Bar Success Research Grant Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Focus Area: Academic and Bar Success
One of four primary grant programs operated by AccessLex Institute. Funds research projects designed to move the needle in legal education with sound program and research design rooted in insightful research questions, relevant data, and rigorous analytical methods.
Mission Alignment: Supports research initiatives that advance understanding of bar exam success and student achievement.
Total Awards: AccessLex has awarded $30.7 million across all grant programs.
Geographic Scope: Supports member law schools and legal education institutions.
What Accesslex Institute actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 38
- Total given
- $2.28M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $7,500–$175K
- By dollars: New York 15%, Illinois 12%, California 9%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; New York, NY; Chicago, IL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 43% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
The State Bar of California - Exam Features Experiment · San Francisco, CA
Program support/research
$175K
American Bar Foundation - Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program in Legal · Chicago, IL
Program support/research
$150K
New York Law School - Empirical Study of Use of Students' Prior Knowledge · New York, NY
Program support/research
$150K
Pennsylvania State University - Antiracist Development Initiative for Law S · Carlisle, PA
Program support/research
$125K
National Center for Civic Innovation Inc - Enhancing the Ea's Productive M · New York, NY
Program support/research
$100K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
- Science research
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