Established 1968

Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)

52 Years of Championing
Education, Diversity, and Greater Equality
in the Legal Profession

Founded in 1968 when the number of lawyers of color was less than one percent, the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) has worked to increase the number of lawyers from diverse backgrounds for the last half century. Although best known for its Pre-Law Summer Institute “boot camp,” CLEO provides services to high school, pre-law, and law school students which include mentoring, placement assistance, academic counseling and support, scholarships, and bar prep orientation. CLEO has produced more than 10,000 alumni who have excelled in every area of the legal profession to include judges, corporate attorneys, law school deans and professors, practitioners, politicians, and more.

2020 EDGE Honors Reception Committee

Robin Nunn

Chair

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Samantha Ahuja

Greenberg Traurig

Elizabeth Campbell

Campbell Soup Company

Darryl Franklin

HMSHost

Sammy Hooda

Marinosci & Baxter | Marinosci Law Group

Ron Jordan

Carter-White & Shaw

Wilhelm Joseph

Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. (Maryland Legal Aid)

Brandy Smith

Lincoln Financial Group

Other Prospective Committee Members

ACADEMIA

Danielle Holley-Walker

Howard University School of Law

Shon Hopwood

Georgetown Law Center

Regina Jefferson

Catholic University of America – CSL

William Treanor

Georgetown Law Center

PRIVATE SECTOR

Regina Dillard

State Farm Insurance – National Bar Institute

Kevyn Orr

Jones Day

Anthony Pierce

Akin Gump

Bill Robinson

GEICO

NON-PROFIT/NGO

Kent Lollis

Law School Admission Council

Susan Hoffman

DC Bar Association (Pres.-Elect) – Crowell & Moring

Moses Cook

DC Law Students in Court

Alba Cruz-Hacker

Hispanic National Bar Association

CLEO Board of Directors

ARTHUR G. AFFLECK, III

AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS

ANGELA BIRCH-COX (Immediate Past Chair)

HOUSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC.

ELIZABETH A. CAMPBELL (Chair)

CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY

DARRYL L. FRANKLIN

HMSHOST

PHYLLIS P. HARRIS

AMERICAN RED CROSS

HAROLD HENDERSON

NFL PLAYER CARE FOUNDATION

MALCOLM L. MORRIS

DEAN EMERITUS AND PROFESSOR OF LAW

THE HONORABLE DENISE OWENS

FIFTH CHANCERY COURT, MISSISSIPPI

YANERIS M. ROSA

WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (WWE)

PAMELA V. ROTHENBERG

WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE

ZOHRA TEJANI

TONG TEJANI PLLC

CLEO Advisory Council

SAMANTHA AHUJA

GREENBERG TRAURIG

SAMMY HOODA

MARINOSCI & BAXTER | MARINOSCI LAW GROUP

RON JORDAN

CARTER-WHITE & SHAW

WILHELM JOSEPH, JR.

LEGAL AID BUREAU, INC. – MARYLAND LEGAL AID

ROBIN NUNN

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

BRANDY SMITH

LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP

ELKE SUBER

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

CLEO Staff

CASSANDRA SNEED OGDEN

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

LEIGH R. ALLEN II

VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT

LYNDA CEVALLOS

DIRECTOR, PRELAW EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

BERNETTA HAYES

DIRECTOR, PRELAW PROGRAM OPERATIONS

JULIE D. LONG

DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Thank you to our event sponsors:

Reflections from our 2020 CLEO EDGE Honorees

I very much appreciate the honor and the outstanding work CLEO does on behalf of the legal community!

Reyes Aguilar

Associate Dean, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law

We are honored to be an inaugural CLEO EDGE Honoree in the area of Diversity. We also congratulate CLEO on celebrating its 50thAnniversary of brining greater diversity to the legal profession!

Brent McCune, M.S., J.D.

Patricia and Paul Yetter Law School Preparation Institute, The University of Texas at El Paso

We are honored to be an inaugural CLEO EDGE Honoree in the area of Diversity. We also congratulate CLEO on celebrating its 50thAnniversary of brining greater diversity to the legal profession!

Roderick (“Rick”) Palmore

Senior Counsel, Dentons US, LLP

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Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc.

Established 1968

Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)

52 Years of ChampioningEducation, Diversity, and Greater Equality in the Legal Profession

2020 EDGE Honors Reception Committee

Robin Nunn

Samantha Ahuja

Elizabeth Campbell

Darryl Franklin

Sammy Hooda

Ron Jordan

Wilhelm Joseph

Brandy Smith

Other Prospective Committee Members

ACADEMIA

Danielle Holley-Walker

Shon Hopwood

Regina Jefferson

William Treanor

PRIVATE SECTOR

Regina Dillard

Kevyn Orr

Anthony Pierce

Bill Robinson

NON-PROFIT/NGO

Kent Lollis

Susan Hoffman

Moses Cook

Alba Cruz-Hacker

CLEO Board of Directors

ARTHUR G. AFFLECK, III

ANGELA BIRCH-COX (Immediate Past Chair)

ELIZABETH A. CAMPBELL (Chair)

DARRYL L. FRANKLIN

PHYLLIS P. HARRIS

HAROLD HENDERSON

MALCOLM L. MORRIS

THE HONORABLE DENISE OWENS

YANERIS M. ROSA

PAMELA V. ROTHENBERG

ZOHRA TEJANI

CLEO Advisory Council

SAMANTHA AHUJA

SAMMY HOODA

RON JORDAN

WILHELM JOSEPH, JR.

ROBIN NUNN

BRANDY SMITH

ELKE SUBER

CLEO Staff

CASSANDRA SNEED OGDEN

LEIGH R. ALLEN II

LYNDA CEVALLOS

BERNETTA HAYES

JULIE D. LONG

Reflections from our 2020 CLEO EDGE Honorees

Reyes Aguilar

Brent McCune, M.S., J.D.

Roderick (“Rick”) Palmore

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52 Years of Championing
Education, Diversity, and Greater Equality
in the Legal Profession

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