National Black Pre-Law Admissions & Preparation Conference and Law Fair (read press release)

Date: Friday, November 4, 2005

Registration (for the conference and the law fair)
Location: Lobby area outside of the Houston Room, in the University Center, 2nd floor
(Sign in here and pick up conference materials.)

Conference Panels & Workshops
Location: University of Houston--rooms reserved at University Center (see agenda/program schedule for details)

Law Fair
Location: Outside the University of Houston--Cougar Den & Houston Room

Law School Admissions Help/Advice Clinic
Location: University of Houston--Houston Room
(Talk to a law student or lawyer about your law school credentials for advisement regarding application strengths and weaknesses and to answer your questions about the law school application process. Bring your transcripts, personal statement, addenda, resume and any other relevant information. Volunteers can spend no longer than 20 minutes working with each law school aspirant.)

Date: Saturday, November 5, 2005

"National Association of Future
Black Law Students Day"

Membership Recruitment Drive

National Association of Future Black Law Students (NAFBLS) Day Reception
& Black Lawer Authors book signing
Location: Jillian's (Katy Freeway)

 

Date: Sunday, November 6, 2005

Sunday Brunch Fellowship
Location: The Cheesecake Factory in the Galleria

This event is being organized by Persistence of Vision Productions.

It is being co-sponsored by The University of Houston's Eta Lambda Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., www.spacecitynupes.com, and the National Association of Future Black Law Students (NAFBLS). We have also partnered with HBCU-Connect www.hbcuconnect.com.

Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Evangeline M. Mitchell, Esq.
713-867-5923
blackprelawconference@yahoo.com

CALLING ALL FUTURE BLACK LAWYERS!:  YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS THE FIRST EVER NATIONAL BLACK PRE-LAW CONFERENCE AND LAW FAIR - A GROUNDBREAKING AND HISTORIC EVENT

HOUSTON, TEXAS - The First Annual National Black Pre-Law Admissions & Preparation Conference and Law Fair 2005 will be held on Friday, November 4, 2005 at The University of Houston, University Park in the University Center from 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. The event is being co-sponsored by the Eta Lambda Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., the National Association of Future Black Law Students and HBCUConnect.com.

The conference theme is "Empowering African American Law School Aspirants to Effectively Compete." Our goal is to increase the chances of admission of prospective Black law students by emphasizing the importance of early strategic planning, understanding the highly competitive nature of the law school admissions process, and stressing the significance of academic preparedness and standing out from tough competition. Another component of this conference is to inform students about the academic rigors, demands and expectations of legal education, and to impart strategies to help them prepare for the challenging law school experience prior to actually beginning their law school careers. Additionally, we want to expose law school aspirants to Black attorneys who will share their real-life experiences with the practice of law and nontraditional work. Furthermore, we want to give conference participants the opportunity to fellowship and network with others with similar higher education and professional goals in order to create positive support systems with other achievement-oriented peers, as well as current law students and attorneys who can potentially help them in their quest to become lawyers.

Conference workshops and panel discussions will be held all day. Numerous featured workshop panelists and presenters will participate in nearly twenty sessions including leading and community-minded law school administrative professionals, law students and attorneys from all over the nation. There will be a mandatory break between 11:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. During this two-hour period, conference activities will pause and the law fair will take center stage. Students interested in attending law school will have the opportunity to talk to law school representatives from over 90 law schools across the country. In the afternoon from 2:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M., participants will have the chance to take part in our signature event - The Law School Admissions Help Advice Clinic™ where law students and attorneys will talk one-on-one with law school hopefuls about their personal admissions credentials and answer any questions they might have about getting into law school, choosing a law school and preparing for the law school experience.

There will also be other social and networking activities throughout the weekend. During the evening of Friday, November 4, all day Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6 there will be a Friday Night Networking Social, the National Association of Future Black Law Students (NAFBLS) Day Membership Recruitment Drive, a NAFBLS Evening Reception honoring outstanding leaders and those who have gone above and beyond to assist pre-law students, and a special Black Author/Lawyer Book Signing. Finally, the conference weekend will come to a close with a Sunday Brunch Fellowship. All events will take place at various popular venues throughout the Houston area.

This conference is a historic and groundbreaking "can't miss" event and is free of charge for ALL participants. Free breakfast will be provided starting at 8:00 A.M. Special gifts will also be given away to the first 200 registrants to arrive on conference day. There will also be raffles for law school related materials. You can register easily by sending an e-mail with your contact information to blackprelawconference@yahoo.com. Further information and updates regarding the conference can be found at the website www.ForFutureBlackLawStudents.com under "Conference Information" and at the "official" conference website at www.BlackPreLawConference.com.