Alabama Law Foundation Inc.
Tracy Daniel
Cabaniss, Johnston Scholarship Committee
Post Office Box 671
Montgomery, Alabama 36101
(334)269-1515
Post Office Box 671
Montgomery, Alabama 36101
(334)269-1515
Cabaniss, Johnston Scholarship
Criteria: Must be an Alabama resident who is a stellar second year student and demonstrates financial need.
Amount: up to $5,000
Deadline: First Friday in June (June 1, 2012)
Ida and Benjamin Alpert Foundation
c/o David M. Caplan
32000 Northwestern Highway, Suite 270
Criteria: Applicants must be a Michigan
Amount: Varies
Deadline: May 2012
American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA)
www.atlanet.org/members/lawstud/awards/aspx
Attn: Nathalie Etori
Attn: Nathalie Etori
1-800-424-2725, ext 593 or 202-965-3500, ext 593
Richard D. Hailey ATLA Law Student Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to first or second year African-American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, or Bi-racial ATLA Law Student Members. Applicant must exhibit an interest and proficiency in trial advocacy, express desire to represent victims, and demonstrate financial need. Applicant must also demonstrate a commitment to ATLA and dedication to its mission through involvement in an ATLA student chapter and minority caucus activities.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: May 31, 2012
Mike Eidson Scholarship
Criteria: awarded annually to a female student entering their third year of law school (the student can be enrolled in a three-year day program or four-year night program) who has demonstrated a commitment to a career as a trial lawyer, along with dedication to upholding and defending the principles of the Constitution, and to the concept of a fair trial, the adversary system, and a just result for the injured, the accused, and those whose rights are jeopardized.
Contact: Brandon Grubesky, brandon.grubesky@justice.org accepting applications beginning in January.
AAJ Trial Advocacy Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to ATLA members in their second or third year of law school who express a desire to represent victims. Applicant must also exhibit an interest and proficiency in trial advocacy, and demonstrate financial need.
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: May 31, 2012
Leesfield/AAJ Law Student Scholarship
Criteria: Sponsored by Ira Leesfield and ATLA, this scholarship has been established to award $2,500 to a law student in attendance at ATLA’s Annual convention. The scholarship is available to first and second year ATLA Law Student Members. Students must submit a statement of financial need, as well as a 500-word, written request substantiating the applicant’s commitment to preserving civil justice.
Deadline: May 31, 2012
Alia Herrera Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to law students who are in their second or third year of law school, or having the equivalent of one year to complete. Student must be a student member of the law student section of ATLA or are children of ATLA members.
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: June 1, 2012
American Association of Law Libraries
312-939-4764
AALL Educational Scholarships: Type II
Criteria: Awarded to a library school graduate working toward a degree in an accredited law school, planning a career as a law librarian, who has library experience and less than 36 credits remaining to complete their law degree.
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: April 1, 2012
American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship
http://www.aigc.com/02scholarships/aigc/fellowship.htm
4520 Montgomery Blvd.
800-628-1920 or 505-881-4584
Criteria: Awarded to members of federally-recognized American Indian or Alaskan Native group, or possessing one quarter degree (federally recognized) Indian Blood attending an ABA
Amount: $1,000 - $5,000
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Faerie L. Angle Scholarship, Law School
c/o M&T Bank
13 W. Main Street
717-765-3322
Criteria: Awarded to prior and/or current residents of Franklin County, PA, or graduates of Franklin County High School
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: June 30, 2012
Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey, Inc.
Bernadine Johnson Marshall/Martha Belle Scholarships
Attn: Scholarship Committee
Criteria: Awarded to African-American females attending an accredited law school. Must be a New Jersey
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: March 31 2012. Contact above for application
Association of Former Intelligence Officers
AFIO 2011 Scholarships Committee
703-790-0320
afio@afio.com
Criteria: Graduate study applications may be submitted in the senior undergraduate year or by the second graduate year. Evaluation criteria may include merit, character, estimated future potential, background, and relevance of their studies to the full spectrum of national security interests and career ambitions. There are several scholarships available.
Criteria: Graduate study applications may be submitted in the senior undergraduate year or by the second graduate year. Evaluation criteria may include merit, character, estimated future potential, background, and relevance of their studies to the full spectrum of national security interests and career ambitions. There are several scholarships available.
Amount: up to $4,000
Deadline: July 1, 2012
Howard Fox Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to Berks County
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: April 1, 2012
Black Women Lawyers Association
Attn: Mika M. Hilaire
Appell | Hilaire | Benardo LLP
15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 420
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Criteria: Open to continuing law students, including fourth‑year law students enrolled in part-time or evening programs. Students must be in attendance at an accredited law school. Successful candidates should expect to practice law in the Southern California area.
Deadline: April 5, 2012
Harry A. Blackmun Scholarship
Attn: Jeanette Kelch
118 W. Mulberry Street
410-685-3813
Criteria: Open to full-time law students studying at an accredited law school in the US
Deadline: June 15, 2012
Horace Mann-Bond-Leslie Pinckney Hill Scholarship
Dr. Renford A. B. Brevett
Office of Institutional Research
205 Living Learning Center
Lincoln University, PA 19352-0999
Criteria: A maximum of forty scholarships may be awarded annually, based on academic achievement at either Lincoln University or Cheyney University
Amount: Full tuition
Deadline: April 18th
Louis D. Brandeis Law Society Foundation
c/o Mitchell H. Klevan, Esq.
1515 Market Street, Suite 1360
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-568-4980
Brandeis Law Society Scholarship Award
Criteria: Must be a Jewish 2L or 3L law student member of the Brandeis Law Society or one of its affiliated Jewish law student associations, who has demonstrated an interest in public service, shown outstanding academic and professional achievements, and promise for future excellence.
The Judge Sandra Mazer Moss Award
Criteria: Must be a single parent law student at a Philadelphia area law school who strives for personal achievement, success and excellence in the law.
The Judge Abraham J. Gafni
Criteria: Must be a Jewish 2L or 3L law student at a Philadelphia area law school who has demonstrated an interest and involvement in Jewish Religion, Law, or Ethics.
Mayer Horwitz Award
Criteria: Must be a Jewish law student at a Philadelphia area law school who has demonstrated an interest and involvement in community service.
Award: $1,000 each
Deadline: March 30, 2012
H. Fletcher Brown Scholarship
PNC Bank - Trust Department
302-429-1186
Criteria: Awarded to Delaware residents who were born in Delaware
Deadline: March 2012
Donald W. Davis
PNC Bank - Trust Department
302-429-1186
Criteria: Awarded to Delaware residents who demonstrate financial need. It is renewable.
Deadline: March 2012. Contact above for application.
Burlington County Bar Association
Jan M. Schlesinger Scholarship
Mount Holly , NJ 08060
609-261-4542
Criteria: Awarded to a first or second year law student who is in good standing and demonstrates financial need. Must be a resident of Burlington County, NJ. Applicants must include a copy of most recent transcript with application.
Deadline: March 31, 2012
Congressional Black Caucus
1720 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-263-2800
CBC Spouses Education Scholarship http://www.cbcfinc.org/cbcs-education
Criteria: Awarded to incoming and returning full-time graduate students in good academic standing that exhibit leadership ability and participate in community service activities. Awarded to African American students only. This is a nine month research program designated to prepare minority graduate and professional students for senior level careers in the legislative arena.
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Criteria: Awarded to incoming and returning full-time graduate students in good academic standing that exhibit leadership ability and participate in community service activities.
Deadline: April 1, 2012
County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey Foundationhttp://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/pdf/prosecutor/cotton.pdf
c/o Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow
Union County Prosecutor's Office
32 Rahway Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
Criteria: Applicants must be
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: June 15th
Delaware Scholarship Incentive Program (ScIP)
302-577-3240
Criteria: Awarded to full time students who are residents of Delaware
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 15th
DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
55 W. Monroe , Suite 2000
Chicago , IL 60603
Phone: 312.795.1101
Phone: 312.795.1101
Law Diversity Scholarship
Criteria: The program is open to second and third year African-American, Asian, Pan Asian, and Native American students who demonstrates academic excellence and service to the profession, community and the cause of diversity. Second-year and third-year female students are eligible regardless of race.
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: April 2012
Erie County Bar Association
302 W. 9th Street
814-459-3111
ECBA Scholarship
Criteria: Any Erie County, PA resident who will be entering their second or third year at any ABA
Deadline: June 30th
Erie County Bar Foundation
302 W. 9th Street
814-459-3111
Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to an Erie County, PA resident entering their first year at an ABA
Deadline: May 31st
Essex County Bar Association
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Historic Courthouse, Rm B-01
470 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102
973-622-6207 ext. 14
Hon. Vincent J. Biunno Scholarship for Law Students with Disabilities
Criteria: Current law student with a disability limited to a permanent physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of the individual. Must be a New Jersey
Deadline: May 1, 2012
Federal Circuit Bar Association Judicial & Founders Scholarships
Federal Circuit Bar Association
c/o Finnegan, Henderson
Kevin R. Casey
901 New York Avenue, NW
Criteria: There are several scholarships available. Awarded to a law student showing financial need, and who has demonstrated academic promise in law school. Selection for the award will be based on a written submission of no more than one page.
Award: $5,000 to $10,000
Deadline: April 15, 2011
Fredrickson & Byron Foundation Minority Scholarship Program
Application: http://www.fredlaw.com/firm/scholarshipchecklist.htm
Attn: Greta M. Larson
612-347-7000
Criteria: Currently enrolled first-year law students of diverse backgrounds interested in entering the private practice of law upon completion of their legal education.
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: March 31, 2012
Get Prepped LSAT Prep Law Student Scholarships
Attn: Scholarship
P.O. Box 2163
Longmont, CO 80502
800-508-4473
Criteria: Awarded to a current law student. Applicants must request the current application packet using the online contact form at http://www.getprepped.com.
Amount: one or more grants of $1,000 awarded twice yearly
Deadline: January 30th and June 30th
Samuel J. Goldstein, Esq. Scholarship Fund
Deborah L. Turner, Scholarship Coordinator
The Pittsburgh
412-394-2649
Criteria: The two-year scholarship was created to benefit students who are planning to attend, or already attend, law school in Pennsylvania Butler , Washington
Deadline: April 22, 2012
Gore Family Memorial Foundation Scholarship
George H. Gore, Chairman
4747 N. Ocean Drive, #204
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308
954-781-8634
Fax: 954-781-8638
Criteria: Awarded to students with any disability. Priority will be given to students with severe handicaps. Must demonstrate financial need and have a minimum GPA of 2.5. Applications must be requested in writing between April 15 and June 30 of each year.
Deadline: July 31, 2012
Greiner/Roof Memorial Law Scholarship at the Elk County Community Foundation
111 Erie Avenue
P.O. Box 934
St. Mary’s, PA 15857
814-834-2125
Criteria: Awarded to an incoming or current law student that graduated from a high school located in Elk or Cameron Counties or maintain their residence in those counties.
Deadline: April 1st
Haneman-Perskie Memorial Foundation Scholarship
c/o Atlantic County Bar Association
Criteria: Awarded to an Atlantic County, NJ resident enrolled in an ABA
Deadline: May 1st
Hudson County Bar Foundation Scholarship
Hudson County Bar Foundation Scholarship Committee
583 Newark Avenue, 4th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07306
201-798-4708
Criteria: Awarded to an accepted and matriculating law student from Hudson County, NJ.
Deadline: April 31, 2012
Indiana County Bar Association Scholarship
c/o Jonathan Mack, Esq.
Indiana, PA 15701
724-349-5602
Criteria: Any person with a history of residence in Indiana County, Pennsylvania prior to high school graduation who is currently a college senior or college graduate accepted into or currently enrolled in an accredited law school of the ABA is eligible.
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
www.jewishphilly.org
Attn: Patricia Quarles
Attn: Patricia Quarles
215-832-0593
Samuel F. and Sara G. Feinman Fund
Criteria: This fund provides an interest-free loan to medical and law students based on scholarship and need. Preference is given to Jewish students who live in the greater Philadelphia
Amount: $2,000 to $5,000
Ida Foreman Fleisher Fund
Criteria: The fund provides scholarships for the purpose of helping women, preferably Jewish, to obtain professional educations.
Amount: $2,000 to $8,000
Deadline: May 15, 2012
MCCA Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Scholarship
Alice Sykes, Program Manager
Scholarships & Grants Management
UNCF
703-205-3514
Criteria: Open to entering first-year, full-time students in an ABA
Amount: $10,000 per year, renewable for 3 years
Deadline: May 31, 2012
The Justinian Foundation
Nicholas J. Lisi, Esq.
Criteria: The scholarship will be awarded to a member of the Justinian Chapter at the law school to help defray the cost of the third year tuition. Applicants must have Italian parents or grandparents, and demonstrate financial need.
Amount: up to $1,500
Deadline: May 2012
LULAC National Scholarship FundLeague of United Latin American Citizenshttp://www.lnesc.org
(215) 423-4811
scholarships@lnesc.org
Criteria: Awarded to Hispanic graduate students.
Amount: $250- $1,000
Deadline: March 31st
Commonwealth of Massachusettshttp://www.osfa.mass.edu
Board of Higher Education
St. James Avenue, 638
Criteria: Awarded to
Contact Source for deadline
Mercer County Bar Foundation
1245 Whitehourse Mercerville Rd, Suite 420
Hamilton, NJ 08619
609-585-6200
Christine Brennan cbrennan@mercerbar.com
Criteria: Any incoming or current law student that is a Mercer County, NJ resident.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: August 31
Mercer County Women Lawyers Caucus
Anne Stefane
P.O. Box 56141
609-984-0231
Ruth Rabstein Scholarship Opportunity
Criteria: Female law students with ties to Mercer County , NJ
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 2012
National Federation of the Blind
www.nfb.org/scholarships
Scholarship Committee
Ms. Patti Chang, Esq, Chairperson
200 E. Wells Street
410-659-9314, ext 2415
Criteria: Numerous scholarships available to recognize achievements by blind scholars. Applicants must be legally blind and pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time postsecondary course of study in a degree program.
Amount: $3,000 to $12,000
Deadline: March 31st
Scholarship Foundation
c/o Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow
Oscar W. Rittenhouse Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to NJ residents accepted for admission to a law school who have an interest in law enforcement. Applicant must demonstrate financial need.
Andrew K. Ruotolo, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to NJ residents accepted for admission to a law school who have been accepted to a law school. Must show interest and commitment to child advocacy and demonstrate financial need.
Harris Y. Cotton Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to NJ residents attending law school with an interest in law enforcement with emphasis in domestic violence and hate crimes prosecution.
Deadline: June 15th
Ocean County Bar Association Memorial Scholarships
Attn: Frank Dupignac, Jr., Esq.
Chairperson
P.O. Box 2015
Toms River, NJ 08754
732-349-1212
Criteria: Awarded to Ocean County, NJ residents enrolled in an accredited law school.
Deadline: March 31, 2012
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
800-328-2322, 212-219-3360
Father Joseph P. Fitzpatrick Scholarship Fund
Criteria: Awarded to first and second year students attending a U.S.
Amount: $1,500
Contact above for details.
Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholarship Award
Criteria: Awarded to first and second year Latino students attending law school in the U.S.. Selection is based on financial need and academic promise.
Amount: $1,500 to 2,000
Deadline: April 2012
Rotary International, Ambassadorial Scholarship
One Rotary Center
Criteria: Provides funding for degree oriented study in another country. It also applies to foreign students studying in the US
Local: Rotary Club of Philadelphia 1601 Walnut Street , Philadelphia , PA 19103 ; 215-557-1806
Contact local Rotary club for deadlines.
Effie Solomon Memorial Scholarship
American Association of University Women, Beaver Valley
724-827-2301
Criteria: Awarded to female residents of Beaver Co., PA, enrolled in an accredited law school. Preference will be given to those students who have completed at least one year in good standing.
Amunt: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2012
Honorable Nathan C. Staller Law Scholarship Foundation
c/o Dorothy F. McCrosson, Esq.
McCrosson & Stanton, P.C.
200 Asbury Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08226
609-399-2411
Criteria: Awarded to law students from Southern New Jersey counties of Cape May, Atlantic, and Cumberland
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Attn: Lindy Yurich
Two Embarcadero Center , Eighth Floor
San Francisco , CA 94111
Criteria: Applicants must be minorities and women law students committed to pursuing a career in patent law. Financial need is not a consideration for this scholarship.
Awards: $2,000
Deadline: September 1, 2011
Awards: $2,000
Deadline: September 1, 2011
Ralph G. Treen Memorial Scholarship – Henrietta S. Treen Scholarship Fund
Attn: Emilie Van Trieste
Temple University Student Financial Services
Conwell Hall, Ground Floor
1801 N. Broad Street
Questions – sallyking@bellsouth.net
Criteria: Applicants must be an incoming full-time law student who is a current student at Temple University, Princeton, Lafayette, University of Pennsylvania, or Lehigh University with at least a 2.0.
Deadline: April 15, 2012
Earl Warren Legal Training Program
212-219-1900
Earl Warren Legal Training Scholarships http://naacpldf.org/earl-warren-scholarships
Criteria: Merit-based awards for students with outstanding community service. Preference is given to students who are entering their first year of full-time study. Current law students are ineligible. Applications are available for download by Nov. 1st, or they may be requested in writing from scholarships@naacpldf.org.
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: April 30th
Herbert Lehman Educational Fund http://naacpldf.org/herbert-lehman-education-fund-scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to African American students entering law school with financial need, academic achievement, and personal commitment to the legal profession and public service. Scholarship is renewable. Applications are available for download by Nov. 1st, or they may be requested in writing from scholarships@naacpldf.org.
Amount: $13,500
Deadline: March 31st
Westmoreland Bar Foundation
724-834-6730
Wayne R. Donahue Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to a Westmoreland County resident enrolled in a Pennsylvania Law School
Amount: up to $2,250
Donald Laird Hankey Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to a Westmoreland County
Amount: up to $2,500
Deadline: 3rd Wednesday in June (June 20, 2012)
York County Bar Association
Richard P. Noll Scholarship Committee
York County Bar Association and
York County Bar Foundation
717-854-8755
Richard P. Noll Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to a full-time law student, from the York
Deadline: June 30, 2012
Diversity Pipeline Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to a full-time law student, with preference granted to applicants from the York
Amount: $3,500
Deadline: June 30, 2012
