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The Legally BLK Fund

By providing financial assistance, mentorship and knowledge, the Legally BLK Fund seeks to redefine the future of the legal profession by reducing some of the barriers of entry for Black women. Our mission is to provide Black women with the tools, knowledge and confidence to achieve their legal aspirations. Legally BLK Fund’s vision is that Black women have the opportunity to succeed in the law school application process and beyond.

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The Legally BLK Fund

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

College student or graduate

Based in the U.S.

Self-identifying Black woman

Applying for entry into law school in the Fall term, not more than one to two years after the scholarship deadline

Korean American Scholarship

These foundation scholarships are offered to students of Korean heritage studying in the U.S. In addition, financial need and merit is taken into consideration. Open to seven regions in the U.S. and you must apply to the scholarship in the region where your school is.

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Korean American Scholarship Foundation

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

Korean American or a foreign student from Korea

Enrolled in a full-time program (undergraduate, graduate, HS) in the U.S.

Minimum GPA 3.0

Descendants of American veterans served during the Korean War may qualify for scholarships (applicable to selective regions)

Colonel Archer B. Battista Veterans Scholarship

It is hoped that the Colonel Archer B. Battista Veterans Scholarship will help members of the armed services achieve their higher education goals.

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Hampden County Bar Association

Application Deadline:
July 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Admitted for the upcoming academic year to an accredited law school

Veteran with an Honorable Discharge or a current member of the United States Military

Dominican Bar Association Scholarship Program

Each year, the DBA awards scholarships to eligible law students who demonstrate community service involvement, academic commitment and financial need.

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Dominican Bar Association

Award Maximum:
$3,000
Application Deadline:
July 14
Eligibility Requirements:

Current law students

Full-time or part-time

ABA accredited law school

Samer Habbas & Associates Scholarship

Education comes at a cost, a pricey one at that. Even the most financially stable individuals can fall into a bit of financial disarray with no warning. This scholarship hopes to alleviate some of that cost. 

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Aspiring Law Students
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Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Samer Habbas & Associates

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
July 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Currently enrolled in an accredited college/university in the United States

U.S. Citizen or permanent resident

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. 

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Returning Law Students
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Sieben Edmunds Miller

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

Enrolled or accepted in law school or pursuing a law degree

Mapes Law Offices Scholarship

Students who have experienced first-hand the pressure of debt and how it shaped you, and how it has affected your plans for college are encouraged to apply for this scholarship.

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Sponsoring Organization:

Mapes

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

College or Graduate/Professional Degrees

Demonstrated financial need

Alford & Associate Students in Need Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to a qualified student interested in a career in law who can demonstrate the need for financial assistance

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Sponsoring Organization:

Alford & Associates

Award Maximum:
$2,000
Application Deadline:
August 4
Eligibility Requirements:

A need for financial assistance and an annual family income of under $50,000 

Pursuing a degree in pre-law or humanities 

A citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

Enrolled at an accredited college or university for the upcoming semester

James Kennedy Law Legal Ethics Scholarship

The practice of barratry is all too common among attorneys in the United States, and this sponsor works to stand up against unethical practices while fighting to protect people’s rights. Through this scholarship, they are working to ensure that the next generation of attorneys will uphold these standards.

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Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

James Kennedy, P.L.L.C.

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
August 13
Eligibility Requirements:

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Enrolled at an accredited law school or in a pre-law program at a U.S. college or university for the upcoming semester

3.0 GPA

Gold Law Firm Scholarship for Students

This scholarship is designed to help cover expenses for students accepted into any accredited institution in the United States.

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Sponsoring Organization:

Gold Law Firm

Award Maximum:
$999
Application Deadline:
August 15
Eligibility Requirements:

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Must be accepted to attend school as a pre-law undergraduate or as a first-year law student in the upcoming semester

3.0 GPA

Bajaj Law Scholarship

The purpose of this scholarship is to reward a law student pursuing a career in criminal law.

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Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Vikas Bajaj APC

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

Law student in the U.S. law school or accepted to a U.S. law school

Enrolled full-time

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

Demonstrate financial need or have financial aid obligations

Omni Law P.C. Scholarship For Students

This scholarship aims to support a pre-law undergraduate or a first-year law student.

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Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Omni Law P.C.

Award Maximum:
$999
Application Deadline:
September 15
Eligibility Requirements:

U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the United States

3.0 GPA

Accepted as a pre-law undergraduate or enter law school in the upcoming semester

Goostree Law Group Bright Futures Scholarship, Fall

This award opportunity is provided to students with demonstrated financial need who exhibit leadership, determination, and passion in their academic studies and personal lives. This scholarship is offered to one student each semester. 

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Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Goostree Law Group

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
September 17
Eligibility Requirements:

GPA of 3.0 or higher in most recently completed semester

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Enrolled in an accredited college or university for the fall semester

Annual household income of less than $75,000

Buckfire & Buckfire P.C. Law School Disability Scholarship

The Disability Scholarship demonstrates the law firm’s commitment to helping students with disabilities or injuries who are in need of financial assistance for education purposes.

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Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Buckfire Law Firm

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

Attending college or graduate school

U.S. citizen

Diagnosed disability

Completed at least one semester in college or university

Buckfire & Buckfire P.C. Law School Diversity Scholarship

The law firm scholarship is designed to help law students who are in need of financial assistance achieve their academic and professional dreams.

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Incoming Law Students
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Sponsoring Organization:

Buckfire Law Firm

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

Attending law school

Member of an ethnic/racial minority group, or committed to diversity issues

U.S. Citizen

Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0

Completed at least one semester of law school

Taylor & Ring Victim Advocate Scholarship

This award is given to a student interested in pursuing the study of law with a specific goal of helping survivors of sexual assault, rape, child abuse, or sexual harassment in the workplace.

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

Taylor & Ring Law Firm

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

Currently enrolled in, or will be enrolled in, an accredited college or university or law school for the upcoming academic year

Interest in pursuing the study of law with a specific goal of helping survivors of sexual assault, rape, child abuse, or sexual harassment in the workplace

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

Colonel Archer B. Battista Veterans Scholarship

It is hoped that the Colonel Archer B. Battista Veterans Scholarship will help members of the armed services achieve their higher education goals.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Hampden County Bar Association

Application Deadline:
November 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Must be admitted for the upcoming academic year to an accredited law school

Must be a veteran with an Honorable Discharge or a current member of the United States Military

Law Office of Jae Lee Immigrant Student Scholarship

This firm has created a scholarship program that provides assistance to first or second-generation immigrants from low-income families.

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

Law Office of Jae Lee

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

The student must be either a first or second generation immigrant living in the United States.

Family income must be considered to be low-income, with an annual household income of less than $50,000.

Currently enrolled in or accepted for admission to a college, university, or graduate program.

Must have a GPA of 4.0 or higher in their most recently completed academic semester.

AWL - KC's Roxanne Barton Conlin Scholarship Award

The Roxanne Barton Conlin Scholarship recognizes excellence in academics, community service and activities that advance women. The intent of the scholarship is to provide an educational supplement for a female law student who has distinguished herself through academics, community service and/or involvement in activities promoting women.

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

AWL of Greater Kansas City

Award Maximum:
$2,000
Application Deadline:
November 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student

Female

Demonstrated academic success, community service and/or involvement in activities promoting women

Ottinger Employment Lawyers Law School Scholarship

Ottinger Employment Lawyers is excited to reintroduce their lawyer scholarship contest. Our employment firm is dedicated to helping employees in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. We understand the challenges college students face in paying for college. This is why we want to extend our help to students pursuing law degrees and selecting one student to be awarded a scholarship to put toward their law school tuition.

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

Ottinger Employment Lawyers

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

Must be enrolled at an accredited law school (may apply if you are awaiting admission offers)

Minimum 3.0 GPA

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

NW Corporate Law Bi-Annual Scholarship (Fall)

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:
December 1
Eligibility Requirements:

2L or 3L law student enrolled in an ABA-approved law school in the U.S.

Interest in business law or entrepreneurship.

Demonstrates financial need.

Path to Law Scholarship

This scholarship is intended for undergraduates who are interested in pursuing law as a career.

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Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Award Maximum:
$2,000
Application Deadline:
December 8
Eligibility Requirements:

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

U.S. citizen 

Annual income of your household must not exceed $100,000

Minimum 3.5 GPA

ELG Scholarship

This scholarship encourages students to reflect on the resilience involved in battling cancer through a personal essay.

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

Environmental Litigation Group P.C.

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
December 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Must be enrolled full-time in a U.S. based accredited two-year or four-year university, community college or junior college, or a graduate degree program

Must be a student who witnessed a parent, sibling, immediate family member or close friend fighting cancer

3.0 GPA

IMLA Charles W. Thompson Jr. Local Government Law Scholarships

Since 1935, International Municipal Lawyers Association has been devoted to promoting excellence in the practice of local government law, through publications, conferences, online resources, amicus support and an active community of local government lawyer members. Named in honor of Charles Thompson, local government law lecturer, county attorney, and long-time Executive Director of IMLA, the IMLA Scholarships are an extension of IMLA’s activities, by encouraging law students to pursue the study of local government law and expanding the ranks of local government practitioners.

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

International Municipal Lawyers Association

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

First-year law and second-year law students, currently enrolled at an accredited law school in the U.S. (must provide enrollment verification).

References from one or more local government lawyers or law professors confirming interest and promise in the area of local government law.

Asbestos Scholarship Fund

This scholarship is offered to support a student with a family connection to cancer so they may continue their education

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

Environmental Litigation Group

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

U.S. citizens

At least 18 years old 

Enrolled full-time in a U.S. accredited two-year or four-year university, community college or junior college, or a graduate degree program

Applicants must be students who witnessed a parent, sibling, or other immediate family member battling cancer

The Orlow Firm Scholarship

This award will recognize the potential of a socio-economic challenged student who has a vision of giving back to their community.

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

The Orlow Firm

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

Currently enrolled in or accepted to a U.S. college or university

Sieben Edmunds Miller Criminal Justice Scholarship (Fall Deadline)

This is a national, needs-based scholarship for students pursuing a career in criminal justice. Undergraduates and law school students are encouraged to apply.

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

Sieben Edmunds Miller

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
December 31

AlvaradoSmith Raymond G. Alvarado Scholarship

Provides opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished Latinos to achieve excellence and become leaders in the legal field.

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Hispanic Education Endowment Fund (HEEF)

Application Deadline:
January 17
Eligibility Requirements:

Admitted to a Law School

Either from Orange County, CA (OC high school or community college graduates) OR for non-OC Latino students who are attending an OC Law School

Participated in college pre-law programs or clubs as well as worked or volunteered in a local Law Firm or public service agency and/or the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association.

Army Women's Foundation Legacy Scholarship Program

The Army Women’s Foundation scholarship recognizes the importance of education and the role it plays in personal, professional and economic fulfillment. This scholarship provides women soldiers, past and present, and their lineal descendants to help them attain their educational goals.

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Sponsoring Organization:

Army Women's Foundation

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
January 21
Eligibility Requirements:

Enrolled in a degree granting and accredited institution

Must be honorably serving in the U.S. Army Reserve or U.S. Army or U.S. Army National Guard or the lineal descendant of a woman who has served or is serving honorably in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve or U.S. Army National Guard

Minimum 2.5 GPA high school graduation

Commander's verification of active duty or qualified documentation of the sponsor or women's service

Land Legal Group Scholarship For Students

This scholarship is intended to help defray expenses for students that have been accepted into a school anywhere in the United States.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Land Legal Group 

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

US Citizen or permanent resident

Accepted and will either be attending school as a pre-law undergraduate or entering law school in the upcoming semester.

3.0 GPA

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarship

The HSF Scholarship is designed to assist students of Hispanic heritage obtain a university degree. It is open to graduate students in any field of study as well as undergraduate students, community college students transferring to a four-year university, and high school seniors.

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Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
February 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Full-time enrollment during the award year

Hispanic heritage

Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale for high school students; minimum of 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale for college and graduate students

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Legal Resident or DACA

Must complete FAFSA or state-based financial aid

Justice Stephen K. Tamura Scholarship

This bar association foundation offers scholarships to deserving law students and recent law school graduates in furtherance of their legal education. Japanese heritage, merit and financial need will be taken into consideration.

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

Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation

Application Deadline:
February 17
Eligibility Requirements:

Law students or recent law school graduates

Commitment to serving the local or Japanese American community and/or the API community

Adversity considered

Financial need and academic merit considered

Justice John F. Aiso Scholarship

This organization offers scholarships in varying amounts to deserving law students and recent law school graduates in furtherance of their legal education. Diverse populations dedicated to community service are encouraged to apply.

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

Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation

Application Deadline:
February 17
Eligibility Requirements:

Law school student and recent graduates

Commitment to serving the Japanese American community and/or the API community

Academic achievement considered

Financial need considered

Elmer Yamamoto Civil Rights and Public Interest Scholarship

Deserving law students and recent law graduates with demonstrated commitment to community service, including but not limited to serving the Japanese American community.

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

Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation

Application Deadline:
February 17
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student or recent law graduate

Commitment to serving Japanese American community

LimNexus Foundation Scholarship

Deserving law students and recent law graduates with demonstrated commitment to community service, including but not limited to serving the Japanese American community.

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

Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation

Application Deadline:
February 17
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student or recent law graduate

Commitment to serving Japanese American community

Citywide Law Scholarship

Citywide Law Group offers this scholarship to a current or aspiring law student to assist with the financial hardship law school can be.

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

Citiwide Law Group

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

Full-time U.S. law school or college student

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

FCBA Foundation Law School Scholarship Program

The FCBA Foundation Law School Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to rising second-or third-year students currently enrolled in accredited U.S. law schools who have a demonstrated interest in pursing a career in TMT law.

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation (FCBA)

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
March 3
Eligibility Requirements:

Demonstrated interest in technology, media, and telecommunications law and policy

Agnes B. McGirth Scholarship

The Black Women Lawyers’ Association Scholarship Fund (BWLA-SF) endeavors to encourage African-American women in the law through support in their legal education and to promote diversity in the legal profession.

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

Black Women Lawyers Association (BWLA) of Greater Chicago

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

1L, 2L or 3L in good academic standing attend at an ABA-accredited law school

Demonstrate commitment to public service or diversity as evidenced by current leadership or participation in community service or outreach

Demonstrate unmet financial need

Goostree Law Group Bright Futures Scholarship, Spring

This award opportunity is provided to students with demonstrated financial need who exhibit leadership, determination, and passion in their academic studies and personal lives. This scholarship is offered to one student each semester.

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

Goostree Law Group

Award Maximum:
$2,500
Application Deadline:
March 19
Eligibility Requirements:

GPA of 3.0 or higher in most recently completed semester

U.S. Citizen or permanent resident

Enrolled in an accredited college or university for the upcoming semester

Annual household income of less than $75,000

USLAW Law School Diversity Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to eligible, diverse law students and those who demonstrate a genuine commitment to DEI and social justice in their communities, or within their academic career, and demonstrate financial need to achieve their academic and professional dreams.

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

USLAW

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
March 21
Eligibility Requirements:

Applicant is from an underrepresented population and background, which includes but is not limited to, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native American or Other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, and/or multiple of the aforementioned racial identities, or who identifies as LGBTQ+.

U.S. Citizen or permanent resident

Applicant is currently attending an ABA-accredited law school 

Mesothelioma.com Scholarship

If you’ve battled a form of cancer yourself, or witnessed a loved one receiving treatment, the purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial assistance to college students in their pursuit of higher education whose life has been impacted by cancer.

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

Mesothelioma.com

Award Maximum:
$4,000
Application Deadline:
March 31
Eligibility Requirements:

Enrolled full-time at an accredited two-year or four-year university, community college or junior college, or a graduate degree program

Battled cancer at any point in their lives (not limited to mesothelioma) or who have a parent, sibling, immediate family member or close friend that has battled or is currently fighting cancer

U.S. Citizen

Minimum 3.2 GPA

Howard Brown Rickard Scholarships

This memorial scholarship award is for law students. Student must be legally blind in order to be eligible to apply.

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

National Federation of the Blind

Award Maximum:
$2,300
Application Deadline:
March 31
Eligibility Requirements:

Any legally blind university student in the professions of law, medicine, engineering, architecture, or the natural sciences, including undergraduates in these fields, is eligible to apply

Legally blind

2025 Trans/Nonbinary Law Graduates of Color Grant Fund

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. 

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Scholarship Type:
Bar Study
Sponsoring Organization:

The LGBTQ+ Bar

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

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)

George A. Straight Minority Scholarship

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.

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

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)

Application Deadline:
April 1
Eligibility Requirements:

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

Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship

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

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

NAACP

Award Maximum:
$2,000
Application Deadline:
April 11
Eligibility Requirements:

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 

William S. Bullinger Scholarship

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.

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

Federal Circuit Bar Association

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
April 15
Eligibility Requirements:

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

AEF First-Generation Law Student Scholarship

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. 

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Asian Pacific American Bar Association And Jessie K. Liu

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
April 15
Eligibility Requirements:

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

Rosen & Ohr Scholarship

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

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

Rosen & Ohr Law

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

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.

Honorable Justice Vaino Spencer Scholarship

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.

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Scholarship Type:
Bar Study
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, INC.

Award Maximum:
$5,000
Application Deadline:
April 19
Eligibility Requirements:

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.

Thomas P. Thornton Scholarship

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

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers (ISIAL)

Award Maximum:
$1,500
Application Deadline:
April 28
Eligibility Requirements:

Preference to student members of the ISIAL

Financial need

Academic performance

Irish Heritage

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