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2025 Achieving My Potential Scholarship

We are seeking students who went through the juvenile justice system or criminal justice system and have worked hard to move past their experience, seeking a brighter future to achieve their full potential. Visit our scholarship page to learn more about this opportunity.

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Ghanouni Teen & Young Adult Defense Firm

Award Maximum:
$2,000
Application Deadline:
February 28
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Must be enrolled in a trade school, undergraduate, graduate, or any other post-secondary program in the United States. 

Applicants must be in good academic standing and have a minimum GPA of 2.0.  

Achieving My Potential Scholarship

One mistake should not ruin a life. This scholarship aims to support students who have experienced the juvenile or criminal justice system in their journey to realize their full potential. 

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Ghanouni Teen & Young Adult Defense Firm

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$2,000
Application Deadline:
February 28
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GPA 2.0

Enrolled in or accepted to a U.S. college or university.

Injured Individual Scholarship

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Libbey Law Offices, LLC

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Application Deadline:
February 28
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Enrolled in or accepted to an educational institution in the U.S. for the upcoming semester.

3.0 GPA

WADR Law Scholarship

This scholarship is for future leaders in business, entertainment, media, and/or tech law.

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WADR Law

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Application Deadline:
February 28
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Currently enrolled in law school

3.0 GPA

Women in Leadership Scholarship

Brown and Caldwell offers a Women in Leadership Scholarship to support female students that are interested in pursuing a career in the environmental profession.

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Brown & Caldwell

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February 28
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Full-time college student in junior or senior year or graduate program at an accredited college/university, with major in civil, chemical, mechanical, electrical or environmental engineering or one of the environmental sciences

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

GPA of 3.0 or higher on 4.0 scale (or equivalent on 5.0 scale)

Identify as a woman

Demonstrated leadership within the community

Chris Mourtos Memorial Award

This award is designed to assist a full or part-time law student who is not in his or her final year of study.

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Camden County Bar Association

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February 28
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South Jersey, preferably Camden County, resident

Commitment to charitable, humanitarian and/or community service activities

Preference to those who graduated from the Camden City public school system

George F. Kugler, Jr. Award

This award is available to a second or third-year student attending any New Jersey law school. Applicants must demonstrate genuine financial need as well as a history of and/or desire to work in public service law.

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Camden County Bar Association

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Application Deadline:
February 28
Eligibility Requirements:

2L or 3L student attending any New Jersey law school

Demonstrated financial need

Desire to work in public service

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

One application can be used to apply for several scholarships with the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, all aimed at law students at one of the Foundation's Constituent Law Schools.

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The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law

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February 28
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Law School

Full-Time Enrollment at one of the Foundation’s Constituent Law Schools

Demonstrate commitment to the study of natural resources law

Association of Women Attorneys Foundation Scholarship

Women and the interests of women in Houston's legal community are promoted by this scholarship. Applicants should demonstrate academic achievement, leadership and philanthropic potential, a strong commitment to the profession, and/or the ability to overcome difficult obstacles.

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Houston Association of Women Attorneys

Award Maximum:
$3,000
Application Deadline:
February 28
Eligibility Requirements:

2nd or 3rd year law student

Alternative Dispute Resolution Scholarship

These scholarships are for students who are interested in real estate law.

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Houston Bar Association

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$1,000
Application Deadline:
February 28
Eligibility Requirements:

2L or 3L student

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

Construction Law

The purpose of the Construction Law Scholarship is to promote the objective and standards of professionalism of the Houston Bar Association within the field of construction law.

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Houston Bar Association

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February 28
Eligibility Requirements:

Attending a local law school to Houston, TX

Interested in construction law

Corporate Counsel Scholarship

The purpose of the Corporate Counsel Scholarship is to promote the objectives and standards of professionalism of the Houston Bar Association within the field of corporate law.

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Houston Bar Association

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$2,000
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February 28
Eligibility Requirements:

Local law student to Houston, TX

Underrepresented and Oppressed Law Student Scholarship

In an effort to combat this issue and promote minority participation in law, the attorneys at Nicol Gersch Petterson will award the winner of this scholarship.

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Nicol Gersh Petterson Law

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February 28
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Current high school senior, college student or graduate student who is a legal resident of the U.S. residing in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia and who is enrolled or accepted into a two to five year post-secondary institution in the Spring

Minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher and be in good overall academic standing

You must belong to a minority group to apply for this scholarship. Minority groups can include, but are not limited to, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and ethnicity.

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

Price Benowitz Social Justice Scholarship

This scholarship is for individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to social justice and community outreach. Available to students pursuing college or advanced degrees of all types with a minimum GPA of 3.0, this scholarship seeks to raise awareness about the challenges individuals with disabilities have to meet and overcome each day.

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Sponsoring Organization:

Price Benowitz

Award Maximum:
$2,000
Application Deadline:
February 28
Eligibility Requirements:

College or Graduate/Professional Degrees 

Commitment to social justice and community outreach

Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above

Divorce Stigma Scholarship

This scholarship is designed to let students share their experience with divorce and how it differed from the negative stigma that surrounds divorce today.

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Aspiring Law Students
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The Atlanta Divorce Law Group

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
February 28
Eligibility Requirements:

Currently enrolled or about to attend an accredited community college, undergraduate or graduate program of study within the U.S.

Minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

WLAM Foundation Scholars

The Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation annually awards scholarships to women law students who attend a law school in the state of Michigan.

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Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation

Award Maximum:
$3,500
Application Deadline:
February 28
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student enrolled full or part-time at University of Michigan Law School, Western Michigan Cooley Law School, Michigan State University College of Law, Wayne State University Law School, or University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Female

Good academic standing

Demonstrated leadership in advancing the position of women in society

Houston Bar Association Real Estate Section Student Scholarship

Scholarships are available to Houston-area law students with a demonstrated interest in Real Estate Law.

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Returning Law Students
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Houston Bar Association Real Estate Section

Application Deadline:
February 28
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2L or 3L law student

Attend Houston-are law school

Demonstrated interest in real estate law

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