Directed Grants Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
An invitation-only grant program operated by AccessLex Institute. Funds projects designed to move the needle in legal education through sound program and research design rooted in insightful research questions, relevant data, and rigorous analytical methods.
Application Type: Invitation-only (full proposal applications accepted from invited organizations)
Mission Alignment: Supports initiatives that positively impact student success programs and foster diverse, equitable, and inclusive law school learning environments.
Total Awards: AccessLex has awarded $30.7 million across all grant programs.
Geographic Scope: Supports member law schools and legal education institutions.
How to Apply
Application Process
- Type: Invitation-only program
- Full Proposal Application: Form available for preview on AccessLex website
- Eligibility: Organizations must receive an invitation to apply
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
- Diversity
Categories
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