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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 Colorado Law School
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
June 2014
Amount:
$200,000
Status:
Completed
Funding from AccessLex Institute helped support the development of the Tech Lawyer Accelerator Program at the University of Colorado Law School. This innovative program helped students secure jobs in technology and entrepreneurship and was designed to offer first- and second-year law students extensive educational training and professional experience with local and national technology firms.
Second year funding provided support to University of Colorado Law School to enhance the curriculum for its Tech Lawyer Accelerator (TLA) program, grow participation in the program and enhance the tracking of program effectiveness. The TLA program provided competency-based training for law students focused on the technology industry.
To read more, please visit New Tech Lawyer Accelerator Program Garners Inaugural Access Group Grant
Seton Hall University School of Law
Program:
Directed Grants Program
Date:
June 2014
Amount:
$120,000
Status:
Completed
Building on their previous paper, The Economic Value of a Law Degree, Michael Simkovic, Associate Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law and Frank McIntyre, Assistant Professor of Finance at Rutgers Business School will use federal and national data sources to perform an empirical analysis of heterogeneity and cohort effects in the law school premium, and the effect of a law degree on earnings for specific identifiable subgroups of law students.
To read more, please visit The Economic Value of a Law Degree