Education

The CLEO EDGE Award Nominees for

EDUCATION
Hon. Alexander Acosta – U.S. Department of Labor
Cassandra Adams – Samford University Cumberland School of Law
Reyes Aguilar – University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law
Irnande Altema – Hofstra University College of Law
Rory Bahadur – Washburn University School of Law
Anthony R. Baldwin – Mercer University School of Law
Everett Bellamy – Georgetown University School of Law
*Dan Bernstein – Law School Admission Council
Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby – District of Columbia Court of Appeals
John Brittan – University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Heidi Brown – Brooklyn Law School
Krystal Brumfield – The Airport Minority Advisory Council
Zephia Bryant – Bryan Educational Leadership Group LLC
Alice Bullock – Howard University School of Law (ret.)
Arthur Louis Burnette – National African American Drug Policy Coalition
Margaret Burnham – Northeastern University School of Law
Paul Butler – Georgetown University Law Center
Devon Carbado – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Terisa E. Chaw – National Employment Lawyers Association
Sylvia Fung Chin – White & Case LLP International Law Firm
Art Chong – Altaba Inc. (formerly known as Yahoo! Inc.)
Aubrey Coleman – Alaska Airlines
Laura A. Cordero – District of Columbia Superior Court
Sandra Cox-McCarty – The University of Mississippi School of Law
Barry Currier – American Bar Association
Lindsey D.G. Dates – Barnes & Thornburg LLC
Angela Jordan Davis – American University Washington College of Law
Drew S. Days – Yale University (ret.)
Kevin Deasy – University of Pittsburgh School of Law
James Douglas – Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Olympia Duhart – Northern Virginia Community College
JoAnne Epps – Temple University School of Law
Dorie Evensen – Pennsylvania State University (ret.)
Annette Gordon-Reed – Harvard University
Nate Gozansky – Emory University School of Law (ret.)
Linda Greene – University of Wisconsin School of Law
Lani Guinier – Harvard University School of Law
David Hall – University of the Virgin Islands School of Law
Joan M. Haratani – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Global Law Firm
Cheryl Harris – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Wade Henderson – University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Irma D. Hererra – Equal Rights Advocates
Anita Hill – Brandeis University
Dannye Holley – Thurgood Marshall School of Law ret.)
Charles Holmes – Tougaloo College (ret.)
Jeanna Hunter – Northern Illinois University School of Law
Shirley Jefferson – Vermont Law School
Jan Jemison – LEOP, UC Hastings College of Law (ret.)
Chris Johnson – Center for Justice, Rights & Dignity
Dr. Deborah Johnson-Ross – BridgeEdu, Inc.
W.H. (Joe) Knight – Seattle University School of Law
Samer Korkor – University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Dr. Erin Lain – Drake University
DeWarren Langley – Charles Hamilton Houston Foundation Inc.
Charles R. Lawrence – Hawaii University School of Law
Bill Lann Lee – Advancement Project California
Hon. Gerald Bruce Lee – United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (ret.)
*Walter J. Leonard – Harvard Law School
Melissa Little – Blankingship Keith PC
Don H. Liu – Target Corporation
Francisco Lopez – CEP Global LLC
Myles Lynk – ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Richard Matasar – Tulane University
Mari J. Matsuda – Hawaii University School of Law
Gay McDougall – Fordham University School of Law
Danette E. Meyers – The State Bar of California
Veryl V. Miles – The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Hon. Vicki Miles La-Grange – United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Wes Moore – Robin Hood Foundation
Blake Morant – The George Washington University Law School
Malcolm Morris – Atlanta’s John Marshall School of Law
Frank Motley – Indiana University Maurer School of Law (ret.)
Cynthia Nance – University of Arkansas School of Law
Kim Norwood – Washington University St. Louis School of Law
James O’Neal – Legal Outreach, Inc.
Robert M. O’Neil – Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Charles Ogletree – Harvard School of Law
Ana Otero – – Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Sonji Patrick – LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Rachel Patterson – AccessLex
LeRoy Pernell – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University School of Law
Freddie Pitcher – Southern University Law Center (ret.)
Carla Pratt – Pennsylvania State University School of Law
Hon. Hiram E. Puig-Lugo – Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Michelle Rahman – University of Richmond School of Law
*Henry Ramsey – Howard University School of Law
Vernellia Randall – University of Dayton Ohio School of Law
Sarah Redfield – University of New Hampshire School of Law
Robert R. Rigsby – Superior Court of the District of Columbia
William Robinson – University of the District of Columbia School of Law
Leo M. Romero – University of New Mexico School of Law
Sandy Rosen – Rosen & Associates, P.C.
Kate Rosier – Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU
Kurt Schmoke – University of Baltimore School of Law
Michael Hunter Schwartz – University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Scott Seifert – United States Attorney’s Office
Dayrel Sewell – Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell, Pllc
Peter Shane – The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Philip Shelton – Washington University St. Louis School of Law
Dennis Shields – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Evette Simmons – Greenspoon Marder LLP
Nerissa Skillman – The Skillman Method LLC
*Hon. Alfred Slocum – Rutgers Law School
Beverly McCreary Smith – Touro College–Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (ret.)
Brandy Smith – Lincoln Financial Group
Dexter Smith – Campbell University School of Law
Hon. Doris Smith-Ribner – Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (ret.)
Michael States – The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Athornia Steele – Nova Southern University Shepard Broad Law Center (ret.)
*James Strazzella – Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law
Ruta Stropus – Katten Muchin Rosenman LP
Robert S. Summers – Cornell Law School (ret.)
Aaron Taylor – Saint Louis University School of Law
Charlotte Taylor – Charlotte Taylor, Speaker
Kellye Testy – Law School Admission Council
Anthony Thompson – New York University School of Law
Kim Taylor Thompson – New York University School of Law
Fatiah Touray – New York University
Leo Trujillo-Cox – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina – Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc
John Walton – Northern Illinois University School of Law
Hon. Eric T. Washington – District of Columbia Court of Appeals
*Louis Westerfield – The University of Mississippi School of Law
Frederic White – Texas A&M University School of Law
Gloria Whittico – Regent University School of Law
Hon. Ann C. Williams – Jones Day Law Firm
Sidney Williams – Central State University
David Wilmot – David W. Wilmot & Associates, Inc.
Peter Winograd – University of New Mexico School of Law
Lua Yuille – The University of Kansas School of Law
*Posthumously
Albany Law School
American University Washington College of law
Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of law
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law
DePaul University College of Law
Drake University Law School
Emory University School of Law
Florida International University College of Law
Fordham University School of Law
The George Washington University Law School
Georgetown University Law Center
Howard University School of Law
Liberty University School of Law
Marquette University Law School
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
New York Law School
Pace University School of Law
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Roger Williams University School of Law
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
St. Mary’s University School of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law
South Texas College of Law Houston
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Southern University Law Center
Stetson University College of Law
Suffolk University Law School
Syracuse University College of Law
Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
University of Arizona College of Law
University of California Davis School of Law
University of California Hastings College of the Law
The University of Chicago Law School
University of Colorado Law School
University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
University of Florida College of Law
University of Houston Law Center
University of Iowa College of Law
University of Iowa College of Law- Bridging the Gap
The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
The University of Mississippi School of Law
University of Missouri School of Law – Columbia
University of New Mexico School of Law
University of North Carolina School of Law
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
University of Richmond School of Law
The University of Texas School of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Touro College – Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Vermont Law School
University of Wisconsin Law School
AccessLex
Association of American Law Schools
Charles Hamilton Houston Program
City University of New York School of Law Pipeline to Justice Program
Griffon Prep
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois JD Mentor Program
Hispanic National Bar Foundation – Future Leaders Law Camp
Just the Beginning–A Pipeline Organization
Law School Admission Council – DiscoverLaw.org
Legal Outreach Inc.
Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
NALP – Street Law Legal Diversity Pipeline Program
National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms
Nashville Bar Association
National Association of Women Judges – Color of Justice
National Black Pre-Law Conference & Law Fair
NYC Bar Office of Diversity Pipeline Initiatives
Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program – PALS
The University of Kansas Project for Innocence & Post Conviction Remedies
SEO Career – Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
Street Law Program
The Critical Race Studies Program at UCLA School of Law
The Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell, PLLC
The Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP)
The Pipeline to Justice Program
University of Kansas Tribal Law and Government Center
Walmart Stores, Inc. Legal Department
Patricia and Paul Yetter Law School Preparation Institute
YouthJustice, Inc.
Individuals
Hon. Alexander Acosta – U.S. Department of Labor
Cassandra Adams – Samford University Cumberland School of Law
Reyes Aguilar – University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law
Irnande Altema – Hofstra University College of Law
Rory Bahadur – Washburn University School of Law
Anthony R. Baldwin – Mercer University School of Law
Everett Bellamy – Georgetown University School of Law
*Dan Bernstein – Law School Admission Council
Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby – District of Columbia Court of Appeals
John Brittan – University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Heidi Brown – Brooklyn Law School
Krystal Brumfield – The Airport Minority Advisory Council
Zephia Bryant – Bryan Educational Leadership Group LLC
Alice Bullock – Howard University School of Law (ret.)
Arthur Louis Burnette – National African American Drug Policy Coalition
Margaret Burnham – Northeastern University School of Law
Paul Butler – Georgetown University Law Center
Devon Carbado – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Terisa E. Chaw – National Employment Lawyers Association
Sylvia Fung Chin – White & Case LLP International Law Firm
Art Chong – Altaba Inc. (formerly known as Yahoo! Inc.)
Aubrey Coleman – Alaska Airlines
Laura A. Cordero – District of Columbia Superior Court
Sandra Cox-McCarty – The University of Mississippi School of Law
Barry Currier – American Bar Association
Lindsey D.G. Dates – Barnes & Thornburg LLC
Angela Jordan Davis – American University Washington College of Law
Drew S. Days – Yale University (ret.)
Kevin Deasy – University of Pittsburgh School of Law
James Douglas – Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Olympia Duhart – Northern Virginia Community College
JoAnne Epps – Temple University School of Law
Dorie Evensen – Pennsylvania State University (ret.)
Annette Gordon-Reed – Harvard University
Nate Gozansky – Emory University School of Law (ret.)
Linda Greene – University of Wisconsin School of Law
Lani Guinier – Harvard University School of Law
David Hall – University of the Virgin Islands School of Law
Joan M. Haratani – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Global Law Firm
Cheryl Harris – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Wade Henderson – University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Irma D. Hererra – Equal Rights Advocates
Anita Hill – Brandeis University
Dannye Holley – Thurgood Marshall School of Law ret.)
Charles Holmes – Tougaloo College (ret.)
Jeanna Hunter – Northern Illinois University School of Law
Shirley Jefferson – Vermont Law School
Jan Jemison – LEOP, UC Hastings College of Law (ret.)
Chris Johnson – Center for Justice, Rights & Dignity
Dr. Deborah Johnson-Ross – BridgeEdu, Inc.
W.H. (Joe) Knight – Seattle University School of Law
Samer Korkor – University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Dr. Erin Lain – Drake University
DeWarren Langley – Charles Hamilton Houston Foundation Inc.
Charles R. Lawrence – Hawaii University School of Law
Bill Lann Lee – Advancement Project California
Hon. Gerald Bruce Lee – United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (ret.)
*Walter J. Leonard – Harvard Law School
Melissa Little – Blankingship Keith PC
Don H. Liu – Target Corporation
Francisco Lopez – CEP Global LLC
Myles Lynk – ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Richard Matasar – Tulane University
Mari J. Matsuda – Hawaii University School of Law
Gay McDougall – Fordham University School of Law
Danette E. Meyers – The State Bar of California
Veryl V. Miles – The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Hon. Vicki Miles La-Grange – United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Wes Moore – Robin Hood Foundation
Blake Morant – The George Washington University Law School
Malcolm Morris – Atlanta’s John Marshall School of Law
Frank Motley – Indiana University Maurer School of Law (ret.)
Cynthia Nance – University of Arkansas School of Law
Kim Norwood – Washington University St. Louis School of Law
James O’Neal – Legal Outreach, Inc.
Robert M. O’Neil – Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Charles Ogletree – Harvard School of Law
Ana Otero – – Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Sonji Patrick – LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Rachel Patterson – AccessLex
LeRoy Pernell – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University School of Law
Freddie Pitcher – Southern University Law Center (ret.)
Carla Pratt – Pennsylvania State University School of Law
Hon. Hiram E. Puig-Lugo – Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Michelle Rahman – University of Richmond School of Law
*Henry Ramsey – Howard University School of Law
Vernellia Randall – University of Dayton Ohio School of Law
Sarah Redfield – University of New Hampshire School of Law
Robert R. Rigsby – Superior Court of the District of Columbia
William Robinson – University of the District of Columbia School of Law
Leo M. Romero – University of New Mexico School of Law
Sandy Rosen – Rosen & Associates, P.C.
Kate Rosier – Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU
Kurt Schmoke – University of Baltimore School of Law
Michael Hunter Schwartz – University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Scott Seifert – United States Attorney’s Office
Dayrel Sewell – Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell, Pllc
Peter Shane – The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Philip Shelton – Washington University St. Louis School of Law
Dennis Shields – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Evette Simmons – Greenspoon Marder LLP
Nerissa Skillman – The Skillman Method LLC
*Hon. Alfred Slocum – Rutgers Law School
Beverly McCreary Smith – Touro College–Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (ret.)
Brandy Smith – Lincoln Financial Group
Dexter Smith – Campbell University School of Law
Hon. Doris Smith-Ribner – Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (ret.)
Michael States – The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Athornia Steele – Nova Southern University Shepard Broad Law Center (ret.)
*James Strazzella – Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law
Ruta Stropus – Katten Muchin Rosenman LP
Robert S. Summers – Cornell Law School (ret.)
Aaron Taylor – Saint Louis University School of Law
Charlotte Taylor – Charlotte Taylor, Speaker
Kellye Testy – Law School Admission Council
Anthony Thompson – New York University School of Law
Kim Taylor Thompson – New York University School of Law
Fatiah Touray – New York University
Leo Trujillo-Cox – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina – Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc
John Walton – Northern Illinois University School of Law
Hon. Eric T. Washington – District of Columbia Court of Appeals
*Louis Westerfield – The University of Mississippi School of Law
Frederic White – Texas A&M University School of Law
Gloria Whittico – Regent University School of Law
Hon. Ann C. Williams – Jones Day Law Firm
Sidney Williams – Central State University
David Wilmot – David W. Wilmot & Associates, Inc.
Peter Winograd – University of New Mexico School of Law
Lua Yuille – The University of Kansas School of Law
*Posthumously
Law Schools
Albany Law School
American University Washington College of law
Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of law
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law
DePaul University College of Law
Drake University Law School
Emory University School of Law
Florida International University College of Law
Fordham University School of Law
The George Washington University Law School
Georgetown University Law Center
Howard University School of Law
Liberty University School of Law
Marquette University Law School
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
New York Law School
Pace University School of Law
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Roger Williams University School of Law
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
St. Mary’s University School of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law
South Texas College of Law Houston
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Southern University Law Center
Stetson University College of Law
Suffolk University Law School
Syracuse University College of Law
Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
University of Arizona College of Law
University of California Davis School of Law
University of California Hastings College of the Law
The University of Chicago Law School
University of Colorado Law School
University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
University of Florida College of Law
University of Houston Law Center
University of Iowa College of Law
University of Iowa College of Law- Bridging the Gap
The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
The University of Mississippi School of Law
University of Missouri School of Law – Columbia
University of New Mexico School of Law
University of North Carolina School of Law
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
University of Richmond School of Law
The University of Texas School of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Touro College – Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Vermont Law School
University of Wisconsin Law School
Organizations
AccessLex
Association of American Law Schools
Charles Hamilton Houston Program
City University of New York School of Law Pipeline to Justice Program
Griffon Prep
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois JD Mentor Program
Hispanic National Bar Foundation – Future Leaders Law Camp
Just the Beginning–A Pipeline Organization
Law School Admission Council – DiscoverLaw.org
Legal Outreach Inc.
Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
NALP – Street Law Legal Diversity Pipeline Program
National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms
Nashville Bar Association
National Association of Women Judges – Color of Justice
National Black Pre-Law Conference & Law Fair
NYC Bar Office of Diversity Pipeline Initiatives
Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program – PALS
The University of Kansas Project for Innocence & Post Conviction Remedies
SEO Career – Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
Street Law Program
The Critical Race Studies Program at UCLA School of Law
The Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell, PLLC
The Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP)
The Pipeline to Justice Program
University of Kansas Tribal Law and Government Center
Walmart Stores, Inc. Legal Department
Patricia and Paul Yetter Law School Preparation Institute
YouthJustice, Inc.