Discussions on diversifying the pathway to law school

On Jan. 23, Dean Renee McDonald Hutchins of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law visited UMES to discuss legal education and pathways for student acceptance into the law school. Dean Hutchins met with Dean Marshall Stevenson Jr. (UMES’ School of Education, Social Sciences, and the Arts), Dr. Robert Brown, Chairperson of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences and Dr. Leesa Thomas Banks, Chairperson of the Department of Business (and a lawyer). Together they strategized on several initiatives set to begin spring semester 2023 that will lay the groundwork for serious collaboration. Carey Law School is one of 60 law schools that are early adopters participating in the Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) “Law Ready” Program, which UMES was one of four pilot institutions that helped design the program to enhance a new pathway to diversify law school admission.