The Summer Prep Program is a three-week educational experience
taking place in June of each year. Pursuant to this Summer Prep
Program, the Ronald Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development partnered with the following undergraduate schools:
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY
Department of Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies - Medgar Evers College/CUNY
- St. John’s University
- York College/CUNY
Through a rigorous selection process, each undergraduate college
selects no more than ten students for the Summer
Prep Program.
Goal of the Summer Prep Program
The goal of the program is to reach out to students from
disadvantaged backgrounds who are often the first members of their
family to attend college and encourage them to pursue the study of
law. By reaching out to these students after their sophomore year,
they receive information that will help them plan their activities,
courses, and LSAT preparation so they will be more successful
applicants. The Summer Prep Program is designed to increase
qualified applications of college students from disadvantaged
backgrounds attending four participating undergraduate
colleges.
The feedback that we received from the students enrolled in the
2005 Summer Prep Program was almost unanimously positive. Dean Mary
C. Daly’s calls the 2005 Summer Prep Program a “ resounding
success”.
In the Evaluation form, one student wrote:
“Today, I feel richer because of all the knowledge I obtained in
this program. From now till the day I graduate I will work
extremely hard to improve my reading and writing skills to be
competitive when it comes to applying to law school.”
Another student wrote:
“What I liked most about the program was the atmosphere of the
course and the work load. I really felt like a law student
attending my first days of law school. And it is because of this
summer prep program I am reassured that the studying of law will be
part of my future.”
Eligibility
Each student must attend one of the above-mentioned
participating undergraduate colleges and completed 45 college
credits, but no more than 75 credits, must have attained a grade
point average of 3.0 or better, have a genuine interest in pursuing
a law degree, and be either a low income and first generation
college student or a member of a group underrepresented in law
schools. Each participating undergraduate college has the sole
discretion of which students are selected into the Summer Prep
Program based on the above criteria.
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