BRIDGE was originally designed for students traditionally under-represented in the law: students returning to school after a long absence, students with a disability, ethnic minority students, and other nontraditional students.  BRIDGE today is an experience for all incoming first year students who feel they might benefit from the opportunity to meet in a relatively small group to develop a familiarity with university and law school facilities, some of their fellow students, and some of the faculty, administrators, and staff.  Students in the following categories have found BRIDGE particularly helpful:  students who are the first generation in their family to attend college, students with a big split between LSAT score and GPA, and students whose primary language is not English.  The BRIDGE program, is optional and designed to ease the transition to law school for those who might want this preliminary peek.  We emphasize, though, that everyone will receive at Orientation, the academic introduction and information necessary to begin law studies on a solid footing.

BRIDGE will provide an overview of law school survival skills, including such topics as legal analysis, legal writing, study skills, exam writing, stress and time management, judicial observation, etc.  BRIDGE will require a considerable time commitment from students.  Roughly speaking, BRIDGE is from 8:30 until 5:00 each day, and will include significant homework on some evenings and on the weekend.  It is an intense program that will require both attendance and a significant effort on your part.  However, past participants have found that BRIDGE helped prepare them for the next step - law school itself.

 Students interested in the BRIDGE-AMBA Mentor Program should fill out the following application form and return it to:

Willie Jordan-Curtis, Ph.D., J.D.
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, and Associate Clinical Professor of Law
James E. Rogers College of Law
1201 E. Speedway Boulevard
Tucson, Arizona   85721