AccessLex Institute® Celebrates Momentum and Impact of Grant Programs for 2024-25 Academic Year

WEST CHESTER, Pa., July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AccessLex Institute^®, the largest nonprofit organization in legal education, is proud to celebrate the continued momentum of its grant programs. Since 2014, AccessLex has awarded over $26.4 million to initiatives and efforts centered on the empirical study of legal education and the legal profession. Over $2.6 millionhas been awarded in the past year alone. 

Awards are made through the Diversity Pathway Intervention Grant Program, the Bar Success Intervention Grant Program, the Bar Success Research Grant Program, the Directed Grants Program, and the Admission Innovation Project.

Notable grantees from the past year include the Equity Accelerator, which developed and tested an intervention designed to help bar exam-takers adaptively embrace challenges associated with preparing for the exam. The intervention was shown to increase chances of bar exam passage. 

Another grant supported the establishment of the Association of Law School Diversity Professionals, an organization that provides professional development and community-building opportunities to legal educators committed to inclusive student success.

Additionally, a grant to the Penn State Dickinson Law School supported a three day, in-person convening for legal educators on the topic of fostering antiracism in law schools. The grant is also supporting the development of a three-week program and a book series on antiracist institution-building.

"AccessLex is firmly committed to advancing the field of research on law schools. This commitment flows from our mission of empowering the next generation of lawyers," said Aaron N. Taylor, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence®. "Our grants support important and actionable research that enhances the collective knowledge base and informs new approaches and needed reforms. We are proud of the positive impacts our grants have already made and are excited about how they will help shape legal education into the future."

Learn more about AccessLex Institute's grant programs here. 

About AccessLex Institute: 

AccessLex Institute is a nonprofit organization committed to helping talented, purpose-driven students find their path from aspiring lawyer to fulfilled professional. In partnership with its nearly 200 member law schools, improving access and positively influencing legal education have been at the heart of the Company's mission since 1983. Learn more about how AccessLex is empowering the next generation of lawyers at AccessLex.org. 

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