Skip to main content

Register Now for the Spring Sync Workshop

Contact Us
LinkedIn Logo
X/Twitter logo
Facebook Icon
instagram icon
youtube icon
tiktok icon
AccessLex logo AccessLex
Home Home
  • Focus Areas
    Academic and Bar Success Diversity Programs Financial Education Grant Programs Helix Bar Review Policy and Advocacy Research and Data
  • Resources
    AccessConnex Analytix The ARC Ask EDNA Diversity Pathway Program Directory JDEdge LexScholars #MakeTheCase MAX MAX Pre-Law Scholarship Databank Student Loan Calculator XploreJD
  • Student Center
    Aspiring Law Students Current Students Recent Graduates
  • Administrators
    Our Team MAX Administrators Pre-Law Services Publications Order Form
  • News and Events
    Student Events Events for School Professionals News Room
  • About Us
    History Board of Directors Leadership Team Our Member Law Schools
Focus Areas

Discover our areas of expertise and learn how we’re fulfilling our nonprofit mission.

Academic and Bar Success Diversity Programs Financial Education Grant Programs Helix Bar Review Policy and Advocacy Research and Data
A smiling woman wearing a grey jacket and white shirt holding a tablet computer

Top Notch Bar Prep

Resources

Check out our free tools for success from school selection through bar prep.

AccessConnex Analytix The ARC Ask EDNA Diversity Pathway Program Directory JDEdge LexScholars #MakeTheCase MAX MAX Pre-Law Scholarship Databank Student Loan Calculator XploreJD
Accesslex JDEdge Logo

Learn About JDEdge

Student Center

Explore free resources on the path from pre-law to legal professional.

Aspiring Law Students Current Students Recent Graduates
A smiling woman holds her laptop close to her body with the sun shining in the background

Graduate Resources

Administrators

Learn how AccessLex supports legal education professionals and their students.

Our Team MAX Administrators Pre-Law Services Publications Order Form
A pair of hands hovering over a laptop

Order Free Publications

News and Events

Catch up on AccessLex news and view our schedule of events.

Student Events Events for School Professionals News Room
A smiling man wearing a yellow sweater holds a tablet

Free Webinars

About Us

Learn more about nonprofit AccessLex Institute®.

History Board of Directors Leadership Team Our Member Law Schools
A compass where the arrow is pointing to the word "Mission"

Our Mission

Search

Law School 
Scholarship Databank

Don’t leave money
 in the Bank.

Smiling young adult with arms crossed standing in an office.
Smiling young adult with arms crossed standing in an office.

A scholarship can make all the difference.

Search over 800 carefully curated and vetted scholarship opportunities and writing competitions — totaling more than $3 million in aid.

Watch our video to learn tips and tricks for getting the most out of the Databank!

Scholarships
Writing Competitions
FAQs

Scholarships

Search
FILTERS
Close
FILTERS:

Scholarship Type

info
Filter by law school stage (see FAQs for details). x
  • Aspiring Law Students (37)
  • Bar Study (3)
  • Incoming Law Students (60)
  • Returning Law Students (59)

Award Amount

info
Filter by maximum dollar amount of scholarship. x
  • Up to $5,000 (54)
  • $5,001 to $10,000 (7)
  • $10,001 to $15,000 (0)
  • $15,001 + (1)

Application Deadline Month

info
Filter by due date for application materials. x
  • (-) July (65)
  • January (58)
  • February (67)
  • March (86)
  • April (92)
  • May (69)
  • June (81)
  • August (44)
  • September (63)
  • October (41)
  • November (37)
  • December (67)

Location

info
Filter by preferred or required applicant location. x
Search
  • No Location Required (50)
  • Alabama (0)
  • Alaska (0)
  • Arizona (0)
  • California (5)
  • Colorado (0)
  • Connecticut (0)
  • Delaware (1)
  • District of Columbia (0)
  • Florida (1)
  • Georgia (0)
  • Hawaii (1)
  • Idaho (0)
  • Illinois (1)
  • Indiana (0)
  • Kansas (0)
  • Kentucky (0)
  • Louisiana (0)
  • Maine (0)
  • Maryland (1)
  • Massachusetts (0)
  • Michigan (0)
  • Minnesota (0)
  • Mississippi (0)
  • Missouri (1)
  • Montana (0)
  • Nebraska (0)
  • Nevada (0)
  • New Hampshire (0)
  • New Jersey (1)
  • New Mexico (0)
  • New York (1)
  • North Carolina (0)
  • North Dakota (0)
  • Ohio (1)
  • Oklahoma (0)
  • Oregon (1)
  • Pennsylvania (0)
  • Rhode Island (0)
  • South Carolina (0)
  • South Dakota (0)
  • Tennessee (0)
  • Texas (2)
  • Utah (0)
  • Vermont (0)
  • Virginia (1)
  • Washington (1)
  • West Virginia (0)
  • Wisconsin (0)
  • Wyoming (0)
  • Puerto Rico (0)
  • Other (0)

Applicant Attributes

info
Filter by applicant characteristics and attributes. x
Search
  • Affiliation (group, religion) (0)
  • Black (5)
  • DACA (2)
  • First Generation (2)
  • Heritage (3)
  • Indigenous/Native American (1)
  • International (1)
  • Latinx (4)
  • LGBTQIA (0)
  • Mental Disability (1)
  • Physical Disability (hearing, vision, mobility) (3)
  • Racial/Ethnic Minority Group (1)
  • Religious Affiliation (0)
  • Underrepresented (2)
  • Veteran (4)
  • Women (2)

Interest Area

info
Filter by legal, personal or professional topics. x
Search
  • Public Interest Law (4)
  • Community Service (2)
  • Personal Injury (2)
  • Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice (1)
  • Business Law (1)
  • Disability Rights (1)
  • Diversity & Inclusion (1)
  • Litigation (1)
  • Pro Bono Work (1)
  • Real Property, Trust & Estate Law (1)
  • Social Justice (1)
  • Victim Advocacy (1)
  • Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (0)
  • Air & Space Law (0)
  • Alcohol Law (0)
  • Antitrust Law (0)
  • California Legal History (0)
  • Children & the Law (0)
  • Civil Rights & Social Justice (0)
  • Communications Law (0)
  • Constitutional Law (0)
  • Construction Law (0)
  • Criminal Law (0)
  • Dispute Resolution (0)
  • Domestic & Sexual Violence (0)
  • Education Law (0)
  • Entertainment & Sports Industries (0)
  • Environment, Energy & Resources (0)
  • Family Law (0)
  • Federalism (0)
  • Food and Drug Law (0)
  • Foreign Policy (0)
  • Government & Political Law (0)
  • Health Law (0)
  • Immigration (0)
  • Infrastructure and Regulated Industries (0)
  • Intellectual Property (0)
  • International Law (0)
  • Judicial Division (0)
  • Juvenile Justice & Advocacy (0)
  • Labor & Employment Law (0)
  • Land Use (0)
  • Law & Aging (0)
  • Law Library (0)
  • Law Practice (0)
  • Leadership (0)
  • Liability and COVID-19 (0)
  • Native American Law & Tribal Governance (0)
  • Practice Management (0)
  • Professional Responsibility (0)
  • Public Contract Law (0)
  • Public Law (0)
  • Real Estate Law (0)
  • Reproductive Rights (0)
  • Rule of Law (0)
  • Science & Technology Law (0)
  • Taxation (0)
  • Tort Trial & Insurance Practice (0)
  • Transportation (0)

Essay Requirements

info
Filter by length of written application materials. x
  • Not Required (8)
  • Yes (length not specified) (6)
  • Yes - Less than 500 words (up to 1 page) (11)
  • Yes - 501-1000 words (1-2 pages) (30)
  • Yes - 1001-1500 words (2-3 pages) (8)
  • Yes - 1501-2000 words (3-4 pages) (2)
  • Yes - 2001 - 2500 words (4-5 pages) (0)
  • Yes - More than 2500 words (5+ pages) (0)

Need Based

info
Is financial need considered for this scholarship? x
  • Yes (9)
  • No (56)

Merit Based

info
Is academic performance part of this application? x
  • Yes (31)
  • No (34)

Transcript Required

info
Is an academic transcript required to apply? x
  • Yes (42)
  • No (23)

65 results

Lawyer.com Future Lawyer Scholarship

As an appreciation for lawyers and what they can provide for their community, Lawyer.com is celebrating new and future lawyers-to-be with a law school scholarship.

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

Lawyer.com

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
July 30
Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must be future law students or current law students.

Austin Bar Foundation LGBT Bar Association Scholarship

Award is intended to help defray expenses of pursuing a law school education an open to students who have demonstrated some commitment or contribution to the LGBT community or LGBT legal issues.

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

Austin Bar Foundation and Austin LGBT Bar Association

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

Enrolled at a public or private law school physically located in the State of Texas

Demonstrated some commitment or contribution to the LGBT community or LGBT legal issues

Financial need

Ernst Law Group Brain Injury Caregivers Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to a student whose life has been touched by a loved one’s brain injury.

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

Ernst Law Group

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

Enrolled in or have been accepted to an accredited college or university

Currently, or have been, a caregiver of someone living with a serious brain injury

GPA 2.8 

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

Steinger, Greene & Feiner Law Scholarship for Child Advocates

A scholarship offered semi-annual for a child advocate or abuse survivor seeking a law degree.

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

Steinger, Green & Feiner

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

Be either a current law student at an accredited law school or at an accredited undergraduate university planning to attend law school for the following academic year

Minimum 2.8 GPA

Must have either personally worked to protect children's right or stop abuse either as a volunteer, as a counselor, in your professional work or by legal means OR you are an abuse survivor who wishes to use your own experiences to help others

BK Law Group Strong Work Ethic Scholarship

At BK Law Group, we believe in the importance of having a strong work ethic. We want to hear from you about a specific time in your life where you utilized your strong work ethic. The winner will receive a scholarship to put toward their education.

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

BK Law Group

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

Current high school senior, college student or graduate student, enrolled in a two to five year post-secondary institution for the upcoming semester

Legal resident of the U.S. residing in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia

Minimum 3.0 GPA 
 

Employees of BK Law Group, their immediate families (parent, child, sibling, and spouse), and persons living in the same households of such individuals (whether related or not), are not eligible to participate in the competition.

The City That Works Scholarship

Costa Ivone, LLC works hard to help clients in the courtroom, and are always looking for ways to help others in the community to continue contributing to the workforce of Chicago. To do this, theu started The City That Works Scholarship.

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

Costa Ivone, LLC

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

Current high school senior, college student or graduate student

Legal resident of the United States and resides in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia

Enrolled and/or accepted in a two to five-year college or university

Minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher and be in good overall academic standing with their current educational institution.

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

Sieben Edmunds Miller Criminal Justice Scholarship (Spring Deadline)

This is a biannual, national scholarship for law students. We remember our own law school experience fondly; the education and networking opportunities we received during undergrad and law school continue to be invaluable to this day. 

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

Sieben Edmunds Miller

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

Enrolled or accepted in law school or pursuing a law degree

New Silver Fintech Scholarship

The New Silver Fintech Scholarship will award First, Second, and Third place scholarships to selected applicants submitting an essay up to 1000 words answering the question: "How will artificial intelligence impact the financial services industry over the next 3-5 years?"

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

New Silver

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

Applicants must be enrolled or in the process of enrolling as a full-time student at an accredited college or university in the U.S.

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

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

Iranian American Bar Association Foundation (IABA) National General Scholarship

IABA Foundation grants scholarships each year to law students who have demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of the Iranian-American community. Applicants must be at an accredited law school in the United States and are not otherwise receiving full educational funding from another organization. In addition to funding, scholarship recipient(s) will receive one year of mentorship from an IABA mentor.

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

Iranian American Bar Association Foundation

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
July 31
Eligibility Requirements:

Current Law Student at an ABA-accredited U.S. law school

Demonstrate leadership or commitment to the advancement of the Iranian American community

The Power of Online Communities Scholarship

This scholarship encourages students to think critically about the ways social media and other online forums have influenced the process of gathering evidence, communicating with witnesses, and sharing information about a case.

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

Richmond \ Vona

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

Enrollment or acceptance to an accredited college, university or graduate school in the U.S.

3.0 GPA

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

ABC Law Centers Disability Advocacy Scholarship

Awards one annual scholarship to an undergraduate, graduate, or law student planning to pursue a law or public policy career focused on disability advocacy.

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

ABC Law Center

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

Undergraduate or graduate student 

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Interest and/or personal experience in disability advocacy

ABC Law Centers Cerebral Palsy Scholarship

Our annual scholarship is for financial assistance designed to simultaneously increase awareness about cerebral palsy (CP) and celebrate the achievements of those with cerebral palsy.

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

ABC Law Centers

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

Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional School, Law School

Have cerebral palsy

GPA minimum 3.0

Auger & Auger Disabled Scholar Award, Fall

To support disabled students with their educational expenses.

More
Scholarship Type:
Aspiring Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Auger & Auger

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

Disabled student either currently enrolled or will be enrolled at an accredited college or university at the time of application

2.8 GPA or higher

Iranian American Bar Association Foundation (IABA) NorCal Public Interest Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to a law student who is pursuing a summer internship, externship or clerkship in public interest. This includes a position at a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, government agency, or a judicial clerkship. Please note, students who will be working remotely for their public interest position are still eligible to apply. Applicants must have a connection to Northern California (via, employment, law school, or substantial prior residency).

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

Iranian American Bar Association (IABA) Foundation

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

Enrolled in or accepted for enrollment in an ABA-accredited law school

Must have a connection to Northern California (via employment, law school, or substantial prior residency)

Full-time, part-time, evening or LLM student

Pursuing a summer internship, externship or clerkship in public interest, includes a position at a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, government agency, or a judicial clerkship (including those working remotely for their public interest position) 

MPOWER Global Citizen Scholarship

MPOWER Financing awards scholarships annually to international and DACA students enrolled at certain colleges and universities .

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

MPOWER Financing

Award Maximum:
$10,000
Application Deadline:
July 31
Eligibility Requirements:

Accepted at, or enrolled in, a full-time degree program at a U.S. or Canadian school that MPOWER supports (see scholarship provider website for listing of schools)

Be an international student allowed to legally study in the U.S. or Canada, including DACA, visa that allows studying in the U.S., and U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder)

Pagination
  • Previous page
  • Page 1
  • Current page 2
Accesslex Institute Logo

10 North High Street
Suite 400
West Chester, PA 19380

 

 

  • Focus Areas
    Focus Areas
    Academic and Bar Success Diversity Programs Financial Education Grant Programs Policy and Advocacy Research and Data
  • Student Center
    Student Center
    Aspiring Law Students Current Students Recent Graduates
  • Administrators
    Administrators
    Our Team MAX Administrators Pre-Law Services Publications Order Form
  • News and Events
    News and Events
    Student Events Events for School Professionals News Room
  • About Us
    About Us
    History Board of Directors Leadership Team Our Member Law Schools
Resources
Helix Bar Review
Contact Us
Careers
Financial Highlights
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Accessibility Statement

Copyright © 2025. AccessLex Institute®, ACCESSLEX®, and other logos or product names herein are trademarks of AccessLex Institute®. All rights reserved.

Terms of Use Privacy Policy Accessibility Statement
LinkedIn Logo X/Twitter logo Facebook Icon instagram icon youtube icon tiktok icon

Copyright © 2025. AccessLex Institute®, ACCESSLEX®, and other logos or product names herein are trademarks of AccessLex Institute®. All rights reserved.