Students Receive Stipends & Fee Waivers to Prepare for Law School

December 5, 2017

NEWTOWN, PA해외 카지노 추천”The University of Akron School of Law, The University of Alabama School of Law, Duke University School of Law, University of Houston Law Center, and St. John해외 카지노 추천™s University School of Law will have the resources to assist first- and second-year college students who want to learn more about the legal profession and earn a law degree thanks to a Law School Admission Council Diversity Initiatives grant program.

카지노해외 카지노 추천™s Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program is designed to increase the number of lawyers from underrepresented groups by introducing college students early on to the skills important for success in law school. Each of the five law schools will receive a three-year grant totaling $300,000, dispersed in three $100,000 installments, so that each can host 20-30 participants for about four weeks during three summers, paying them a stipend of $1,000 each. Upon completing the program, participants also receive an 카지노 fee waiver that they can use to cover the cost of taking the LSAT, all of their law school application fees, and registering for 카지노해외 카지노 추천™s Credential Assembly Service. A free Official LSAT SuperPrep book is included as part fee waiver package.

해외 카지노 추천śWe consider 카지노 PLUS programs to be an investment in the future of the diversity of the legal profession,해외 카지노 추천ť said Kellye Testy, 카지노 President and CEO.  해외 카지노 추천śThe schools that are the recipients of PLUS grants have designed programs that introduce students from diverse backgrounds to the rigors and rewards of a career in law. Grants for PLUS programs are provided by 카지노해외 카지노 추천™s Diversity Initiatives Fund.해외 카지노 추천ť

Since 2002, 23 카지노-member law schools have received grants to host these programs, with 2,342 students participating. The majority of participants해외 카지노 추천”51 percent해외 카지노 추천”have been African American, followed by Hispanic/Latino participants at 14.7 percent. Of these DLPP alumni, 79 percent were admitted to law school, compared to 72 percent of similar applicants. PLUS alumni were also admitted to more law schools, with 3.4 admits for participants compared to 2.7 admits for similar applicants. Alumni also improved their undergraduate GPA by an average of 2.7 percent from freshman year to the time of law school application, compared to a GPA average drop of -0.5% for similar applicants.

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