11/10/17: Imoh Akpan Co-chairs UB’s Fanny Angelos Program Gala
F&P was proud to sponsor and attend last night’s Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence 4th Annual Gala. The event is co-chaired by F&P principal Imoh Akpan.
Each November, the gala is held in an opulent setting at the Belvedere Hotel and features dinner, drinks, and wonderful speakers from throughout Maryland’s legal community. This year, speakers included Kurt Schmoke, president, University of Baltimore, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Kai Jackson, Anchor for Fox 45 News. The event is a celebration of the unique, history-making program, which won the American Bar Association’s 2017 Diversity Leadership Award.
The Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence is the result of a unique collaboration between the University of Baltimore School of Law and Maryland’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Morgan State, Coppin State, Bowie State, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore). The Program helps prepare top undergraduate students both to enter law school and to excel once they are admitted. The Program, one of the most successful of its kind in the nation, has helped over 90 students gain admission to Law School.
