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CLEO ALUMNA CONGRESSWOMAN NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGÁN IS GREATER EQUALITY HONOREE AND SPEAKER AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA ON NOVEMBER 15
CLEO ALUMNA CONGRESSWOMAN NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGÁN IS GREATER EQUALITY HONOREE AND SPEAKER AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA ON NOVEMBER 15 October 17, 2018 Posted by: cleowww Category: #CLEOAT50, EVENTS, PRESS, No Comments FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CLEO ALUMNA CONGRESSWOMAN NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGÁN IS GREATER EQUALITY HONOREE AND SPEAKER AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA ON NOVEMBER 15 Largo, MD [...]
CLEO Announces CLEO EDGE Award Honorees for Greater Equality

Honorees for the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc.’s CLEO EDGE Award for Greater Equality were announced today. This is CLEO’s final honor in three categories of accolades. The first two categories were Education and Diversity. The 50-year old organization will shine a spotlight on these individuals, law schools, and organizations that have impacted legal education, the legal profession, and society at its Awards Gala on November 15, 2018, at The Ritz Carlton Washington, DC, where Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. will receive CLEO’s inaugural CLEO EDGE Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Heritage Award.

Presidential Advisor to Obama and Clinton, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. to be Honored by CLEO To Receive Inaugural CLEO EDGE Heritage Award

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., advisor to presidents, noted civil rights leader/activist, attorney, businessman, and a board member to several Fortune 500 companies has been named the inaugural recipient of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc.’s CLEO EDGE Heritage Award. Hereafter, the award will be named the “CLEO EDGE Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Heritage Award” to commemorate his lifetime achievements. The Award will honor a person who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in Education, Diversity, and Greater Equality in the legal profession and society.

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Carlton D. Watson

Associate Attorney at Vandeveer Garzia, PC / CLEO 2010

CLEO fully prepared me to excel in law school and in the legal profession by providing me with invaluable tools, numerous employment opportunities, by way of interviews, and by expanding my professional network.

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California Attorney General’s Office / CLEO 2010

CLEO helped me solidify my commitment to a career in public service as an attorney and showed me I was able to become the attorney I wanted to be through hard work and perseverance.

Adrian Contreras

SOL, Deputy Attorney General / CLEO 2006

CLEO helped me understand what to expect from law school, what resources were available at the law school, how law school exams were structured, and which publications were good supplementary study guides.

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Miami-Dade County Judge / CLEO 1992

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LAW STUDENT SCHOLAR

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University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (2011) / Principal Attorney of Edmund Vincent

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