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Since launching our grantmaking activities in 2014, we have awarded $30.7 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:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
February 2019
Amount:
$24,600
Status:
Awarded
A $24,600 research grant was awarded to Elizabeth Bodamer, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Indiana University, to study the law school experience of minority students.
To read more, please visit AccessLex Institute Announces Grant Winners
Northern Illinois University
Program:
Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program
Date:
January 2019
Amount:
$124,842
Status:
Awarded
The Legal Education, Access, and Recognition (LEARN) Program provides students from underrepresented minority groups and economically disadvantaged backgrounds with tools to support law school matriculation including rigorous LSAT preparation, tutoring and access to materials to improve admission rates, review of personal statements and resumes, application preparation support, and practice interviewing, and mentorship.
To read more, please visit NIU Law creates innovative program to decrease barriers to law school
Board of Trustees, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Program:
Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program
Date:
December 2018
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Awarded
The Summer Pre-Law Program (SPPARK) is a three-week residential summer program that will expose 25 undergraduate students to careers in the law and preparation for law school through LSAT preparation, academics, professional development, guest speakers, and field trips. The program focuses on the inclusion of minorities, first generation college students, economically disadvantaged students and other populations historically underrepresented in law school and the legal profession.
To read more, please visit Law School Welcomes 23 Students for Intensive Summer Pre-law Program
Council on Legal Education Opportunity
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
November 2018
Amount:
$150,000
Status:
Awarded
The goal of the CLEO Legally Inspired Cohort (CLIC) 2.0 program is to enhance access to legal education for students from diverse backgrounds. This grant will be a continuation and expansion of the 2016 CLIC program, funded in large part by AccessLex that enabled 15 students of color, whose LSAT scores ranged from 128 - 144, to successfully matriculate the first year of law school.
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
The State Bar of California
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
August 2018
Amount:
$515,000
Status:
Awarded
This grant allows the State Bar of California to build on studies performed in 2017 to address the state's bar exam passage rate and other matters related to the exam. In 2017, the State Bar of California conducted a series of tests to evaluate various components of the California Bar Exam, including the pass line and the alignment of the subject matters on the exam in relation to the expected knowledge and skills of entry-level attorneys.
To read more, please visit AccessLex Institute Awards Grant to State Bar of California for Job Analysis Study
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.
Georgia State University
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2018
Amount:
$50,000
Status:
Awarded
A $50,000 research grant has been awarded to Andrea Curcio, Professor of Law, to determine whether law schools will choose a test option if it becomes available and if that option is not available, how much weight should be given to the LSAT or other standardized tests in the admissions process.
Brown University
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2018
Amount:
$50,000
Status:
Awarded
A $50,000 research grant was awarded to Kevin Escudero, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, to examine post-college educational trajectories of undocumented students.