Scroll Top

Phone: 1.800.296.9656        Email: circulation@cypressmagazines.com 

35 law schools partner with AccessLex to increase opportunities for underrepresented applicants

Related Articles

AccessLex Institute has partnered with over 30 law schools to enter students from underrepresented backgrounds into its LexScholars Post-Baccalaureate Program, an online law school prep program.

Students who take the one-year program are guaranteed admission to the law school that entered them into the program in addition to a renewable scholarship and an annual stipend. The curriculum focuses on LSAT preparation, financial education and building critical thinking skills.

“Through LexPostBacc, AccessLex and partnering law schools offer Scholars the opportunity to develop core knowledge and skills while also lowering their cost of law school attendance,” said Aaron Taylor, Executive Director of AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence. “The goal is to position Scholars for success at every stage of their progression to the legal profession. The program is rigorous; not every Scholar will successfully complete it. But those who do will be ready to thrive as law students with support from their law school and AccessLex.”

The first cohort of students enrolled in the summer of 2022.  The next program will start in July 2023. It is a free program for students and law schools.

“Almost every admissions cycle, we have a number of applicants from backgrounds that are underrepresented in law school and in the legal profession who, for various reasons, we believe would benefit from additional preparation prior to starting law school,” said Barbara DiGiacomo, the University of Akron School of Law’s Associate Dean of Administration and Enrollment Management.

Akron Law is one of the seventeen schools that will be referring students for the 2023-2024 summer program. Students must first be referred by a law school they have already applied to.

“We are happy to discuss students’ potential qualifications for the program as they are considering applying to Akron Law,” DiGiacomo said.

Students who successfully complete the LexPostBacc curriculum receive a non-conditional, renewable scholarship of at least 20% tuition, a $3,000 stipend from AccessLex Institute, and access to a Helix Bar Review by AccessLexSM course, upon graduation, according to Akron Law’s website.

Participating schools in the 2023-2024 program are:

  1. California Western School of Law
  2. Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
  3. Chicago-Kent College of Law
  4. City University of New York School of Law
  5. Creighton School of Law
  6. Florida International University College of Law
  7. Golden Gate University School of Law
  8. Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
  9. Liberty University School of Law
  10. Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law
  11. Mississippi College School of Law
  12. Northern Illinois University College of Law
  13. Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law
  14. Oklahoma City University
  15. Penn State Dickinson Law
  16. Quinnipiac University School of Law
  17. Roger Williams University School of Law
  18. Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law
  19. Southwestern Law School
  20. Suffolk University Law School
  21. The Catholic University of America
  22. The University of Akron School of Law
  23. Touro Law Center
  24. University of Cincinnati College of Law
  25. University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  26. University of Idaho College of Law
  27. University of North Texas College of Law
  28. University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law
  29. University of St. Thomas School of Law – Minneapolis
  30. University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
  31. University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
  32. Vermont Law and Graduate School
  33. Western New England University School of Law
  34. Widener University Delaware Law School
  35. Willamette University College of Law
Julia Brunette Johnson

Julia Brunette Johnson

Julia is a contributing reporter for the National Jurist and preLaw magazines.

Leave a comment

Digital Magazine
Newsletter Signup
OUR SPONSORS

Empowering Your Law Career

    Sign up now to get all the information and advice you need to succeed in law school and your law career in the United States

Sign Up to get a Free Digital Magazine!

Get unlimited access

Get a premium subscription to the National Jurist for less than $2 a month.