http://www.cleoscholars.com
CLEO was founded in 1968 as a non-profit project of the American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education to expand opportunities for minorities and low-income students to attend law school and become members of the legal profession by providing a myriad of programs geared toward pre-law recruitment, counseling, placement assistance and training. CLEO offers several programs that may be of interest to you or someone you know.
Minorities Interested in Legal Education (MILE)
http://www.lsac.org/LSAC.asp?url=/lsac/
minorities-in-legal-education.asp
Primarily designed for under-represented college freshmen and sophomores, MILE offers information that can help enhance academic preparation for law school via Law School Forums, e-mail access to advice regarding the law school admission process, preparation for the LSAT, and the MILE Markers newsletter.
http://forpeopleofcolor.org/
The law school application process is extremely competitive, time consuming, and discriminatory. "The Guide to the Law School Application Process for People of Color" is designed to help you through the admissions process and help you prepare the best possible application.
Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program (PLUS)
The PLUS program is an intensive, several week long law orientation for underrepresented undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in the legal profession. The PLUS Program is made possible by a grant from the Law School Admission Council (LSAC).
The following law schools currently host PLUS programs. Please go to their individual websites for more information and application guidelines.
http://www.law.fsu.edu/prospective_students/summer_law
This four-week program is designed to acquaint students from groups that are historically underrepresented in the legal profession with the study of law and to encourage them to think about law as a possible career choice.
This year's program will be offered to sixty students and will run from May 24 to June 18, 2006. The curriculum will include daily classes taught by FSU law professors, guest lecturers from the legal community, and visits to and observations of actual courtroom proceedings. Room and board is paid for by the College of Law and each participant receives a $500 stipend. Please note the application deadline is April 2, 2006.
If you have any questions or need additional information, call the Office of Student Affairs at (850) 644-7338.
http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/admissions/outreach.shtml
Priority deadline: NOVEMBER 30, 2006
By launching the new academic pre-law program, UC Davis School of Law hopes to extend an even wider net to undergraduate students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds or who have shown a commitment to underserved communities.
Who?
Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 at a four year undergraduate institution AND
* be classified as a first-generation college student (i.e. no parent, legal guardian or sibling holds a bachelor’s degree) OR
* come from an economically disadvantaged background (200% federal poverty guidelines available at http://aspe.hhs.gov) OR
* demonstrate a strong commitment to underserved communities.
What?
* Workshops on pre-law preparation and law school admission
* Critiqued writing assignments
* Individual pre-law advising
* Mentorship from current law students
* Presentations from lawyers representing diverse legal fields
* Academic plan
* Scholarship opportunities for LSAT preparation course
* Field trips to law schools and court houses
When?
* Saturdays in March 11, April 1, May 6 & June 3, 2006
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Students must commit to attending all four sessions. Students who miss a workshop or who arrive late may be dismissed from the program.
*Lunch will be provided.
Where?
UC Davis School of Law
400 Mrak Hall Drive
Davis, California 95616
For more information contact King Hall Law Outreach Coordinator Moira Delgado at lawoutreach@ucdavis.edu.
Indiana CLEO
http://www.in.gov/judiciary/cleo
Indiana CLEO takes approxmiately 30 college graduates (minority, low-income, or educationally disadvantaged) who have applied to any of the state's four law schools and exposes them to a six-week Summer Institute immediately before they begin law school. Successful completion of the Summer Institute qualifies students for an annual stipend.
INROADS
INROADS is a non-profit organization that trains and develops talented minority youth for professional careers in business, law, and industry. INROADS places students in summer internships with hundreds of corporations across the United States. Acceptance into the program and intern selection begins in December and January, so apply on their website early in the school year. Please visit their website at www.INROADS.org for more information, or email Katie Jones with your questions.
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) is a non-profit organization that seeks to place high achieving Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, and Native-American students in Wall Street internships. For the past thirty years, SEO has recruited college sophomores, juniors and seniors from the top schools across the country and placed them with the top Wall Street firms (e.g. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, etc). Although investment banking is its biggest program, SEO also offers internships in Accounting, Asset Management, Philanthropy, Management Consulting, Global management, IT and Corporate Law. Internships are open to all majors. Please visit their website at www.seo-usa.org for more information
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