Law School's Baltimore Scholars Program Receives Maryland Higher Education Award
August 25, 2005
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The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Baltimore Scholars Program – a law school preparation course for students in Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – has received the 2005 Maryland Association for Higher Education Distinguished Program Award in the Instructional category.
The award, part of a group of honors given out by MAHE every other year, will be presented to two School of Law officials who manage the program. Michael Meyerson, professor of law and director of the Baltimore Scholars Program, and Laurie Steinberg, manager of the program and of all student organizations in the school, will be presented with the award at MAHE’s fall conference on Oct. 21 at Bowie State University.
“This award is a superb recognition of the commitment to access and excellence that is a fundamental part of our mission and the goal of the Baltimore Scholars Program,” says UB School of Law Dean Gilbert Holmes. “Michael and Laurie, with the assistance of numerous faculty, writing instructors and student mentors, have built a tremendous program with a rigorous and formal approach – one that is resulting in the first scholar entering our law school this fall.”
Originally conceived in 1997 as a collaboration between the School of Law and four HBCUs – Morgan State, Coppin State and Bowie State universities and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore – the Baltimore Scholars Program is designed to help sophomores and juniors at these institutions prepare for law school and enhance their interest in pursuing a legal education. Participants meet with writing instructors on a regular basis to improve their writing and analytical skills. The scholars complete several writing assignments, reviewed by full-time law school faculty members.
During their second year in the program, students attend an extensive LSAT preparation course taught by law school faculty members. Upon successful completion of the program, scholars who apply and are accepted to the UB School of Law are given $5,000 to attend.
The Maryland Association for Higher Education, founded in 1946, is a voluntary organization for professionals in post-secondary education in Maryland committed to the advancement of higher education in the state. Members include administrators and faculty in the public and private sectors, from two- and four-year colleges and universities, and representatives of Maryland state agencies and governing boards.
MAHE serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among all higher education institutions concerning improvements in higher education. The organization recognizes outstanding educators, programs and research.
The University of Baltimore is an upper-division, graduate and professional university. UB—the state’s career-minded university—is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts and the Robert G. Merrick School of Business.