Success Intervention Grant Program
Date:
January 2023
Amount:
$233,287
Status:
Completed
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.
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Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Program:
Bar Success Intervention Grant Program
Date:
June 2022
Amount:
$299,940
Status:
Completed
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.
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Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Program:
Financial Education Research Grant Program
Date:
April 2021
Amount:
$94,749
Status:
Completed
The project seeks to evaluate the efficacy of a 1-credit personal finance course for fourth-year medical students in improving financial knowledge, self-efficacy, and financial planning behaviors. The potential differences in course outcomes for under-represented minority (URM) students versus their non-URM peers to evaluate equity of impact will be examined.
Arkansas State University System Foundation, Inc.
Program:
Financial Education Research Grant Program
Date:
March 2021
Amount:
$97,537
Status:
Completed
The project will focus on the impact that peer-led and initiated behavioral nudges (in the form of emails, text messages, and phone calls) will have on the financial wellness goals of first-year college students.
University of Wisconsin Law School
Program:
Financial Education Research Grant Program
Date:
April 2020
Amount:
$102,914
Status:
Completed
The project is intended to increase our understanding of how a Financial Life Skills (FLS) course can potentially improve undergraduate students' financial knowledge, capability, and well-being. There are three critical aspects related to college students that we wish to explore in this study: financial knowledge, financial attitudes, and financial behavior.
University of Georgia Research Foundation
Program:
Financial Education Research Grant Program
Date:
April 2020
Amount:
$120,741
Status:
Completed
The project will evaluate the impact of financial education course features on student financial literacy (i.e., financial knowledge, financial skill and financial self-efficacy) and financial well-being. The goal is to examine the effectiveness of collegiate financial education in improving the preparedness of college students to make financial decisions as students and after graduation.