UTSA Downtown Campus
Institute for Law and Public Affairs begins summer academy
(May 30, 2003)--The UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs opens its second Summer Law School Preparation Academy (SLSPA) in a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. June 2 in the Sam Riklin Auditorium (Room 1.406) at the Downtown Campus Frio Street Building.
Speakers participating throughout the day include Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Susan Reed; Dean William C. Powers Jr., University of Texas School of Law; U.S. Circuit Judge Edward C. Prado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Judicial Circuit; and Chief Justice Alma L. Lopez, 4th Court of Appeals, State of Texas.
UTSA partnered with the UT School of Law in the design and implementation of the academy, which is coordinated by Richard Gambitta, institute director and chair of the UTSA Department of Political Science and Geography.
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 an 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.
For more information, call (210) 458-2990.
Read more about the UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs (July 17, 2001 UTSA Today article).
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