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By Jill Yesko, University Relations
Contact (336) 334-3890
Posted: 6-6-07
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Twenty low-income, disadvantaged or minority undergraduate students from UNCG, NC A&T State, NC Central and Winston-Salem State are slated to participate in the CLEO/Womble Carlyle Road to Law School Academy to be held at UNCG Friday, July 6, through Friday, August 3.
The goals of the four-week residential program are to provide students with the skills needed to succeed in college, prepare for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), apply to law schools, graduate and pass the bar examination. The program also aims to promote diversity among judges and practicing attorneys in North Carolina and to increase the number of attorneys serving low-income communities.
The five participating UNCG students, all juniors, are:
• Wendy Pagoaga, Winston-Salem
• Laurene Callendar, Huntersville
• Larissa Manon, Knightdale
• Kevin C. Mark, Raleigh
• Brittany Speas, Tobaccoville
“This program will not only prepare students for admission to law school, it will also provide them with skills that will enhance the rest of their college education and beyond,” said Dr. Denise Baker, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and coordinator for the program at UNCG.
Students will take six credits in philosophy and will study texts from Plato focusing on law and justice. Classes will be taught by instructors with JD degrees who will use casebooks and the “Socratic method” to teach classes on criminal law, torts, contracts, and analytical and legal writing.
Students will also have the opportunity to interact with law students and attorneys from the Winston-Salem office of Womble Carlyle.
The program is sponsored by the Council on Legal and Education Opportunity (CLEO) and Womble Carlyle, a law firm that operates in six states and the District of Columbia with more than 500 attorneys in 10 offices.
Founded in 1968, CLEO is a non-profit project of the American Bar Association’s Fund for Justice and Education. Its purpose is to expand opportunities for minority and low-income students to attend law school. In 1998, Congress passed the Higher Education Amendments Act, creating the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program, which sponsors projects like the Law School Academy and is administered by CLEO.
For more information, contact Dr. Denise Baker at (336) 334-5241, or dnbaker@uncg.edu.
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