Law School 
Scholarship Databank

The SCWLF awards $5,000 scholarships to African-American female law students who have committed to careers as prosecutors. For these future prosecutors the Scholarship program covers the cost of the bar application and preparation up to $5,000. The Scholarship program also offers a $5,000 incentive for scholarship recipients who secure employment as prosecutors. 

Scholarships for students who will attend a law school in the state of Ohio.

This award is provided annually in honor of George A. Strait, an exceptional law librarian and life-long member of the American Association of Law Librarians.

Scholarships are available to assist individuals studying to become law librarians and who intend to have a career in legal information.

Provides graduate students of Armenian descent a scholarship opportunity to further their educational goals.

The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund aids people active in movements for social and economic justice. Need-based scholarships are awarded to students who are able to do academic work at the college or university level.

This state scholarship is directed at students of Hispanic origin who will attend Florida public or eligible private institutions. Merit and demonstrated financial need will be taken into consideration.

This club's annual scholarship is geared toward high-achieving, community service-oriented law students of Greek heritage. Contains residency requirement, in addition to demonstration of merit and financial need.

The Herbert Lehman Scholarship is a national, highly competitive scholarship that makes annual awards to qualified, outstanding undergraduate students. The scholarship is named after the former Governor and United States Senator from New York in recognition of his integrity, courage, and persistence on behalf of numerous civil rights causes.

The Samuel J. Goldstein, Esquire, Scholarship Fund was established at The Pittsburgh Foundation to provide scholarships to benefit students from Allegheny County and contiguous counties who are planning to attend or already attend law school in Pennsylvania.

The Trans/Nonbinary Law Graduates of Color Grant Fund will award three unrestricted to help offset the costs associated with the period of time between graduation and taking the Bar Exam/employment. 

This award is available to a second or third-year student that live in Queens County and/or attend St. John’s University Law School or CUNY Law School.

Founded to provide financial assistance to a student who otherwise would have to delay or terminate his/her education due to a lack of financing. Only applicants that exhibit severe financial need will be considered for this award.

This national league scholarship is directed at league members entering the field of law. Applicants should be active within their communities and merit and financial need will be considered. Applicant must hold an individual or youth membership in the JACL.

This foundation scholarship is directed at the next generation of women lawyers by supporting outstanding female Alabama residents in achieving their educational goals. Scholarship is both merit and financial need based.

The Houston Bar Association Auxiliary Charitable Fund awards scholarship(s) annually to deserving students at each of the Houston area law schools.

Applications for this scholarship are open to a New Jersey law school student from Union County, NJ.

This state bar association scholarship is awarded to female New Jersey resident students attending one of New Jersey’s three law schools or to a female New Jersey resident attending Columbia Law school. In addition to resident requirement, merit and financial need will be taken into consideration.

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation awards scholarships to worthy students entering their second or third year of law school. Students enrolled at a New Jersey law school are encouraged to apply for one of the up to thirteen scholarships awarded annually.

The bar stipend is awarded to law students in their final year of study to assist with bar examination related expenses. In awarding bar stipends, the Fund will consider the applicant’s financial need, academic achievement, community service, leadership experience and any hardship experienced in pursuing an education.

This scholarship is offered in memory of the late Agnes Jones Jackson who was a long time NAACP member from the San Francisco branch.

The NWSBA Foundation is honored to recognize Judge Timothy C. Evans’ contribution to the legal community through The Honorable Timothy C. Evans Scholarship.

Due to the generosity of many Rhode Islanders, the Foundation is able to offer scholarships and fellowships to students from middle school to post-graduate level, from communities throughout the state, and in many different fields of study

Awards for law students who demonstrate academic excellence and commitment to the study and practice of tax law in Texas.

The purpose of this SCWiL Scholarship is to assist a deserving law student who has demonstrated involvement in and dedication to serving the community by providing financial support to defray the cost of their legal education. This Scholarship is open to all applicants regardless of gender.

Annually, the Asian American Law Fund of New York provides up to three law students with tuition assistance who demonstrate a commitment to the Asian American community.

This association scholarship is open to all first, second-, and third year women law students who have a DuPage county connection and are enrolled in an accredited law school in Illinois. Merit and financial need will be taken into consideration.

The Board Scholarship seeks to encourage law students showing financial need and demonstrating both academic excellence and outstanding leadership.

An award will be given in the memory of Giles S. Rich, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and an author of the 1952 Patent Act. Ideal candidates will show financial need and reflect academic excellence. They also should consistently demonstrate a dedication to the law, the rule of law, and our court system.

An award will be given in the memory of Helen W. Nies, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Special considerations include encouraging the participation of women lawyers in the legal profession, recognizing the contributions of women lawyers to society in general, highlighting academic excellence, addressing need, and advancing the interest of women law students in intellectual property.

This memorial scholarship award is geared toward students pursuing a J.D. with an interest in international law or federal law. In particular, a demonstrable interest in procedure, substance, or scope of the United States Four of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is ideal.

In memory of William S. Bullinger, a respected practitioner who tirelessly advanced the Association’s encouragement of professionalism, civility in practice, and dialogue between the Bench and Bar. The award is based primarily on economic need, although other criteria including academic promise and an interest in the subject matter of the Federal Circuit’s legal community are considered.

The purpose of this scholarship is to aid and encourage students to practice law in southwest Missouri, as well as promote collegiality within the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, and to foster and increase a spirit of participation by the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association in community service.

This organization's scholarships are directed at local Jewish students enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education. Several scholarships are available. Demonstrated financial need and asset caps will be taken into consideration.

This scholarship will assist students from Allen County, Indiana, or those who intend to work there, from underrepresented racial or ethnic groups, enter or continue law school and prepare to join the legal profession. Applicants must be planning to take the LSAT and apply to law school, preparing to enter law school, or enrolled in law school. 

This $5,000 scholarship is available for law students who are the first in their families to pursue a legal career and who have demonstrated outstanding academic success in the face of challenging cultural, social, and economic circumstances. 

The Judge Albert W. Thompson, Sr. Scholarship is offered for up to two students with high character, a commitment to community service, a connection to Georgia who are entering or are currently enrolled in law school. Students committed to practicing nonprofit law or another type of public service law are encouraged to apply. 

The BWL Foundation is proud to sponsor the Vera Brown-Curtis Hayes Scholarship, which is awarded to second- and third-year law students who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic achievement, community service and financial need.

The Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles invites applicants who intend to practice law in the Southern California area to submit a personal statement and legal essay.

Justice Vaino H. Spencer was a co-founder of Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc. (BWL) and first African American woman judge in California. The BWL Foundation proudly sponsors the Justice Vaino Spencer Scholarship that is awarded to second- and third year law students who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic achievement, community service and financial need.

The scholarship is for anyone attending a New Jersey law school and achieves high academic excellence.

The Labor Law Scholarship is earmarked for a student wishing to enter the field of labor law or who has already shown academic achievement in the area of labor law.

The Scarinci Hollenbeck Scholarship is open to a student who demonstrates a commitment to the advancement of their community and fostering the ideals of inclusion and belonging.

Awarded to a New Jersey law school student who is female and who demonstrates academic excellence (grade-point average and class standing), participation in extracurricular activities, financial need and community service

This law firm scholarship is geared toward students with financial need, especially those who are coping with the financial fallout from a serious accident. 

OCWLA Foundation is pleased to provide the Bar Stipend Award to worthy law students about to take the bar exam. Offered twice a year, the award is given to the student(s) that best exemplifies the mission of OCWLA, and a commitment to scholarship, community service, advancement of women or women’s issues, financial need, and to Orange County.

OCWLA Foundation awards a Diversity Stipend to a recent law school graduate with a minority ethnic background and achievements and contributions in scholarship, community service, advancement of diversity or diversity issues. Financial need and connection to Orange County are also considered.

This scholarship is for descendants of the enslaved in Georgia who are attending or about to attend law school.

The purpose of the scholarship fund is to provide assistance to residents and/or natives of Durham County who are attending law school, who can demonstrate a significant connection to the Durham community. Since its inception the scholarship program has enjoyed strong support from the Bar as a way of both recognizing and supporting such students.

Each year, the ISIAL Educational Fund (a 501(c)(3) corporation associated with the Society) awards a scholarship to a qualifying law student.