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The MKFM Resilient Student Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to a student who endured the difficulties of having parents who divorce.

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Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick and Mirabella

Award Maximum:
$1,500
Application Deadline:
May 12
Eligibility Requirements:

Parents are either divorced or unmarried.

A citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

Enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at an accredited college or university for the upcoming semester.

Ida Foreman Fleisher Fund Scholarship

This memorial scholarship is geared toward, preferably Jewish, women pursuing a graduate degree. Geographic hometown or school attendance required.

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Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Award Maximum:
$8,000
Application Deadline:
May 14
Eligibility Requirements:

Graduate degree

Jewish heritage preferred

Female

Hometown or attend school in the Greater Philadelphia area, including New Jersey and Delaware

Awards for tuition only and are sent to the school

Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA)

AABA recognizes the importance of fostering the growth of law students to improve the future development of the Asian Pacific American bar. AABA will award scholarships to deserving law students who are committed to advocating and improving their communities.

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Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area

Application Deadline:
May 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Current law student

Annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition

The competition is designed to encourage scholarship and to acquaint students with the AALL and law librarianship. Essays may be on any topic related to legal history, rare law books, or legal archives.

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Returning Law Students
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The Legal History and Rare Books (LH&RB) Section of the American Association of Law Libraries

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
May 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Currently enrolled in accredited graduate programs in library science, law, history, and related fields.

May not be available-check with scholarship provider

Daughters of Penelope Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to qualifying young women enrolled in Graduate and Undergraduate programs who has a current member of their immediate family or legal guardian in the Daughters of Penelope or the Order of AHEPA.

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Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Daughters of Penelope Foundation

Application Deadline:
May 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Graduate and Undergraduate programs

Female

Member, Daughters of Penelope or the Maids of Athena OR immediate family member/legal guardian is a member of the Daughters of Penelope or the Order of AHEPA (active, in good standing for a minimum of 24 continuous months prior to deadline)

Mahoning County Bar Association Foundation Scholarship

The Mahoning County Bar Association Foundation is a non-profit organization primarily funded by the members of the Mahoning County Bar Association. Scholarships are offered for persons having substantial ties to the Mahoning Valley about to enter, or are already enrolled in law school

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Mahoning County Bar Association Foundation

Award Maximum:
$2,000
Application Deadline:
May 17
Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants can demonstrate ties to the Mahoning Valley

Admitted to or currently enrolled in an accredited law school in the U.S.

National Collegiate Cancer Foundation Scholarships, Survivor and Legacy

The National Collegiate Cancer Foundation was established to provide services and support to young adults whose lives have been impacted by cancer and who have continued with their education throughout treatment or after their treatment.

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Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

National Collegiate Cancer Foundation

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
May 18
Eligibility Requirements:

Attending or planning to attend an accredited college, university or vocational institution in pursuit of an associate, bachelor, master’s, doctorate or certificate

Must be a cancer survivor or current patient (for survivor scholarship) or Must have lost a parent or guardian to cancer (for legacy scholarship)

Must be between the ages of 18-35. An exception will be made if you are 17 and entering college in the fall following application

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Collins Rupp, P.C. Moving Forward Scholarship

Offered each semester, this scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate student with a criminal history who proves they are making the effort to change their life for the better.

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Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Collins Rupp, P.C. 

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
May 19
Eligibility Requirements:

Have a criminal history (Felony and Misdemeanor offenses, not Infractions or minor traffic violations).

Be an undergraduate student attending an accredited college or university within the U.S.

U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Amarillo Area Bar Foundation Scholarship

AABA is a non-profit professional organization for attorneys that provides education, professional development, and service programs for both the legal profession and the community.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Amarillo Area Bar Association (AABA)

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
May 20
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student or admittance to a law school accredited by the American Bar Association

Born, raised, or currently reside in one of the 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle

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

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Effie M. Solomon Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was created to aid women from Western Pennsylvania who are training to be lawyers.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Beaver Valley Branch

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
May 20
Eligibility Requirements:

Law School

Female

Preference given to those who have completed their 1L year

Resident of Western Pennsylvania 

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

Patti Rose Scheimer Bednarik Memorial Scholarship Fund

A law school student who pursues an interest in animal welfare will be the recipient of this scholarship.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Pennsylvania Bar Foundation

Award Maximum:
$5,400
Application Deadline:
May 21
Eligibility Requirements:

Pennsylvania residents enrolled in any accredited law school located in the U.S. or

Law students enrolled in any Pennsylvania accredited law school or

Pennsylvania lawyers in practice less than three years

“Invest in Your Future” Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student preparing for their financial future.

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Scholarship Type:
Bar Study
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Speights Law

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
May 30
Eligibility Requirements:

Accepted, or enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited college or university in the U.S. 

Changing History Scholarship

This scholarship asks that students think about one event in world history, large or small, that they would change.

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Scholarship Type:
Bar Study
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Personal Injury Lawyer in Baton Rouge | Millions Recovered

Application Deadline:
May 30
Eligibility Requirements:

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Accepted, or enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited college or university in the U.S.
 

U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Community Leader Scholarship

This scholarship asks today’s students to define service and leadership in relationship to in-need communities.

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Scholarship Type:
Bar Study
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Duddy, Goodwin & Pollard

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
May 30
Eligibility Requirements:

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

Be in good academic standing

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

The Barnes Firm Legal Scholarship

This scholarship is for an applicant who is actively involved in their community.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

The Barnes Firm

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
May 31
Eligibility Requirements:

Accepted, or enrolled in ABA-accredited law school in the U.S.

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Minimum 3.0 GPA 
 

Must demonstrate involvement in community activities

Working Conditions Reform Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to a student committed to improving workplace conditions and advocating for reform.

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Scholarship Type:
Bar Study
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Feldman Legal Group

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
May 31
Eligibility Requirements:

Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited college or university within the U.S.

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts Scholarship

The purpose of the Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts Scholarship Fund is to provide financial assistance to law school students from Erie County, Pennsylvania, enrolled in accredited law schools.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Erie County Bar Foundation

Application Deadline:
May 31
Eligibility Requirements:

1L student

Erie County, PA resident

Georgelis Law Scholarship Award

This annual scholarship will be awarded to the most deserving incoming or present law school student. Georgelis Injury Law Firm, P.C. recognizes that the increasing cost of graduate education can be a deterrent for those seeking to become a productive part of our society’s legal profession. We believe that no student, with the passion and vision to enrich the practice of law, should be denied this opportunity.

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Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Georgelis Injury Law Firm, P.C.

Award Maximum:
$1,500
Application Deadline:
May 31
Eligibility Requirements:

Currently enrolled law students or preparing to attend law school imminently at a law school within the U.S.

#TextFreeforTita Distracted Driving Scholarship, Spring

This scholarship toward university or law school tuition rewards your creativity! Create and share content you design to help reduce the number of accidents due to distracted driving in Texas. Submissions can be via video or other multimedia; written (like a poem); or a photo or graphic.

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Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Patterson Law Group

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
May 31
Eligibility Requirements:

Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional School, Law School

The Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner Scholarship

Law students currently enrolled in the U.S. are eligible to apply for the Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner Scholarship.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner PLLC

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
April 30
Eligibility Requirements:

Currently enrolled or accepted in an accredited law school in the U.S.

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

The Coelho Law Fellowship Program

Our mission is to bring together and foster the development of leaders from our disability community. In particular, we believe in creating a strong pipeline of law students with disabilities who will go on to serve as attorneys, judges, public policy professionals, and public servants. Our ultimate goal is to increase representation the legal profession.

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Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

The Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy and Innovation

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
April 30
Eligibility Requirements:

Students who identify as a person with a disability/disabled are encouraged to apply.

Currently enrolled in a community college, college, or university, or be a recent graduate

NW Corporate Law Bi-Annual Scholarship (Spring)

The NW Law Firm knows law school in the United States is expensive. Their firm wants to help a law student avoid some of the costs associated with law school. This scholarship award is offered bi-annually, spring and fall.

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

NW Corporate Law

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

2nd or 3rd year law student. 

Enrolled in an ABA-approved law school in the U.S.

Interest in business law or entrepreneurship.

Demonstrates financial need.

Willcox Savage Scholarship

For African American/Black law students or other historically marginalized racial or ethnic groups such as, but not limited to, Native American/Indigenous, Hispanic/Latinx, Middle Eastern, Asian and Pacific Islander, who are long-time Virginia residents enrolled in a juris doctor program. Preference shall be given to first-year law students, students attending a law school in Virginia, and/or students from Hampton Roads.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Enrolling/enrolled in a JD program at an accredited law school in the U.S.

U.S. Citizen or permanent resident

Black or other historically marginalized racial or ethnic group

Virginia Resident

MAX by AccessLex Hannah R. Arterian Memorial Scholarship

The MAX by AccessLex Hannah R. Arterian Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to one 1L MAX participant who completes the eight-part Financial Foundations course and attends at least two MAX events. Entry is automatic, and the winner will receive a $50,000 scholarship toward their remaining law school tuition.

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

AccessLex Institute

Award Maximum:
$50,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

1L students at participating MAX Schools

Complete the eight-part Financial Foundations course and attend at least two MAX events. Visit https://askedna.accesslex.org to learn more.

Legal U.S. Residents (or lawful permanent residents) currently residing in the 50 United States, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico

Mike Eidson Scholarship

The Mike Eidson Scholarship Fund was established by the AAJ Women for Justice Education Fund in 2008, in honor of AAJ past President Mike Eidson, whose vision and generosity inspired it.

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

American Association for Justice (AAJ)

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Rising 3L (or rising 4L in a night program) enrolled in an ABA accredited law school

Female

Demonstrated a commitment to a career as a trial lawyer

Dedicated 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

Must be an AAJ law student member

Richard D. Hailey AAJ Law Student Scholarship

This association scholarship is open to any minority or underrepresented student who demonstrates a commitment and interest in the proficiency of skills in trail advocacy to represent victims. Must demonstrate financial need.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

American Association for Justice (AAJ)

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student entering their 1L, 2L, or 3L year

Minority

Demonstrated financial need

Demonstrates interest and proficiency of skills in trial advocacy

Demonstrates a commitment to AAJ and dedication to its mission through involvement in an AAJ student chapter and Minority Caucus activities

Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship

Asian American law students who demonstrate leadership potential, commitment to Asian American community and personal, professional or academic excellence should consider this scholarship. Priority consideration will be given to law students who have secured a public interest position for the summer.

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM)

Award Maximum:
$15,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student

Asian American

Current member of Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM)

Priority will be given to an individual with a secured public interest position for the summer.

Rice, Murtha & Psora Scholarship

The leaders of tomorrow are working and often sacrificing to receive an education today. The purpose of the scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student to apply towards college or law school costs and help that student realize his or her potential.

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Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Law Offices of Randolph Rice

Award Maximum:
$1,500
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Current or prospective college or law student

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

Earl Warren Scholarship

The Earl Warren Scholarship is awarded annually to rising law students whose commitment to racial justice reveals outstanding potential for training as civil rights and public interest attorneys. Eligible law students include those entering their first or second year of full-time legal study at an accredited law school.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

Award Maximum:
$45,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Law students entering their first or second year of full-time legal study at an accredited law school

Record of strong academic performance

Demonstrated and ongoing commitment to racial justice and civil rights

Demonstrated financial need

U.S. Citizen

Pi Gamma Mu Scholarship

Pi Gamma Mu, the International Honor Society in Social Sciences, awards several named/endowed scholarships.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Pi Gamma Mu

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Pi Gamma Mu members 

First time graduate students

Following areas of study are eligible: anthropology, criminal justice, economics, geography-human, gerontology, history, history of education, human services, international relations, political science, psychology, social philosophy, sociology, social work, as well as related interdisciplinary programs anchored in the Social Sciences, particularly those that focus on age, environment, ethnicity, gender, race, and regional studies

Charles E. Joseph Employment Law Scholarship

In order to encourage future employment lawyers, the Charles E. Joseph Employment Law Scholarship is awarded annually to a law student who plans to work in plaintiff’s employment law.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Working Now and Then

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Law school student

Trial Advocacy Law Student Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to the applicant who best demonstrates a commitment to the American Association for Justice and it's mission, a desire to represent victims, interest and skill in trial advocacy and financial need.

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

American Association for Justice

Award Maximum:
$3,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Membership in the American Association for Justice

The Law Office of Shane R. Kadlec Public Service Scholarship

The Law Office of Shane R. Kadlec Public Service Scholarship supports college students who are pursuing a career in public service and are passionate about helping others.

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Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

The Law Office of Shane R. Kadlec

Award Maximum:
$2,000
Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university for the spring semester

U.S. Citizen 

18 years old

Pursuing a career in public service such as law, social work, government, non-profit, or education

Bay Area Underserved Law Student Scholarship Program

We offer these scholarships because we recognize and are firmly committed to the importance of diversity within legal practice, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. The scholarships are need-based and are given to students from underrepresented minorities at five Northern California ABA-accredited law schools. In addition to scholarships, we provide mentoring and guidance to recipients.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco

Award Maximum:
$10,000
Application Deadline:
May 2
Eligibility Requirements:

Law students

Demonstrate financial need

Underrepresented minorities

Attending one of the five Northern California ABA-accredited law schools

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