Council on legal education opportunity program

LEOP academic resources, programs, and services are designed to help students build upon their existing skills, knowledge, and learning styles. Our program offers special consideration in admission to applicants who have been subject to significant adversity that may have prevented them from attaining numeric criteria that fully reflect their motivation, talent, and academic and professional ability. While standard numeric criteria are considered in LEOP admissions, added emphasis is placed on non-numeric criteria.

Application requirements. Prior to the start of the school year, students participate in a week-long orientation that prepares students for academic success. It was a great mix of useful information, practical skills training, exposure to the legal profession and socializing. Another prior section , Pub. A prior section of Pub. Another prior section of Pub. See Amendment note below. D and struck out former subpar. A Fellow may be eligible for such a stipend only if the Thurgood Marshall Fellow maintains satisfactory academic progress toward the Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws degree, as determined by the respective institutions.

Amendment by Pub. Claim This Nonprofit. More Info. Add to Favorites. Get Badge. Causes : Education , Educational Services. Mission : To diversify the legal profession by helping minority, low-income and disadvantaged students gain access to law school, successfully matriculate and pass the bar exam.

Programs : Provide programs for secondary school and college students - conduct seminars, workshops and online blogs to help students prepare for entry into law school. Publish the cleo edge magazine which is designed to inform students interested in attending law school about the requirements for admission to aba approved law schools across the united states.

Programs for law students - provide online academic support forum for first year law students who participated in a pre-law program to receive ongoing support from law school professors.