Law School 
Scholarship Databank

Pursing studies at the graduate level (Master's or Doctorate degree) in the field of law, history, political science, international relations, journalism, government, economics, business administration, medicine, public service or a similar field

Graduated from an accredited four year college or university in the U.S.

Must be of Armenian descent

Graduate/Professional Degrees

Demonstrated need

Graduating high school senior, first-year student in an accredited four-year college, or a student transferring into an accredited four-year college

U.S. Citizen

Demonstrated financial need - must have a combined family income of $70,000 or less

Record of academic achievement

Demonstrated commitment to public service

Degree candidates in an accredited library or law school

Members of a minority group

Intend to have a career in law librarianship

Demonstrate financial need

Law library experience

Current student doing academic work at the college or university level

Active in movements for social and economic justice

Applicants must have participated in the activities in the U.S.

Strong preference for applicants who plan on working in U.S.

Student who will graduate from a U.S. Law School in the same year as the deadline

Trans and/or Nonbinary

Person of Color

Registered to take a U.S. Bar exam in the summer following the deadline or first legal job does not start until fall after the deadline (or later)

Planning to attend full time at a college, university, trade school, business school, or any other institution of higher learning within the U.S. at the undergraduate or graduate school level in the Fall

JACL membership required

All ethnicities are welcome to apply

Graduate/Professional school

Must be an active National JACL member at the Individual or Student/Youth Membership level (JACL membership is open to everyone of any ethnic background and all who meet eligibility criteria are welcomed and encouraged to apply)

Demonstrate severe financial need

Currently enrolled or accepted to an accredited college or university in the U.S. (graduate student applicants may be full or part time)

Current member of NAACP; African American and a U.S. resident

Minimum 3.0 (B) average on a 4.0 system

Demonstrate financial need based on federal poverty guidelines 

Enrolling for the upcoming academic year as a J.D. student, in any law school accredited by the ABA

Demonstrated financial need

Interest in Intellectual Property

May not be available, check with scholarship provider

Students pursuing a J.D. degree, enrolling for the upcoming year at any ABA accredited law school

Demonstrate financial need and reflect academic excellence

Demonstrate a dedication to the law, the rule of law and our court system

May not be available, check with scholarship provider

Students pursuing a J.D. degree, enrolling for the upcoming year at any ABA accredited law school

Demonstrable interest in one of the many topics that lie within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (see website for more details)

Demonstrated financial need

May not be available this year, please check with scholarship provider.

Pursuing a J.D. degree at any law school accredited by the American Bar Association

Show a demonstrable interest in one of the many topics that lie within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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

Students pursuing a J.D. degree, enrolling for the upcoming year at any ABA accredited law school

Interest in Legal Procedure

Financial need

May not be available, check with scholarship provider

Law students

First in your family to pursue a legal career

Demonstrated financial need

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

Enrolled in a post-secondary institution (including community college, undergrad, or graduate school)

Demonstrate financial need

May not be offered this year-check with scholarship provider.

2L and 3L law students (or 4L enrolled in part-time or evening programs) at an accredited law school or have passed the California first year student's examination

Expect to practice law in the Southern California area

Become an active member of Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc.

May not be available this year-check with scholarship provider.

Enrolled in or accepted into an accredited U.S. Law School

African American student with a family connection to enslavement in Georgia (who identify as descendants of the enslaved in Georgia) and be willing to articulate the connection

Preference to student members of the ISIAL

Financial need

Academic performance

Irish Heritage

Enrolled in an accredited law school within the U.S.

Financial need

Demonstrated commitment to advancing Latino civil rights