Minority Law Student Recruitment Event to be Held at University of Richmond School of Law
February 14, 2002
The University of Richmond School of Law will host a program for minority students interested in enrolling in law school.
"Each One-Reach One" will be held at the law school Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. The three-hour program will feature discussions by local attorneys and law school faculty and staff. A "Cultural Extravaganza" will follow from 1-4 p.m., with food, music, art and historical information.
The events will mark National Minority Law Student Recruitment Month, according to Jacqueline McClenney-Neal, president of the university's Black Law Students Association.
The program "comes on the heels of setbacks to affirmative action in major states like California and Texas that have vastly reduced minority representation in entering law school classes," McClenney-Neal said. "The negativity generated by recent news about affirmative action cannot be allowed to foster a perception that law schools have closed their doors to people of color. Legal education is too important to the rights of all Americans to allow this misconception to exist."
She said her organization's event and others like it are designed "to make people of color feel welcome at our law schools."
The programs are free. For further information, call (804) 289-8189.