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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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Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
November 2021
Amount:
$331,438
Status:
Completed
Enhance and evaluate the Productive Mindset Intervention for the California, Colorado, and Utah bar exams in July 2022 and 2023. Examine the predictors of bar performance in a dataset comprising over 15,000 test-takers across 7 administrations of the bar exams in California, Colorado, and Utah.
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CALI - The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
September 2021
Amount:
$114,550
Status:
Completed
The purpose of this grant is to extend the reach of Academic Success Professionals and help law students become better learners in the unique law school environment. This is especially useful for first-generation and underrepresented law students.
Legal Education Access Pipeline (LEAP)
Program:
Diversity Pipeline Intervention Grant Program
Date:
September 2021
Amount:
$207,000
Status:
Completed
Legal Education Access Pipeline (LEAP), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization now in its third year of operations. LEAP was established to diversify the legal sector and serves college juniors, seniors, and recent graduates from racial and socioeconomic backgrounds that are underrepresented in the legal profession. Leaning on research about successful diversity pipelines and education access initiatives, LEAP’s programs address the primary barriers to law school for the participants they serve.
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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.
American University
Program:
Bar Success Research Grant Program
Date:
January 2021
Amount:
$117,960
Status:
Completed
The project will estimate the causal effect of participating in legal-career-related extracurricular activities while in law school on the chances of passing the Bar exam on the first attempt together with how racial, ethnic, or gender differences in extracurricular participation contribute to corresponding gaps in Bar success rates. View grant outcomes.
University of North Texas Dallas College of Law
Program:
Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program
Date:
January 2021
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Completed
T.R.A.I.L is a 3-credit course utilizing culturally relevant online modules, "wise feedback," law student mentors and class instruction to teach law school skills, strengthen academic self-concept, and address stereotype threat.
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UC Hastings College of the Law
Program:
Bar Success Research Grant Program
Date:
December 2020
Amount:
$150,000
Status:
Completed
This grant will support the study of teaching reforms and academic and bar success interventions implemented at UC Hastings College of the Law.
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UC Berkeley School of Law
Program:
Unsolicited Grants Program
Date:
December 2020
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Completed
This grant will support the development of the Pre-Law Online Curriculum, a web-based, mobile-friendly pre-law advising center that is free and available to all. This system will provide instructional modules, community discussions, and online resources to students preparing for law school.
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