At left, UT School of Law Dean William Powers chats with UTSA students
in the first summer law school preparation academy of the UTSA Institute for
Law and Public Affairs (ILPA), which convened this week at the Downtown Campus.
Powers was one of several attorneys, judges, lawmakers, UTSA faculty and faculty
from the UT School of Law to address academy students during a daylong opening
and orientation. On behalf of the UT School of Law, Powers also presented
the institute with $10,000 for student support. Center photo,
Bexar County Judge Bill White (left) joins Texas State Representative Trey
Martinez-Fischer, a graduate of both UTSA and the UT School of Law. At
right, Gretchen Harting, UTSA's first Truman scholar (right), chats with
Richard Gambitta, ILPA director, at a reception following the first day of
the academy.
UTSA law institute launches law school preparation academy
(June 6, 2002)--This week, the Institute for Law and Public Affairs Inaugural summer law school preparation academy convened at the Downtown Campus. UTSA partnered with the UT School of Law in the design and implementation of the academy, which is being coordinated by Richard Gambitta, institute director and chair of political science and geography at UTSA.
The summer academy is a key component in the institute's mission of providing a premier pre-law program that will increase the number of South Texas students who secure admission to and excel in high-quality law schoolst. The UTSA program will also serve as a model for other public universities, especially those with high minority enrollments.
UTSA has a majority of minority students and is designated as a Hispanic serving institution. Because of the severe under-representation of Hispanics in the Texas and American Bar associations, UTSA's demographics provide a unique opportunity to increase the corps of highly educated and intensely trained students entering law schools throughout Texas and the U.S.
Read more about the creation of the UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs.
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