TARGET AUDIENCE FOR CLEO's ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. Participants must be either low-income, minority, or otherwise disadvantaged. If you are NOT a minority student, you may participate if you are low-income or otherwise disadvantaged.
THE C0UNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES (CLEO)
In 1968, CLEO was founded as a non-profit project of the ABA Fund for Justice and Education to expand opportunities for minority and low-income students to attend law school. The CLEODIVERSITYNETWORK.ORG is a good place to begin learning about CLEO. Joining the CLEO diverCITY network should be considered.
CLEO sponsors three academic-year prrograms (Below with CLEO in green) and four summer programs (Below with CLEOin purple). In this section, we shall discuss all seven programs.
YEAR IN COLLEGE
APPROPIATECLEO PRELAW SEMINAR
Freshman The Catholic University of America Washington, DC
2011 CLEO COLLEGE-SCHOLARS PRELAW SEMINARS Each of these one-day seminars allows the participant a choice of location and is designed especially for highly motivated undergraduate students who register as CLEO College Scholars. These seminars bring together Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors from a wide variety of undergraduate institutions to obtain vital information about what kind of skills and preparation are necessary to become competitive law school applicants. The seminars are free. TARGET AUDIENCE. Participants must be either low-income, minority, or otherwise disadvantaged. ELIGIBILITY. If you are NOT a minority student, you may participate if you are low-income or otherwise disadvantaged. ACCOMMODATIONS. None provided. This is a one-day forum. REGISTRATRION. Registration is open on a first come, first serve basis: DON'T DELAY. PROGRAMS CLEO SPONSORS CLEO contact number. 202-828 6100
WHICH PRELAW SEMINAR TO TAKE Take the seminar appropriate to your year in college.
Aims to help students further develop logical reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing skills - the skills needed to become a competitive law school applicant.
2011ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS (ASAP) PRELAW SEMINARS DEADLINE. May 1, 2011 ????? APPLICATION. COMPENSATION. Free seminar, $200 travel stipend with hotel accommodations and meals provided. OVERVIEW. The ASAP program curriculum will focus on aspects of the law school application process that are commonly overlooked or undervalued by students when applying to law school. TARGET AUDIENCE. Juniors, seniors, and post-graduates who are either a low-income, minority, or otherwise disadvantaged student. DATES AND LOCATIONS. Attend at the more convenient location:
Friday, July 8, 2011 - Sunday, July 10, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, July 22, 2011 - Sunday, July 24, 2011
Los Angeles, California
CLEO contact number. 202-828 6100
2011ATTITUDE IS ESSENTIAL (AIE) DEADLINE. May 1, 2011 COMPENSATION. Free seminar, $250 Travel Stipend with Hotel accommodations and meals provided. OVERVIEW. Intensive three-day orientation for entering law students. TARGET AUDIENCE. Low-income, disadvantaged, or minority students who are in the short time period between being accepted to an ABA-accredited law school and attending this law school. PURPOSE OF THE SEMINARS. To ease the transition from undergraduate to professional school and motivate students to succeed. DESIGN OF THE WORKSHOPS. To familiarize the participants with the demands associated with the first year of law school and to acquaint them with resources available to help them meet those demands. The workshop sessions and accompanying handout materials cover such topics as legal analysis and writing, legal education financing, debt management, class preparation, the Socratic method, case briefing and so forth. DATES AND LOCATIONS. Attend the more convenient of the two location:
Friday, July 8, 2011 Sunday, July 10, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, July 29, 2011 - Sunday, July 31, 2011
Los Angeles, California
CLEO contact number. 202-828 6100
CLEO'S SUMMER INSTITUTES (2)
2011 CLEO SOPHOMORE SUMMER INSTITUTE The institute is a three-week residential program available at no cost to the participants. The aim of the institute is to bring together students from diverse racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds and provide them with the training necessary to successfully prepare and navigate the road to law school. MINIMUM GPA REQUIREMENT. 3.0. CREDIT HOUR REQUIREMENT. Must have completed 45 [semester] credit hours by the time you submit your application' APPLICATION DUE DATE. April 1, 2011 TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLEO PROGRAM, you must be either a low-income, minority, or otherwise disadvantaged student. CLEO CONTACT PHONE NUMBER. 202-828 6100
UNIVERSITY LOCATION
CONTACT
2011 DEADLINE
2011 DATES
Northern Illinois U Dekalb
202-828 6100
April 1
June 5 - June 25
2011CLEO SIX-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTES ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Applicants must be eligible to attend an ABA-approved law school at the completion of the program. Applicants must also have obtained a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university prior to the start of the summer institute.
