Law School 
Scholarship Databank

Are entering an accredited graduate program in a helping profession (such as law) on a full-time basis for the upcoming academic year OR are entering your junior or senior year of an accredited bachelor’s degree program in a helping profession on a full-time basis

Jewish heritage

Born and raised in the Chicago Metropolitan area including Lake County, Indiana or one continuous year of full-time employment in the Chicago metro area

Intends to remain in the Chicago metropolitan area after completing school

Demonstrate financial need and career promise

2L students, enrolled in a full-time J.D. program at an ABA Accredited law school

May not be offered this year - verify status with the scholarship provider 

Enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited college or university in the U.S.

Student must be enrolled full-time unless their disability prevents them from attending full-time

U.S. Citizen

Provide proof of disability and enrollment

Jewish students who are planning to enroll or already enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited college or university

Preference will be given to someone enrolled in a professional school such as a law school, business, or library/information science

Preference will also be given to a student who is an immigrant

Demonstrate financial need

Demonstrate academic merit

Enrolled at an accredited university in the U.S.

U.S. Citizen or legal Permanent Residents of the U.S.

Maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA

Jewish students

Resident of Oregon

Demonstrated financial need

Currently enrolled or planning to enroll in an accredited college or university for the upcoming semester. Pursuing an associate's, bachelor's, graduate, post-graduate or doctoral degree

Disabled veteran (100% service-connected disability) or surviving spouse/child of a deceased service member (service related death)

Must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary course of study in a degree program at a U.S. institution in the fall of the year of application (one scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school part-time)

Must be legally blind in both eyes. Must be residing in the U.S., the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico

Must participate in the entire NFB National Convention and in all of its scheduled scholarship program activities (finalists will receive assistance to attend the national convention).

Any legally blind university student in the professions of law, medicine, engineering, architecture, or the natural sciences, including undergraduates in these fields, is eligible to apply

Legally blind

College or Graduate/Professional Degrees

U.S. Legal Resident

Limited vision diagnosis

Full-time at an accredited public or private college, university or vocational school in the U.S. with Minimum 3.0 GPA

Jewish and Minimum 16 years old

Permanent and legal resident of Los Angeles County – for a minimum of three years

U.S. Citizen or documented Legal Permanent U.S. Resident (green card)

Demonstrated financial need