Page 36 - Dean's Report - 5 Years of Accomplishments
P. 36
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Pre-Law Pipeline Program Community Service Day
The Pre-Law Pipeline Program is an eight-week Before beginning their first year of law school, 1L
summer course designed to increase diversity students participate in a number of community
among law school applicants and to provide service projects across Houston. The initiative
students from low-income, first-generation, and is intended to teach students entering the legal
underrepresented backgrounds an opportunity to profession the importance of providing support for
seriously consider a legal education. their communities.
With the help of Houston Volunteer Lawyers,
$1M in scholarships students assisted at a veterans’ legal advice clinic
41 students accepted into law schools held at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs
Medical Center where they sit in on meetings with
12-14 point average increase on LSAT veterans seeking legal advice.
scores
Students receive an introduction to immigration
The American Bar Association selected the program law by volunteering at naturalization workshops,
as the recipient of the Raymond Pace and Sadie preparing meal packages at the Houston Food
Tanner Mossell Alexander Award for Excellence in Bank, or taking to the outdoors with gardening
Pipeline Diversity in January of 2019 at a ceremony projects at Beauty’s Community Garden in
in Las Vegas. In 2016, it was recognized by the Independence Heights.
University of Houston System Board of Regents
with the Academic Excellence Award.
community service day
36
