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CLEO EDGE Honorees

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Individuals

Hon. Alexander Acosta
Reyes Aguilar
Everett Bellamy
Dan Bernstein*
Alice Bullock
Terisa E. Chaw
Sandra Cox-McCarty
Angela Jordan Davis
James Douglas
Lani Guinier
Anita Hill
Charles Holmes
Jan Jemison
W.H. (Joe) Knight
Hon. Gerald Bruce Lee
Don H. Liu
Gay McDougall
Charles Ogletree
Ana Otero
Sonji Patrick
LeRoy Pernell
Hon. Freddie Pitcher, Jr.
Vernellia Randall
Kate Rosier
Hon. Kurt Schmoke
Michael Hunter Schwartz
Dennis J. Shields
Nerissa Skillman
James Strazzella*
Leo Trujillo-Cox

Law Schools

Brigham Young University – J. Reuben Clark Law School
University of California Davis School of Law
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Fordham University School of Law
Howard University School of Law
University of Iowa College of the Law (Bridging the Gap)
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
New York Law School
South Texas College of Law Houston
Southern University Law Center

Organizations

AccessLex Institute
Charles Hamilton Houston Program
City University of New York School of Law – Pipeline to Justice Program
Griffon Prep
Hispanic National Bar Foundation – Future Leaders Law Camp
Just The Beginning – A Pipeline Organization
Law School Admission Council – DiscoverLaw.org
Legal Outreach, Inc.
NALP – Street Law Legal Diversity Pipeline Program
National Black Pre-Law Conference & Law Fair

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Individuals

Hon. Mari Carmen Aponte
Hon. Dennis Archer
Ruthe Ashley
Jay Austin
Paulette Brown
Stephen G. Brown
Hon. Laura A. Cordero
John Crump
Hon. David Delgado
Wade Henderson
Tanya Holcomb
Shirley Jefferson
Lisa Parlato LeDonne
Kent Lollis
Michele Coleman Mayes
Roderick A. Palmore
Rachel Patrick
Hon. Hiram E. Puig-Lugo
Arin Reeves
Veta Richardson
Peter Shane
Tracy Simmons
Brad Smith
Michael J. States, J.D.
Dr. Walter Sutton
Sondra Tennessee
Moises (Moe) Vela, Jr.
Benjamin F. Wilson
Frank Wu
Sandra Yamate

Organizations

Alaska Court System Color of Justice
Annual Meeting of Law School Diversity Professionals  (AMLSDP)
Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
Legal Prep Charter Academy
Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
National Bar Institute (NBI)
National Native American Bar Association (NNABA)
New York City Bar Diversity Committee
Pre-Law Advisors National Council (PLANC)
Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)
University Prelaw Program (University at Texas El Paso)
Walmart, Inc. Legal Department

Law Schools

American University – Washington College of Law
University of the District of Columbia –  David A. Clarke School of Law
The University of Mississippi School of Law
University of Missouri School of Law – Columbia
Texas Southern University –  Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law

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Individuals

Barbara Arnwine
Hon. Nanette Barragan
William (“Buddy”) Blakey*
Cyndie Chang
Morris Dees
Fatima Goss Graves
Vanita Gupta
Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Sunny Hostin
Broderick Johnson
Elaine R. Jones
Erin Lain
Bill Lann Lee
Hannah Lieberman
Hon. Marilyn Mosby
Hon. Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Hon. Deval L. Patrick
Tom Perez
Hon. Cleo E. Powell
Bryan Stevenson
Kellye Testy

Organizations

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Center for Asian Pacific American Women
Corporate Counsel Women of Color
Equal Justice Works
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Maryland Legal Aid
Mexican American Legal Defense and  Educational Fund
National Association for the Advancement of  Colored People (NAACP)
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
National Association of Minority & Women Owned  Law Firms
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
Native American Rights Fund
Street Law, Inc.
TRIALS
Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP

Law Schools

Albany Law School
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law
University of Houston Law Center
Liberty University School of Law
Marquette University Law School
The University of Michigan Law School
The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz  College of Law
Southern Methodist University Dedman  School of Law
The University of Texas School of Law
Vermont Law School
University of Wisconsin Law School

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Individuals

Derrick Bell*
Mike DeVito
Nate Gozansky
Steve Huber
Melvin Kennedy*
Walter Leonard*
Robert O’Neil
Leo M. Romero
Sandy Rosen
Frank E.A. Sander*
Robert S. Summers
Peter Winograd

Organizations

American Bar Association
Association of American Law Schools
Law School Admission Council
National Bar Association

Law Schools

Emory University School of Law
Harvard Law School
UCLA School of Law
University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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*Posthumously