AccessLex | AASE Faculty Scholarship Grant

AASE / AccessLex Faculty Scholars

AccessLex and the Association of Academic Support Educators are dedicated to the academic and bar success of law students across the nation. A central goal of this collaboration is to contribute to scholarship in the field while supporting the professional development of academic support educators.

Launched in 2021 and now in its fifth year, the AccessLex | AASE Faculty Scholarship Grant supports scholarship by ASP faculty in any area, with academic support-related articles preferred. AccessLex Institute is proud of past Scholars’ contributions to the field, which include several law review publications.

2026–2027 Scholars Past Recipients & Publications

$5,000

Total funding

1+ Year

Fellowship program

Mentors

Assigned to each Scholar

Official program page: AccessLex | AASE Faculty Scholarship Grant

Overview

How the program supports scholarship and professional development

Purpose

AccessLex and AASE are dedicated to the academic and bar success of law students across the nation. An important point of this collaboration is to contribute to scholarship in the field while supporting the professional development of academic support educators, especially those who are newer to the discipline and face various challenges in getting such support.

Program Focus

The AccessLex | AASE Faculty Scholarship Grant supports scholarship by ASP faculty in any area, with academic support-related articles preferred. The program is designed to strengthen both the field and the careers of the educators contributing to it.

Becoming a Scholar

Application and selection process

Application Process

Scholars are selected through an application process where applicants must describe their writing topic and explain how the writing relates to their career advancement. Applicants need not have a track record of publications; this grant may be used to jump-start an applicant’s scholarship.

Applicants must be members of the AASE organization.

Blind Review Policy

The grant subcommittee uses a blind review policy. At all stages of the process, voting committee members do not know the identity or institutional affiliation of grant applicants.

Only a designated non-voting person knows the identity of the applicant and handles applicant communications. Applicants are asked three identity questions—name, email, and institution—which only the designated person will know. For all other questions, applicants should not disclose identifying information.

Fellowship Program for Scholars

What happens after selection

Program Structure

Upon selection, all Scholars participate in an approximately one-year fellowship program. The fellowship includes two mentors for each Scholar to assist in completing a draft of an article.

Scholars are announced at the annual AASE meeting.

Program Culmination

The culmination of the fellowship is a Works-In-Progress presentation at the AASE Annual Conference the year after announcement, with a final draft for publication due by December 31 of the year after the award.

Funding Details

Current stated funding structure

Award Distribution

$2,000 on or near July 1
$1,000 after presenting the work-in-progress at the next year's AASE Annual Conference
$2,000 upon submission of a completed article draft in publishable form