Article: CLEO changing the color of law: Minority students trained in legal field.

Byline: Nicole Lee

Apr. 7--The scales of justice can only truly be balanced if the legal field itself is balanced. It's a premise that forms the foundation of the Indiana CLEO program -- an initiative focused on training college students of color to become attorneys. The Indiana Conference on Legal Education Opportunity, part of a national effort, turns 10 years old in June. Since its inception, a total of 270 students have successfully graduated from its summer training institute to earn law degrees.

Only 9.7 percent of all lawyers are minorities, a figure significantly lower than other white-collar professions, according to a 2005 study by the ...

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