For Future Black Law Students: Information and Support Network is an informational website created especially for African Americans interested in pursuing a legal education. It is an invaluable resource for any prospective law student! 

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Join the first national Black pre-law organization - THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE BLACK LAW STUDENTS (NAFBLS)! NAFBLS is an information-sharing, networking and support group for prospective law students that is open to college students, graduate students, graduates and working professionals wanting to make a career transition into the field of law.

MOTTO: "Encouraging, Supporting and Empowering Future Law Students of African Descent; Enriching and Diversifying American Law Schools"

Join us in Dallas, Texas for

THE SECOND ANNUAL NATIONAL BLACK PRE-LAW ADMISSIONS & PREPARATION CONFERENCE AND

LAW FAIR 2006!!!

Who: Prospective law students, Multicultural Affairs administrators, Pre-law advisors

Where:Paul Quinn College, Dallas, Texas

When: Friday, September 8, 2006 (Other activities throughout the weekend)

What Time: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. +

For more information, check out www.blackprelawconference.com

Our 2005 event took place at the University of Houston and was co-sponsored by the University of Houston's Eta Lambda Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.   We also partnered with HBCUConnect.com.  Thanks to your support and help getting the word out, it was a very successful event!  But we're taking it to the next level in 2006.  Please plan to attend!

If

by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you

But make allowance for their doubting too,

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnnigs

And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings -- nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much,

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And  -- which is more -- you'll be a Man, my son!

Legal Eagles

(Early Awareness & Guidance for Legal Education Sessions)

Pre-Law Institute/Day Camp for

Minority High School Students

2005

Program Description:

The LEGAL E.A.G.L.E.S. Pre-Law Institute for Minority High School Students is an information-packed, motivational, highly interactive day-long early awareness institute/day camp designed especially for underrepresented minority and socially, educationally or economically disadvantaged high school students who could greatly benefit from receiving early access to critical information regarding law school and the legal profession.  It is designed especially for those students who are now thinking about going to law school in the future but who may not have any lawyers in their families or know anyone who has successfully gone through the process.  Houston-area law students and lawyers, many from similar backgrounds, will lead workshops where they will share their stories and impart information on the great importance of doing well in school now to build up a strong study habits and a fierce work ethic, making the most of college, the realities of pursuing law school admission, the challenges of getting through the law school experience, what is required for admission to the bar, and the different career options available for law graduates.  Informational workshops and a reception are all being planned for selected participants.

When:             To Be Announced (TBA).

Where:           To Be Announced (TBA).

Application Process:

Interested students should submit: the completed application form, including a one-page interest statement/short essay addressing why you are interested in participating in the program and reasons why you are considering the pursuit of law school/becoming a lawyer for your future. 

To request an application package, please send an e-mail to Evangeline M. Mitchell, Esq. at prelawinstitute@forfutureblacklawstudents.com.  Completed applications may be sent by mail at Attn: Evangeline M. Mitchell, LEGAL EAGLES Pre-Law Institute/Day Camp for Minority High School Students, P.O. Box 631234, Houston, Texas 77263, or via e-mail at the address provided above.

The number of students who can participate in the Institute is limited.  Therefore, acceptance will be on a first-come, first-served basis.  Interested students should apply as soon as possible to reserve their space!  This is an opportunity our young people can’t afford to miss!!!

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 

SOME OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES FOR SUCCESS!!!

“The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.  Hard work is the price we must pay for success.  I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.”

 – Vince Lombardi

Legendary Coach of the Green Bay Packers

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

- Calvin Coolidge

30th President of the United States of America

"There are no secrets to success - don't waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence."

- Colin Powell

United States Secretary of State

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."

- Booker T. Washington

Leader, Educator & Founder of Tuskegee University

“The longer I live, the more deeply I’m convinced that the difference between the successful person and the failure, between the strong and weak, is a decision.” 

- Willie E. Gary

Multi-Millionaire Attorney and Philanthropist

"There’s no free lunch.  Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for."

- Marian Wright Edelman

Founder & President of the Children’s Defense Fund

“Show me someone content with mediocrity, and I’ll show you somebody destined for failure.”

- Johnetta Cole

President of Spelman College & President of Bennett College

“The way to be successful is through preparation.  It doesn’t just happen.  You don’t wake up one day and discover you’re a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player.  It takes time.”

- Alan Page

NFL Hall of Famer & Minnesota Supreme Court Justice

“Each of us must earn our own existence.  And how does anyone earn anything?  Through perseverance, hard work, and desire.”

- Thurgood Marshall

United States Supreme Court Justice

"I really don't think life is about the ‘I-could-have-beens.’  Life is only about the ‘I-tried-to-do.’  I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try."

- Nikki Giovanni

Poet & Activist

“It is not your environment, it is you – the quality of your minds, the integrity of your souls and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your lives.”

- Dr. Benjamin E. Mays

President of Morehouse College

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

- Muhammad Ali

World-Renowned Boxing Champion

“All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish in life is a direct result of the images you hold in your mind.”

- Hortense Golden Canady

Community Activist, President, Delta Sigma Theta National Service Sorority & Michigan Women’s Hall of Famer

“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining.  You make progress by implementing ideas.”

- Shirley Chisholm

United States Congresswoman (Democrat – New York)

“The haves and have nots can often be traced to the ‘dids and didn’t dos.’”

- William Raspberry

Washington Post Columnist & Pulitzer Prize Winner

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SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

Not Beyond Your Reach: Law School Admissions Help Empowerment Workshop
(An Intensive, Interactive, Information-Packed Workshop Experience for Future Law Students)

(Specially designed for high school seniors and freshman and sophomore college students - all others welcome)

 

Workshop Description:

The Not Beyond Your Reach: Law School Admissions Help Empowerment Workshop - An Intensive, Interactive and Information-Packed Workshop Experience for Future Law Students is designed to assist prospective law school applicants to feel empowered regarding the law school admissions process through going step-by-step through the application and what happens in the application process in order to equip them with the necessary tools to successfully navigate it. This workshop is targeted especially toward high school seniors and college students in their freshman and sophomore years who can most benefit from having some type of control over their future chances for getting into law school and creating a strategic plan to assist them in achieving acceptances. Others can also benefit from this workshop as well.

Through participation, those attending will leave having thought through and talked through their reasons for wanting to go to law school, what is required to have a decent chance of gaining acceptance, how to choose a law school, finance a legal education, what law school will be like and the demands required, what career options are available for those holding a J.D. degree and what resources are out there to assist them.

This will all be done in a supportive environment with the goal of participants creating contacts with fellow future law school students so that they can assist and encourage each other throughout the application process, which is also a critical component - not having to go through it alone.

There may also be opportunities to meet and speak with current law students and practicing and non-practicing lawyers.

Workshops/Seminars can be arranged for groups, clubs or organizations and can be tailored to meet certain time constraints and other needs.

What did you like most about the workshop? General comments.

“The interactive admissions panel game. . . . Keep up the good work!!”

“The in-depth information provided about law school. . . . Continue to encourage young [future] lawyers”

“Admissions committee activity. . . . The facilitator was very energetic and informative.”

“Ms. Mitchell was real and did not hold anything back and that is what we need honestly. . . .”

“Overall, I enjoyed the information and the way in which the information was presented. . . The workshop was excellent. All the information presented was useful to me, and I would enjoy any further seminars.”

“The overall workshop was great, but the activity that I liked the most was the Admissions Committee part. It gave me a better understanding of how my application will be reviewed. . . . I was a little uneasy about attending the workshop at first because of the lengthiness but I’m really glad that I came because I learned so much and now have a broader outlook on law school. Thank you for hosting this workshop.”

“I really enjoyed the skits and the admissions committee activity.”

“I favored the notebook provided for me and the interaction that me and all of my peers had.”

“Reassurance of my attendance of law school.”

“It was very interactive, and very informative. Very enjoyable.”