The Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity

If you have applied to Valparaiso University School of Law, and you meet the criteria listed below, you may be eligible to become a Fellow in the ICLEO Program. Patterned after the national CLEO Program, the ICLEO Program is open to applicants to Indiana law schools who could benefit from a preparatory program prior to law school entry and continued support once they have enrolled. If you do decide to apply to ICLEO, you need to notify us by email to zahra.nwabara@valpo.edu that you are an ICLEO applicant.  You are advised to submit your application to Valparaiso Law no later than late January.  Keep in mind that the deadline to apply to the ICLEO program is at the end of February. 

You may qualify for the ICLEO program if you belong to one, or a combination of, the following groups:

• low income
• educationally disadvantaged
• underrepresented racially or ethnically in the legal profession

If you are selected as an ICLEO Fellow, you will receive the following benefits:

1. participation in a FREE 6-week law school Summer Institute program
2. a yearly stipend
3. networking opportunities
4. Summer Employment program opportunities while in law school
5. Bar Review Assistance

Please contact ICLEO if you have questions: 317.232.2542 or 1.800.452.9963;  www.in.gov/judiciary/cleo