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Welcome to our Inaugural The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) JD Report where we will share tips on how to prepare for and succeed in law school. Get legal profession insights from our CLEO alumni, and get to know our Partners-In-Law: law schools who are making a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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The Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO)
is a 501(c)(3) national non-profit organization that was founded in 1968 to expand opportunities for minority and low-income students to attend law school. Since its inception, more than 25,000 students have participated in CLEO's programs and joined the legal profession.
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Secrets of a Law Student’s success & how CLEO can help YOU!
Monica Ontiveros
Law Student
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Q1. What was your course of study in college at the University of California, Riverside?
I studied Psychology at the University of California, Riverside.
Q2. How did you become interested in pursuing law?
When I took a course during my undergrad career called “psych and law.” After that, I decided I wanted to intern at a firm to see if I liked law. After interning at an immigration law firm for six months, I decided that this is what I wanted to do.
Q3. What steps did you take to prepare for law school?
Before law school, I took a year and a half off. During that time, I worked two jobs and I felt I had no time to socialize. It turned out that it was the best decision [for me] to take time off before going to law school and work. I say this because law school can be tough in the sense that it is a job and requires discipline. So, discipline helped me prepare for law school and its demands.
Q4. How did you find out about CLEO?
I heard about CLEO through my supervisor, Charles Walker, at the City of Temecula.
Q5. What benefits did you receive by participating in the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute?
I received a scholarship for books and a generous scholarship packet from the law school that I attended because of CLEO.
Q6. What helped you cope with the stress of law school?
Exercise and being disciplined on a schedule. Have fun but be on schedule and prioritize.
Q7. After law school, what are your legal career plans?
I currently got a job working at an immigration law firm in Seattle, Washington.
Q8. Do you volunteer with any legal organizations?
I did volunteer in legal organizations when I was a part of the Latino/a Law Caucus by partnering up with Northwest Justice Project and Northwest Immigrants’ Rights Project. We gave presentations regarding Constitutional Rights.
Q9. Do you have any advice for future lawyers?
Keep your head up, learn as much as you can, always ask for help, and keep going forward no matter what.
Q10. What is your favorite motivational quote?
“Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don’t strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt.”
Q11. Anything else you’d like to add?
Work hard and stay humble.
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Four law students – Wendy, Xavian, Yael, and Zane – were really feeling a bit lonely and stressed during their semester. Fortunately, their local animal shelter had the perfect solution: four cute puppies up for adoption. Each puppy knew exactly one trick – either begging, sitting, playing dead, or rolling over – and each puppy knew a different trick. After seeing the puppies’ cute tricks, each law student adopted one of the four puppies, bestowing it with a cute new name: Chip, Daisy, Fluffy, or Honey. From the following clues, can you determine each puppy’s name and trick as well as the law student who adopted it?
Clue 1: In the picture above, the puppy named Fluffy is immediately to the left of the puppy named Honey, but the puppy named Daisy is not next to the puppy named Chip.
Clue 2: The puppy that knows how to sit on command is not Honey nor does it eat from the turquoise bowl.
Clue 3: The puppy eating from the red bowl knows how to beg on command and was adopted by Wendy.
Clue 4: Neither Chip nor Honey knows how to play dead on command.
Clue 5: Xavian’s puppy, who does not know how to roll over on command, is not next to Zane’s puppy in the picture above.
Solution: Pictured from left to right – Daisy, who knows how to play dead and was adopted by Xavian; Fluffy, who knows how to sit and was adopted by Yael; Honey, who knows how to roll over and was adopted by Zane; Chip, who knows how to beg and was adopted by Wendy.
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