Hundreds of students are expected to assemble in Greensboro, North Carolina, next month for the nation’s only Pre-Law Summit for students and graduates of historically Black colleges and universities.
In its 4th year, the National HBCU Pre-Law Summit is free and will be held at Bennett College and North Carolina A&T State University, two historically Black institutions of higher education in North Carolina, from September 15-17th.
Founded by Prairie View A&M graduate Evangeline M. Mitchell in 2014, the event is designed to help students who are interested in careers in law, network with one another, get access to resources and information about applying to law schools, and establish connections with those who are already practicing law.
Mitchell’s idea for connecting other African-American students interested in law initially began with her founding the National Black Pre-Law Conference in 2005.
“The reason for starting it [was] just my own personal experiences, the difficulty of getting good information, not having access to resources, not having access to a network,” says Mitchell.
A graduate of the University of Iowa’s College of Law and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, Mitchell was a first-generation law school applicant who navigated the admissions process alone.
“There was so much that I didn’t know,” she says. “It was a very painful experience for me.”
