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Pre-Law Pipeline Programs for CUNY Undergraduates, Particularly Pre-Law Pipeline Programs for CUNY undergraduates, particularly freshmen, sophomores and juniors: American Bar Association (ABA) Summer Research Diversity Fellowships in Law and Social Science for Undergraduate Students http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/research/Fellowshipopportunities/Su mmerResearchDiversityFellowshipsinLawandSocialScience.html – Expected deadline: February 15, 2013 IIT Chicago-Kent, Illinois Institute of Technology, Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program (PLUS) - http://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/academics/pre-law- undergraduate-scholars-program - Expected deadline: April 1, 2013 Cornell University Prelaw Program in New York City – Summer Session 2013 - June to July 2013 – http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/programs.php?v=PRELAW&s=Overview – Expected deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis up until summer 2013 Florida State University College of Law’s Summer for Undergraduates Program - http://www.law.fsu.edu/summer_undergraduates/index.html – Actual deadline: Friday, March 29, 2013 Georgia State University College of Law - Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program (PLUS) - http://law.gsu.edu/careers/5995.html - Expected deadline - April 11, 2013 Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law - http://law.onu.edu/admissions/prospective_students/plus_program/plus_ap plication - Expected deadline - April 2013 Ohio State University Moritz College of Law/University of Oxford Summer Prelaw Program for sophomores, juniors and seniors - http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/programs/oxford/prelaw – Expected deadline: February 1, 2013 Skadden, Arps Honors Program in Legal Studies – (for CCNY students or students who will be transferring to CCNY including CUNY community college students) - http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/socialsci/skadden - The Skadden, Arps Honors Program in Legal Studies is a unique partnership between Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, one of the preeminent law firms in the world, and The City College of New York. The purpose of the program is to prepare students from low-income and underrepresented groups for successful legal careers and to enrich and diversify the legal profession. TRIALS - Training and Recruitment Initiative for Admission to Leading Law Schools, is a partnership of NYU School of Law, Harvard Law School, and the Advantage Testing Foundation - http://trials.atfoundation.org – TRIALS is a residential scholarship program that helps talented and motivated college students of modest means gain admission to the nation’s leading law schools. This rigorous five-week summer course enhances opportunities for students of limited economic means and underrepresented backgrounds by bolstering their skills and focusing their goals. TRIALS is a full scholarship program. Students are not responsible for any tuition, fees, or related expenses. In addition to the academic curriculum of the program, every TRIALS student will receive: (1) transportation to and from the host university campus; (2) campus housing for the duration of the five-week program; (3) three daily meals at the campus dining hall; (4) access to the host university’s library, computer centers, and gym. Each TRIALS student also receives a $3,000 stipend to replace or supplement summer employment income. Students are encouraged to allocate a significant percentage of their stipends for school-year expenses such as tuition, housing, books, and other supplies. TRIALS is designed to ensure that no student will face a financial obstacle to participation. – Expected deadline: January 2013 University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program (PLUS) - http://www.law.ualr.edu/admissions/plus - Expected deadline: April 1, 2013 University of Baltimore School of Law - The Charles Hamilton Houston Scholarship Program (CHHSP) - http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=1443 – CCHHSP prepares undergraduate students for law school. CCHSP is a Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program (PLUS) sponsored by the Law School Admissions Council. Expected deadline: March 2013 University of California Davis School of Law: King Hall Outreach Program - http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/prospective/outreach/KHOP.html - Expected deadline: April 2013 University of Iowa College of Law - Phillip G. Hubbard Law School Preparation Program – http://www.law.uiowa.edu/prospective/pre-law/hubbard.php Expected deadline - April 1, 2013 University of New Mexico School of Law - http://lawschool.unm.edu/na- plus/apply.php - Expected deadline - April 15, 2013 (Please note that the University of New Mexico School of Law Pre-Law Program is for Native American students and requires proof of membership in a federally- recognized American Indian nation/tribe or Alaska Native village) The University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law - Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program ( (PLUS) - http://law.umkc.edu/prospective- students/discoverplus.asp - Expected deadline: December 1, 2012 University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Institute for Law and Public Affairs Law School Preparation Academy - http://utsa.edu/today/2011/03/summerlawacad.html - expected early deadline - March2013 - expected late deadline - April 1, 2013 Pre-Law Pipeline Programs for CUNY undergraduates and recent graduates including CUNY BMI students who have been accepted to law school: Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) - The CLEO program is a six- week pre-law summer program sponsored by the American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education. CLEO is dedicated to diversifying the legal profession by offering legal education opportunities to under-represented groups. The six-week program has an emphasis on legal thinking and analysis and mimics the vigor of first-year law school. For more information about the CLEO program, please visit: http://www.cleoscholars.com Indiana CLEO - Indiana CLEO takes approximately thirty (30) college graduates (underrepresented, low-income, or educationally disadvantaged) who have applied to any of the state's four law schools (Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington, Indiana University McKinney School of Law-Indianapolis, University of Notre Dame School of Law, and Valparaiso University School of Law) 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. For more information, please visit: http://www.in.gov/judiciary/cleo. New York Legal Education Opportunity Summer Program (NY LEO) for college graduates who plan to attend a law school in New York State. For more information about NY LEO, please visit: http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/leo NYC Bar Law School Preparation Program - The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Office for Diversity Pipeline Initiatives and Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc. (PALS) announced its Inaugural Law Preview Scholarship Program in 2012 - Rising 1L scholarship recipients will participate in a 6-day Law Preview law school prep course, where they will receive more than 45 hours of instruction from top law professors and attorneys who provide comprehensive previews of the following core first-year classes: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, Torts and Legal Research & Writing. Additionally, students will attend workshops that teach test-taking strategies, case briefing, time-management, outlining, note- taking and studying, as well as programs on legal careers and extracurricular programs. It is expected that this program will continue in 2013. For more information, please visit: www.lawpreview.com/nycbar-pals - Expected deadline: July 2013 Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Medical, and Pre-Health Career Pipeline Programs for CUNY undergraduates, particularly freshmen, sophomores and juniors: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) – AAMC maintains a comprehensive list of Summer Undergraduate Research Programs sponsored by its members. All CUNY BMI students interested in medicine, the health professions and scientific research should be aware of this list which is located at: https://www.aamc.org/members/great/61052/great_summerlinks.html AAMC also sponsors the Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) which is a free (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer academic enrichment program that offers freshmen and sophomore college students intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation. For more information, please visit: http://www.smdep.org – Expected deadline: April 2013 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program - http://www.einstein.yu.edu/education/phd/surp-program - Expected deadline: February 2013 University of Connecticut Health Center/School of Medicine – Department of Health Career Opportunity Programs - Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative Medical/Dental Preparatory Program http://medicine.uchc.edu/prospective/hcop/meddent_prep.html - Expected deadline: February 2013 Chicago Academic Medicine Program (CAMP) – University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine - CAMP is a 6-week tuition-free, non-residential summer program for undergraduate students who have completed the freshmen or sophomore year in college, or who are graduating from high school and have been accepted into college. The Pritzker School of Medicine Office of Multicultural Affairs developed CAMP to help undergraduates build the knowledge base and academic skills necessary for success in a premedical program. http://pritzker.uchicago.edu/about/diversity/pipeline/camp.shtml
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