We're focusing on academic preparedness while they're in law school, increasing the bar passage for our law graduates, and programming that will increase the pipeline of individuals who matriculate at law school.
Interviewed by The AFRO newspaper, University of Baltimore School of Law Dean LaVonda N. Reed says that under her leadership the school is ensuring that law students will find success, both in the classroom and in the field.
"Some of the big things that we are tackling here at the law school are around student success," Dean Reed says. "We're focusing on academic preparedness while they're in law school, increasing the bar passage for our law graduates and programming that will increase the pipeline of individuals who matriculate at law school."
Reed points to the school's nationally recognized Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Success, which offers a pathway for students from underepresented and underserved populations to enter the legal profession. She notes that the school also works with pre-law students to prepare them for the work ahead—work that is highly beneficial to the nation.
"Our students are getting a degree that is very powerful in society. I want them to feel empowered by the credential they're getting and their ability to effectuate change in the country," Dean Reed says. "Some of the most profound changes that we have seen in the country were brought about because lawyers were involved. We're in Baltimore, the home of Thurgood Marshall, and he was central to so much that we enjoy today."
Reed says she is proud to serve as the school's first female dean.
"I do what I do in honor and recognition of the people who came before me," she says.
Read about Dean LaVonda N. Reed in The Afro.
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