ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Charles Hamilton Houston Law School Preparatory Institute (CHH) offers a pre-law summer programs to
prospective law students. The seven-week program begins each year in early
June and is held at Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey
Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC. CHH consists of over 100 classroom hours and
prepares its students for the rigorous, attitudinal, cultural ,
technical and substantive challenges of law school. Classes
are held 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with occasional
Saturday morning meetings. It is presently coordinated by Attorney
Donald Temple and Senior Assistant Dean Everet Bellamy of Georgetown
University Law Center.
The CHH Institute was founded by Attorney Donald Temple in 1979 in honor
of the legacy of the late Charles Hamilton Houston, one of the most
influential American lawyers of the 20th century.
Temple intent on maximizing
student preparation in the tradition of Houstonian jurisprudence,
advocates that in his
view, fear and self-doubt should never influence our students' mindsets.
As well, they should be versed in case analysis, legal writing and
research and competitive knowledge about first-year law classes prior to
entering law school. It is the Institute's hope that its students
will be inspired by Charles
Hamilton Houston sacrifice and discipline.
CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON
Charles Hamilton
Houston entered
Harvard Law School in 1919 and in 1923. He became
the first African American to serve as the editor of the Harvard Law
Review. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Houston attended
the University of Madrid to complete his work in law. He was
appointed Vice-Dean of Howard University Law School in 1929
and he
embraced this as an opportunity
to forge legal challenges against
Jim
Crow Laws. He was responsible for training and inspiring many
lawyers who played key roles in fighting for true equality for African
Americans, including the late Justice Thurgood Marshall. Later, as
special counsel to the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP), Charles Hamilton Houston argued several key
civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and laid the groundwork
that led to the landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education.
In honor, CHH is designed to equip students with the
tools necessary to successfully manage the study of law. CHH's
goal is to demystify the law school process and provide students with
pragmatic techniques for achieving success.
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"I rather die on my feet than die on
my knees.
-Charles Hamilton Houston
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