The Charles Hamilton Houston Law
Schools 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, D.C.  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 Everett 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.