AccessLex Institute aims to foster broad-based access to quality legal education for talented, purpose-driven students and works to maximize the value and affordability of a law degree through policy advocacy, research, and student-focused initiatives.

The institute invites applications for its Diversity Pathway Intervention Grant Program, which provides funding to programs and initiatives aimed at helping college students and/or college graduates from historically underrepresented groups successfully matriculate into law school and the legal profession. The central goal of the program is to increase the knowledge base around effective methods for increasing the enrollment and success of law students from historically underrepresented racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Accordingly, the institute seeks to fund collaborative programs that provide participants with meaningful content and experiences as well as holistic support.

The grant program will provide grants between $200,000 and $300,000 for 12 to 24 months in support of programs focused on college students and/or college graduates from underrepresented racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds. In the selection process, preference will be given to programs that focus on participants who are seeking to begin law school within two years of the start of the desired grant period and have not yet received an admission offer, focus on participants with low standardized test scores and/or grades, provided differential treatment of participants (treatment/control group methodology) for purposes of program evaluation, include relevant long-term support for participants, and collaborate with other institutions, organizations, etc.

AccessLex will review grant proposals from its member law schools and other U.S.-based nonprofit and public organizations that are classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and as “public” charities under section 509(a)(1), (2), or (3) or to public organizations that are designated under section 170(c). Faculty, practitioners, and researchers who are U.S. citizens or residents are eligible for grants through their affiliated organization, provided it maintains a qualified tax-exempt status as described above.

Letters of inquiry will be accepted until March 1, 2024, and upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, due July 26, 2024.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the AccessLex Institute website.

Deadline: March 1, 2024 (Letters of Inquiry)

AccessLex Institute aims to foster broad-based access to quality legal education for talented, purpose-driven students and works to maximize the value and affordability of a law degree through policy advocacy, research, and student-focused initiatives.

To that end, the institute invites applications for its Diversity Pathway Intervention Grant Program which provides funding to programs and initiatives aimed at helping college students and/or college graduates from historically underrepresented groups successfully matriculate into law school and the legal profession. The program’s central goal is to increase the knowledge base around effective methods for increasing the enrollment and success of law students from historically underrepresented racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Accordingly, the institute seeks to fund collaborative programs that provide participants with meaningful content and experiences and holistic support.

The grant program will provide grants between $200,000 and $300,000 over up to 24 months to support programs focused on college students and/or college graduates from underrepresented racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds. Programs that also encompass the following optional elements will be given preference in the selection process: focused on participants who are seeking to begin law school within two years of the start of the desired grant period and have not yet received an admission offer; focused on participants with low standardized test scores and/or grades; differential treatment of participants (treatment/control group methodology) for purposes of program evaluation; relevant long-term support for participants; and collaboration with other institutions, organizations, etc.

AccessLex will review grant proposals from its member law schools and other United States-based nonprofit and public organizations which are classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and as “public” charities under section 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) or to public organizations that are designated under section 170(c). Faculty, practitioners, and researchers who are U.S. citizens or residents are eligible for grants through their affiliated organization, provided it maintains a qualified tax-exempt status as described above.

Letters of inquiry will be accepted starting January 25, 2023, until March 1, 2023, and upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, due July 28, 2023.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the AccessLex Institute website.

Deadline: March 1, 2023 (Letters of Inquiry)

The AccessLex Institute is committed to informing students of the economic realities of law school without limiting their aspirations. To that end, it conducts and commissions research to illuminate the latest data and evidence on the most critical issues in legal education today.

The institute’s Financial Education Research Grant program provides funding for the development and implementation of innovative, high-impact financial education research. The central goal of the grant is to develop data, facts, and conclusions that furthers understanding of how to develop student financial knowledge, support behavioral change, and ultimately promote financial well-being. The institute is particularly interested in measuring both student and organizational outcomes.

Applicants must request funding of no less than $10,000 and no more than $125,000, and the grant period must be between six months and twenty-four months.

Letters of Inquiry for the program will be accepted between June 1 and June 30. Proposal invitations will be sent prior to August 31, with full proposals due October 15 and funding notifications announced prior to January 31, 2021.

For additional information, including grant application details and an FAQ, see the AccessLex Institute website.

Deadline: June 30, 2020 (Letters of Inquiry)

Learn more and apply: https://www.accesslex.org/financial-education-research-grant-program

Since 1983, the AccessLex Institute has continually evolved to meet the ever-changing challenges and needs of the law students and the institutions it serves by conducting and commissioning research that illuminates the most critical issues facing legal education today.

To that end, the institute’s Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program provides funding to programs and initiatives aimed at helping college students and/or college graduates from historically underrepresented groups successfully matriculate into law school and the legal profession.

The primary goal of the program is to increase the knowledge base around effective methods for increasing the enrollment and success of law students from historically underrepresented racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. Accordingly, the institute seeks to fund collaborative programs that provide participants with meaningful content and experiences as well as holistic support. Funded programs must engage in rigorous program evaluation, systematically measure outcomes, and identify scalable best practices.

The institute will accept and review Letters of Intent for the program from March 1 to March 31. Applicants invited to submit a full proposal will be notified by May 31, with full proposals due by June 30 and funding invitations announced by September 30.

(To learn more about diversity pipeline programs, characteristics of successful programs, and the need for better evaluation of programs, see the institute’s reports, Diversity Pipeline Programs in Legal Education and Priming the Pump: How Pipeline Programs Seek to Enhance Legal Education Diversity.

Deadline: March 31, 2020 (Letters of Intent)

Learn more and apply: https://www.accesslex.org/diversity-pipeline-research-grant-program