The Education Pathway Award was established in 2008 by the State Bar of California to recognize the outstanding efforts of law-related educational programs that train and support students to become interested in the judicial system and careers in the law. As of 2019, this award has been presented by California LAW Pathways.
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Education Pathway Award
All California educational programs in kindergarten through high school, community colleges, undergraduate entities, law schools, the courts, and other entities focusing on the educational pipeline into the legal profession are eligible.
Programs must demonstrate successful efforts to increase student awareness about the judicial system and knowledge about the legal profession and careers in the law.
2026 Recipients:
College of the Sequoias and Amy Vega-Pritchett, Faculty Champion
2025 Recipient:
San Joaquin Delta College, Pathway to Law
2024 Recipient
Antelope Valley College
Fowler School of Law Pre-Law Winter Institute
2023 Recipient
Legal Education Access
2022 Recipient
College of the Canyons
2021 Recipients
Central Valley Regional Pathway to Law Pipeline and
Just the Beginning—Los Angeles Summer Legal Institute
2020 Recipient
Greater Sacramento and Stockton Regional Pathway (San Joaquin Delta College, Lincoln Law School and Drivon Law School)
2019 Recipient
University of California, Irvine, Saturday Law Academy
2017 to 2018
No Recipients – Award in transition from State Bar to California LAW, Inc.
2016 Recipient
Los Angeles Superior Court, Teen Court
2015 Recipients
University of San Francisco School of Law, Academic Support Program and
The Judge Stephen O’Neil Trial Advocacy Mentoring Program, Loyola Law School
2014 Recipients
California JusticeCorps and
King Hall Outreach Program, UC Davis School of Law
2013 Recipient
Department of Fair Employment and Housing Educational Partnerships
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Crawford Law Institute Mentorship Bond Program
2012 Recipient
UCLA Law Fellows, Los Angeles
2011 Recipient
Center for Youth Development through Law, Berkeley
2010 Recipient
Deer Valley High School Law Academy, Antioch
2009 Recipient
Pacific McGeorge Education Pipeline Initiatives, Sacramento