Another Summer Program for Students Starting Law School in the Fall

New York Legal Education Opportunity Program (NY LEO)

NY LEO assists minority, low-income and economically disadvantaged students in acquiring the skills necessary to succeed in law school. The program is seeking applicants who are New York residents, who will have received their undergraduate degrees by June 2018 and who have been accepted by or have an application pending at a law school in New York State.

NY LEO is an intensive six-week summer program offered by the New York State Judicial Institute from June 4-July 13, 2018. The program introduces students to first year law school courses and provides a mentoring program. NY LEO provides students, free of charge, with course materials, text books, housing, a meal plan, and access to the libraries and computer facilities of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

For more information, including eligibility and instructions on how to apply, please visit our website:

http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/leo/

The application deadline is April 6, 2018.

Summer Job Opportunity at CSI

Dear Colleagues,

Do you know a current CSI student who possesses excellent leadership qualities?

The Office of Recruitment and Admissions is hiring students to serve as Orientation Leaders for the Summer 2018 New Student Orientation (NSO).  This is a paid leadership position.  A New Student Orientation Leader conveys information to new students about College programs and services. They assist with all orientation events and play a vital role in helping to facilitate the adjustment of new students to the campus community. The Orientation Leader position is an outstanding opportunity for any student interested in gaining leadership skills.

All interested students must have completed at least 12 credits and have a 2.7 GPA or higher.  Please direct any candidates to the link below for more information and to access the on-line application in CSI Connect.

NSO Leader Application

If you have any questions about the position or the NSO program, contact Jesse Rodriguez, New Student Programs Coordinator, at jesse.rodriguez@csi.cuny.edu.

We appreciate your assistance in identifying CSI’s next great group of Orientation Leaders.

Sincerely,

Emmanuel Esperance, Jr.

Director of Recruitment and Admissions

College of Staten Island of the City University of New York

2800 Victory Boulevard, 2A-103

Staten Island, NY 10314

Tel.:  718.982.2190

Fax:  718.982.2500

www.csi.cuny.edu

Council on Legal Educational Opportunity (CLEO) Pre-Law Summer Institute: Deadline Extended to 3/31

FOR STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO START LAW SCHOOL IN 2018

The application deadline for CLEO's Pre-Law Summer Institute has been extended to March 31, 2018. 

Pre-Law Summer Institute (PLSI) – Our flagship program, the PLSI is an intensive, summer boot camp prior to starting law school.  Students study as if they are in the first year of law school, undertaking substantive courses as well as research and writing courses.  This year the Pre-Law Summer Institute will be held at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 10 – July 7.  There is a mandatory online course from May 24 – June 8. Students should visit the following link to register for the 2018 Pre-Law Summer Institute:  https://cleoinc.org/programs/pre-law-summer-institute

CLEO Legally Inspired Cohort (CLIC) is CLEO’s latest program to help diverse students gain access to the legal profession. A highly competitive program, only 20 students will be chosen to start law school in the fall of 2018 at one of four partner law schools.  Each group of five CLIC Scholars will:

• Attend the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute 
• Enroll in one of the partner law schools as a CLIC Scholar 
• Work together throughout law school 
• Receive financial, academic and professional development support 

For more information and to register, please visit: https://cleoinc.org/clic

Sincerely,

Bernetta J. Hayes
Director, Pre-Law Program Operations
Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO)
1101 Mercantile Lane, Suite 294, Largo, MD 20774
T: 240.582.8600 X203 | F: 240.582.8605
www.cleoinc.org | #CLEOat50

Reminder: Pre-Law Workshop Tomorrow (Thursday, March 22nd)

Two Important Events: Wed., March 21st, and Thurs., March 22nd

Pizza and Politics on March 6th

Join the Political Science Department for Pizza and Discussion of Current Events

Tuesday, March 6th

2:30 to 4:00 pm

Building 2N, Room 102 

St. Johns Law School, Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program, Deadline Extended to 2/28

*** Application Deadline Extended to February 28, 2018***

Fourth grade wasn’t easy for Nia Bronner. Her family had just moved to a new city where, as Nia describes it, she attended “the absolute worst” public school. “We didn’t have a principal or a nurse,” Nia recalls. “The windows were boarded up and the teachers were underqualified. I was horrified.”

It was a life-changing experience. “My passion for education reform started the day I walked into my fourth grade classroom,” Nia says. So did her dream of becoming a lawyer.

As a rising college senior, Nia participated in the Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program for College Students at St. John’s Law, where she’s now a 3L. An award-winning pipeline initiative of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights, the summer program serves college students from historically underrepresented groups who want to pursue a career in the law. We offer:

• Prep Program Foundations for rising sophomores
• Prep Program I for rising juniors
• Prep Program II for rising seniors

Our students learn the fundamentals of legal analysis, writing, and advocacy in courses taught by St. John’s faculty and through internships with lawyers and judges in the New York City area. They also participate in workshops on professionalism and, as rising seniors, take a comprehensive, customized LSAT prep Course.

To date, over 120 Ron Brown Prep Program alumni have attended 54 law schools across the country, including: Harvard; Yale; BC; Cornell; Duke; Emory; Georgetown; GW; NYU; Penn; St. John’s; UC Berkeley; UCLA; U-M; and Vanderbilt.

And over 85% of Prep Program students receive financial aid, making this summer pre-law experience accessible and affordable.

The Summer 2018 Ron Brown Prep Program application period is now open and runs through February 28, 2018. We're making admissions and scholarship decisions on a rolling basis, so apply now! You can lean about the program by visiting our website. I’m also available to continue the conversation.

Together, we’ll further the Ron Brown Prep Program’s mission of increasing racial and socioeconomic diversity in law schools and in the legal profession.

All the best,

Elaine

Elaine Chiu
Professor of Law and Director, Ron Brown Prep Program
chiue1@stjohns.edu
(718) 990-665