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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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University of Georgia
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2016
Amount:
$50,000
Status:
Completed
A $50,000 research grant was awarded to Manuel Gonzalez Canche, assistant professor at the University of Georgia, to estimate the effect of losing the federal loan subsidy on debt accumulation for law and professional students.
University of Florida
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2016
Amount:
$47,000
Status:
Completed
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
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2016
Amount:
$50,000
Status:
Completed
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
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2016
Amount:
$50,000
Status:
Completed
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
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2016
Amount:
$124,000
Status:
Completed
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
Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO)
Program:
Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program
Date:
December 2015
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Completed
The CLEO Legally Inspired Cohort (CLIC), aims to increase the number of diverse students who matriculate at an accredited law school and successfully complete their first year of law school. CLIC participants will attend one of four law schools accepting cohorts of five students. Participants will also attend a six-week prelaw summer institute, participate in a mentorship program, and attend a two-day seminar after the first semester.
To read more, please visit cleoinc.org
University of Wisconsin Law School
Program:
Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program
Date:
December 2015
Amount:
$70,439
Status:
Completed
University of Wisconsin Law School, James E. Jones Jr. Pre-Law Scholars Program intends to help underrepresented minority students compete for admissions to law school, matriculate, graduate, and thrive in the practice of law. Scholars will participate in a four-week summer prelaw program focused on student preparedness.
To read more, please visit James E. Jones Jr. Four-Week Summer Pre-Law Scholars Program
Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Program:
Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program
Date:
December 2015
Amount:
$120,000
Status:
Completed
The Native American Pipeline to Law Initiative at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, seeks to increase the number of Native American law students. Program activities include a five-day prelaw program, financial support for LSAT prep courses, a mentorship program, and early outreach to middle and high schools with high Native American populations.
To read more, please visit Pipeline to Law Initiative
The Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
October 2015
Amount:
$250,000
Status:
Completed
The AALS strove to communicate a more balanced and informed understanding of legal education to key groups outside the legal academy including policymakers, leaders of the bar and bench, the media, prospective law students, and the general public. This grant from AccessLex Institute supported the general operation and implementation of this project.
To read more, please visit AALS Receives Access Group Grant to Support Public Outreach Efforts