CLEO Executive Director Cassandra Sneed Ogden to Keynote 2012 National Black Pre-Law Conference

June 3, 2012 - PRLog -- The National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair, the nation’s premier information-sharing and networking empowerment event for aspiring Black lawyers, is proud to host its eighth annual event this year with the ongoing theme of “Encouraging excellence, strategic thinking, and a competitive mindset among African American law school aspirants.”   This event is the only comprehensive educational conference in the country focused on specifically reaching out to Black pre-law students in order to equip them with the key “insider” information, resources, and contacts they need to succeed in the highly competitive law school admissions process, in law school, and in the tough professional world.  

It also aims to provide inspirational speeches from extraordinary African American attorneys, including those who serve as leaders working hard  to help ensure greater diversity in law schools and in the legal profession.  Cassandra Sneed Ogden is such a leader.

Attorney Ogden has served as the Executive Director of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) since 2005.  Under her leadership, CLEO has successfully implemented several new programs to prepare college students to enter law school, graduate and pass the bar examination.  

Prior to working with CLEO, Cassandra was Chief of the Office of Civil Infraction at the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.  In that capacity, she established a quasi-judicial regulatory compliance system that allowed inspectors to issue civil citations for licensing, zoning, housing and other regulatory violations.  As a graduate of the District of Columbia Public School System and Teachers College, Cassandra spent her early years teaching science and mathematics to middle school students before taking a position as a programmer/analyst with the local telephone company.  

After earning her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and passing the District of Columbia and Maryland state bar examinations, Cassandra founded a nonprofit project, PTB Testing Techniques, to teach students how to study to pass the bar.  She also spent several years working at the firm of Hudson Leftwich and Davenport, as an administrative law judge, and as the co-chair of the District of Columbia Tourism Task Force Team.

Meet Attorney Ogden at this year’s conference, which will be held on Friday, November 2, 2012 to Saturday, November 3, 2012 at The Westin Galleria in Houston, Texas.  Registration is now open for this groundbreaking “must attend” event.  High school students, college students, college graduates, working professionals, career changers, pre-law, career, and diversity/multicultural advisors, mentors, and parents are all encouraged to come out and take advantage of all of the wonderful opportunities this conference offers.  The event is free of charge.  However, a nominal seat deposit is required to reserve your seat, conference bag and materials.

For more information regarding the event, please visit the official conference website at www.BlackPreLawConference.com. You may also call 281-247-4026 or send an e-mail to info@blackprelawconference.com.