Ways to Get Involved

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Ways you can get involved and support CLEO

Our mission is to inspire, motivate, and prepare students from underrepresented communities to succeed in law school and beyond, and we need your help!

Opportunities for Friends, Supporters and Alumni of CLEO

Network & Spread the Word

Encourage people in your networks to support CLEO! Please feel free to share our promotional materials with your networks, so that more people can learn about our history and the impact we’ve had on the lives of students and on the legal field over the past 56 years.

Shop the CLEO Swag Shop

Order something from our CLEO Merch shop and promote our CLEO Swag on your social media handles:

Visit CLEOInc.org/Shop

CLEO Alumni Discount: Use promo code "CLEOALUM" to receive 10% off any purchase in the CLEO Swag Shop "Alumnus" products category

Save the Date!

Save the Date! CLEO’s 2025 EDGE Honors Reception and Awards Program will take place on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at the Washington, D.C. office of Greenberg Traurig.

Click here to view the
CLEO EDGE Honors Reception & Awards Program site.

Please check back for more information about our EDGE event in the coming months.

Become an EDGE Honors Reception Sponsor

Please inform us if you or any individual, organization, firm or entity would like to become an EDGE Awards Event Sponsor.

Contact Julie Long, Vice President of Finance and Administration
Email: jlong@cleoinc.org for more information.

Opportunities for CLEO Alumni

Become a Mentor

Volunteer to be a mentor to a current CLEO Scholar. Contact Dominique Moss, Director of Law School Initiatives, dmoss@cleoinc.org

Mentors can support law students in revising their resumes and provide career guidance and advice
Mentors can make introductions and help their mentees with networking in the legal field

CLEO Connection Panelist (Volunteer)

If you’re in the Washington, D.C. area or willing to travel – Volunteer to serve on a CLEO Connection Panel. Complete the form below or contact Lynda Cevallos, Esq., Vice President of Academic Affairs, at lcevallos@cleoinc.org

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Enter your City, State

Employer/Organization*

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CLEO ALUMNI INFO

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Be Featured in our JD Report Alumni Spotlight

We’d love to hear your news and to know about all the great things that you have been up to. Please send us your professional updates and career highlights. In particular, please also touch on what CLEO means to you and how participating in our programming shaped your life or career path.

Share your stories with us through either a video or a written testimonial. Please note video specifications below:

- Cloud download links are the best way to send us the files (Please set access to public or all)
- Acceptable formats: High resolutions/large video format .MP4 .MOV (preferred)
- Written testimonials (accompanied by a headshot or photo)

*Please note that by submitting either a written or video testimonial, you are consenting to CLEO’s use of such information in our marketing materials, whether print or online, in perpetuity

Past issues of our JD Report can be accessed here: https://cleoinc.org/jd-report/.

Contact Dominique Moss, Director of Law School Initiatives, dmoss@cleoinc.org

Coordinate an Alumni Gathering

Volunteer to coordinate an Alumni regional gathering in your area. View our "Alumni Gathering Guide".

Take and share your pictures with us at cleo@cleoinc.org!

EDGE Honors Reception Volunteer

Become an EDGE Reception Volunteer! We would love to have your assistance in the following areas:

- Checking-in Guests on the day of the Reception
- Greeting Guests and Alumni
- Distributing name tags to Guests and Speakers
- Other day-of-event duties

Contact Julie Long, Vice President of Finance and Administration - Email: jlong@cleoinc.org for more information.

Share on Social Media

Follow us on social media. Please also spread the word about CLEO and our activities on your social media accounts. See our account handles below:

Have another way you’d like to get involved?

We’d love to hear your ideas!
Contact:
Julie D. Long, BS, CAP, PACE
Vice President of Finance and Administration
Email: jlong@cleoinc.org

The Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO) is a 501(c)(3) national non-profit organization founded in 1968 to expand opportunities for underrepresented students to attend law school.

2800 Eisenhower Ave. Ste 220-41
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (240) 582-8600
Email: cleo@cleoinc.org