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“$2,946,000 for Thurgood Marshall Legal Education Opportunity Program”

Sponsors:  

Citizen Contributed Data (100% Complete)

Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC
20005
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
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Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
In 1968 the Council on Legal Education Opportunity was founded as a non-profit project of the ABA Fund for Justice and Education to expand opportunities for minority and low-income students to attend law school. In 1998, Congress passed the Higher Education Amendments Act, creating the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program, which is administered by the Council on Legal Education Opportunity.
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
Yes
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
Yes
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
No
Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
No
Does a sponsoring member take credit? 
No
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
Yes
URL of Lobbying Data from OpenSecrets  Research contributed by:
jpapanikol


Comments, notes, additional research...

jpapanikol wrote:

The Council on Legal Education Opportunity is actually an arm of the American Bar Association.

posted September 25, 2007 at 3:54 p.m.

lyncstar wrote:

Sounds like a worthy program to me. We need more folks of color in the legal profession. The penny this program cost me is a penny well spent.

posted November 14, 2007 at 12:39 p.m.



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