Dillard University's Pre-law Program Earns Top Honors from the American Bar Association
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Only in its third year, the program continues to grow and excel.
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NEW ORLEANS - Competing against law schools, firms and organizations across the country, Dillard University received the prestigious 2018 ABA Section of Litigation’s Diversity Leadership Award. The Section of Litigation created this honor to recognize those who have made outstanding commitments to promoting full and equal participation in the legal profession through the encouragement and inclusion of women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and/or persons of differing sexual orientations and gender identities.
The Diversity Leadership Award was presented to Attorney Adria Kimbrough, Dillard’s Pre-law Program advisor, during the Annual Conference Luncheon in May at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, Calif.
“This is a major milestone,” Kimbrough said. “For Dillard, this is just another sign that our Pre-law program is competitive, cutting-edge and committed to ensuring that our students are prepared and to increasing diversity in the legal profession.”
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Barely in its third year, the Dillard Pre-law Program has captured the national spotlight. The University’s Mock Trial team has quickly become a formidable opponent and finished their 2017-2018 competition season ranked in the top 30 percent of college mock trial teams nationwide.
In February, the team made history with its first ever qualification to the Opening Round Championship on March 23-25, at the D’Army Bailey Courthouse in Memphis, Tenn.
Notably, Dillard University’s Pre-Law Program received $180,000 in grant funding to bring more diversity to law schools and the legal profession.
Last year, Dillard was awarded the AccessLex Institute Legal Education Diversity Pipeline Grant, which funds programs that provide students from historically underrepresented groups with resources to aid them in successful matriculation into law school and the legal profession. Dillard is the only undergraduate institution in the nation, and the only Historically Black University in the nation to be awarded a grant through this program.
Dillard received $125,00 in funds to launch a brand new program called LEAD (Legal Education Advancing Diversity) that provides students and graduates from the three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in New Orleans with a comprehensive year-long program that will include intensive preparation for the Law School Admissions Test (“LSAT”), law school admissions support, and a mentor in the legal profession. “The AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence is excited to partner with Dillard University and its LEAD program to develop innovative ways to increase legal education diversity," said Aaron Taylor, Executive Director of the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence.
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Dillard University Mock Trial Team Member Lydia Paige Moffett
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Attorney Adria Kimbrough,
Dillard University Pre-law Program Advisor
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Claire M. Ojeh,
Dillard University Pre-law Mentoring Program Coordinator
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Brandi Breaud,
Dillard University Project Assistant
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Alex Gershanik,
LSAT Prep Instructor
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Judge Kern Reese,
Mock Trial Team Coach
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Roman Griffith,
Mock Trial Team Coach
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The University also received an additional $55,000 to launch a second program called “Foundation to LEAD” program that will provide rising college juniors from Dillard, SUNO, and Xavier with exposure to the analytical reasoning and logical reasoning skills. Participants will gain hands-on experience with a local public interest law organization and gain exposure to the legal profession through guest lectures by prominent members of the New Orleans legal community.
HBCU’s included in this program are Dillard University, Xavier University of Louisiana, and Southern University at New Orleans. Loyola University College of Law and Tulane University College of Law will collaborate with the LEAD program to assist with law school admission workshops and other opportunities to expose the scholars to law school.
The program plans to accept 20 new HBCU scholars each year, with a total of 40 LEAD scholars over the course of two years.
For more information, please contact Adria Kimbrough, Dillard’s Pre-law Program advisor and LEAD Project Director, at 504.816.4367 or
AKimbrough@dillard.edu
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How to Support the Pre-Law Program
If you would like to support the Dillard University Pre-Law Program, please visit our donation page. Your contribution will help support Dillard students and our mission of diversifying the legal profession. We offer a range of donation amounts and frequencies, from one-time donations to recurring donations, to fit your budget.
To give you an idea of how your donation could be spent:
- $50.00 covers the cost for a student to participate in the Center for Public Interest and the Law Book Club and dinner discussions.
- $300.00 covers the cost for a student to participate in the University's Two-Day Intensive Law School Admissions Workshop.
- $400.00 covers the cost for one member of the Dillard University Mock Trial Team to attend the American Mock Trial Association Regional Competition.
- $450.00 covers the team registration fee for American Mock Trial Association Regional Competition.
- $550.00 covers the cost for LSAT Prep for a student in the LEAD LSAT Boot Camp.
- $1,000.00 covers the cost for a student to gain paid experience working with a public interest or nonprofit legal organization.
- $1,000.00 covers the cost for a student to attend a pre-law summer program sponsored by an ABA-approved law school.
- $8,126.00 covers a semester of tuition for a prospective or current pre-law student.
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About Dillard’s Center for Law and Public Interest Pre-Law Program
Dillard’s Center for Law and Public Interest Pre-Law Program is designed to prepare students interested in a career in law. Dillard’s Pre-Law program currently consists of a mock trial team, a LSAT boot camp, and in the field opportunities including workshops with attorneys and judges.
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