As law schools across the country face the possibility of decreased enrollment of first year law students, the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity (ICLEO) Fellowship program continues on a progressive path of growth. In early April 2013, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) reported 52,066 applicants to ABA-accredited law schools for the fall 2013 semester. While this represents a 15.9% decline in law school applicants from 2012, programming to ensure that racial minority, low-income, and other underrepresented students have the best opportunity to pursue a legal education if they so choose, remains critically important. Even as of 2010, the percentage of Black/African American and Hispanic students graduating from law schools remained well below their respective percentages of the U.S. population, according to 2010 population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Not only does this confirm the continued relevance of the ICLEO program, but also it reinforces the need for continued innovation and a solid strategic direction for ICLEO.
Early this year, Chief Justice Brent E. Dickson designated Justice Loretta H. Rush as the Supreme Court’s liaison to ICLEO and Chair of the ICLEO Advisory Committee. Under the leadership of Justice Rush, the ICLEO Advisory Committee will begin a long-range and strategic planning initiative this summer. This initiative will focus on reaffirming a long-term vision for ICLEO. Reassessing the vision for ICLEO in a changing environment is necessary to ensure continuity and long-term success of the program. The Advisory Committee will engage in a series of discussions in hopes of proposing an innovative plan for continued success.
2012 ICLEO Class
Congratulations to members of the 2012 ICLEO Fellowship Class, who are completing their first year of law school:
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
- Karlissa Boyd
- Young Cho
- Zachary Clapp
- Carlos Gonzalez
- Rhodena Jefferson
- Brian Prince II
- Elaina Streisel
- Christian Tate
- Felicia Waters
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Bianca Black
- Alicia Edwards
- Anthony Finnell, Jr.
- David Ford
- Jazmin Harris
Notre Dame Law School
- Joy Anderson
- Jae Kim
- Octavius Lamour
- Nicole Tewolde
Valparaiso University Law School
- Alfredo Estrada
- Victoria Feddeler
- Maurice Fulton
- Crystal Johnson
- Shekoda Lowe
- Michael McCulloch
- Melissa Velazco
2013 ICLEO Class
The 2013 ICLEO Fellowship Class will be announced soon.