Sophomore Summer Prep
Program
June 4 - July 31, 2007
2007
Sophomore Summer Prep Program brochure (PDF)
Junior Summer Prep Program
June 4 - August 2, 2007
2007
Junior Summer Prep Program brochure (PDF)
The Summer Prep Program for College Students is a seven-to-eight
-week educational experience taking place in June/July of each
year. Pursuant to this Summer Prep Program, the Ronald Brown Center
for Civil Rights and Economic Development partnered with the
following undergraduate schools:
Through a rigorous selection process, each undergraduate college
selects no more than ten students for the Summer Prep Program.
Goal of the Summer Prep Program
The goal of the program is to reach out to students from
underrepresented backgrounds who are often the first members of
their family to attend college and encourage them to pursue the
study of law. By reaching out to these students after their
sophomore year, they receive information that will help them plan
their activities, courses, and LSAT preparation so they will be
more successful applicants. The Summer Prep Program is designed to
increase qualified applications to law schools of college students
from underrepresented backgrounds attending four participating
undergraduate colleges.
The feedback that we received from the students enrolled in the
2005 and 2006 Summer Prep Program was almost unanimously positive.
Dean Mary C. Daly’s called the Summer Prep Program a “resounding
success”.
In the Evaluation form, one student wrote:
“Today, I feel richer because of all the knowledge I obtained in
this program. From now till the day I graduate I will work
extremely hard to improve my reading and writing skills to be
competitive when it comes to applying to law school.”
Another student wrote:
“What I liked most about the program was the atmosphere of the
course and the work load. I really felt like a law student
attending my first days of law school. And it is because of this
summer prep program I am reassured that the studying of law will be
part of my future.”
Eligibility
Sophomore Eligibility
Each student must attend one of the above-mentioned
participating undergraduate colleges and completed (as of June 4,
2007) 45 college credits, but no more than 75 credits, must have
attained a grade point average of 3.0 or better, have a genuine
interest in pursuing a law degree, and be low income, first
generation college student and a member of a group underrepresented
in law schools. Each participating undergraduate college has the
sole discretion of which students are selected into the Summer Prep
Program based on the above criteria.
Junior Eligibility
From the participating sophomores, The Ronald H. Brown Center for
Civil Rights and Economic Development (in consultation with the
faculty at the participating undergraduate colleges), will select
the students for the junior LSAT Prep course. Each student must
attend one of the above-mentioned participating undergraduate
colleges and have completed more than 95 college credits as of June
4, 2007, must have attained a grade point average of 3.0 or better,
have a genuine interest in pursuing a law degree, and be low
income, first generation college student and a member of a group
underrepresented in law schools.
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following: