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COVID RESPONSE

LAW-FOCUSED UNDERGRADS “With the program being moved online, we assure you that
OFFICIALLY WELCOMED AS PRE-LAW you will receive the same high-quality prelaw training that
we usually provide, but in this virtual online setting.”
PIPELINE PROGRAM SHIFTS ONLINE “I am so amazed and inspired by our scholars who
have shown true grit and resilience during this highly
unprecedented time,” added Program Director Kristen
Guiseppi. “I am equally thrilled to welcome them to our
pipeline family.”
“Our work now is so much more critical and necessary with
all that is happening today, and I am happy that we’ve made
it a priority to continue to offer these services and support
to these aspiring lawyers.”
In the orientation sessions, students received a greeting
from Dean Leonard M. Baynes through video message, an
overview of the program’s rules and schedule and heard
Through a virtual format, students in the University of Houston Law from panelists who previously participated in the Pre-Law
Center Pre-Law Pipeline Program are receiving an introduction to law
school and the legal profession this summer Pipeline Program.
Since the Pre-Law Pipeline Program began in 2014,
Students from across the country were welcomed to the 169 undergraduate students drawn from 56 colleges
University of Houston Law Center’s award-winning and universities across 24 states have completed the
Pre-Law Pipeline Program in two recent orientation course. Sixty-one, or about 75 percent, of the program’s
sessions held in June on Zoom. For the first time in the college graduates have gone on to law school. Pipeline
program’s six-year history it is being offered online, as a graduates have been awarded more than $2 million in law
result of the coronavirus pandemic. school scholarships.
“I am delighted to welcome you to the Pre-Law Pipeline The program has been honored by numerous organizations
Program,” said Dean Leonard M. Baynes. “I applaud Kristen and publications, including the American Bar Association,
Guiseppi, the Director of the Program, for her innovation the Law School Admission Council, the AccessLex Institute
and hard work in making this happen.” and INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine (HEED Award).

UHLC PRESENTS VIRTUAL GLOBAL said Victor Flatt, the Dwight Olds Chair in Law and the
ENERGY TRANSITION LAW AND Faculty Director of the Environment, Energy & Natural
Resources Center. “Bringing together some of the best
POLICY SYMPOSIUM minds from around the world is important in figuring
out the role of the non-governmental organizations in a
transition to a lower carbon energy future.”
“In recent years legislators in different countries have been
adopting in laws related to energy transition, targeting
to protect the environment while promoting renewables
energies,” added Alfonso López de la Osa Escribano,
Director for the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law.

“Society’s expression is also playing a critical role. From the
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, to the reduction
of fossils fuels consumption energy, to the way we seek to
Experts in energy law and climate from the U.S., Mexico, optimize efficient energy management consumption or how
the U.K. and France met digitally for the 1st Annual we address energy poverty for underserved communities.
Conference on Global Energy Transition Law and Policy Many are the challenges we face for the years to come.
in April. The event is co-presented by the University of From a comparative law perspective, the situation lies in a
Houston Law Center’s Environment, Energy and Natural legal energy sector considerably fragmented nationally, not
Resources Center and Center for U.S. and Mexican only in Mexico and the U.S., but also globally.”
Law. “We are so excited to have our first symposium
on the global energy transition sponsored by the Marie López de la Osa Escribano said in addition to these
Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Union,” challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused

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