Law School 
Scholarship Databank

Ms. Andow, a longtime member of the Cleveland Chapter, established this scholarship in her will. She was a wedding planner who later studied to become a legal secretary. She shared her enthusiasm and abilities with others, and volunteered almost all of her spare time with the JACL.

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 scholarship supports graduate studies for students concerned with education, social justice, and service to their communities.

Established in memory of Sho Sato, a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley, who was one of the nation’s most prominent scholars of local governmental law, this scholarship is for law students who are members of the Japanese American Citizens League.

Thomas Hayashi was a civil rights advocate and attorney in international law, whose philosophy was to encourage other Nikkei to enter the legal profession as a means of securing justice for the disadvantaged. This scholarship was established in his honor.

Animal Legal Defense Fund Advancement's scholarships are available to law student members based upon demonstrated commitment to Animal Legal Defense Fund’s mission, “to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system."

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.

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

Life Care Planning is a discipline that focuses on assessing a chronically or catastrophically injured person’s medical conditions and then formulating a plan of medically-related care to address those conditions throughout a person’s lifetime. This scholarship for those impacted by a Life-Altering Injury, highlights the struggles, successes, and strategies of people affected by catastrophic harm,

This scholarship encourages incoming and current college students to think critically about the dangers of drinking and driving.

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.

The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is designed to encourage racial and ethnic minority students who are underrepresented in the legal profession to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance to ensure that these students have the opportunity to attend law school for three years.

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 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. 

Sadly, those suffering from depression and mental health illnesses are often neglected or under-treated in our health system. Legislation could make health care mandatory for people who need it, profoundly helping them, as well as limit or regulate access to the firearms which are involved in the leading method of suicide. 
 

We offer an annual scholarship and a summer associate position. With 300 lawyers and growing, we serve sophisticated clients of all sizes and in virtually all industries from our offices in Chicago, New York, Washington, DC, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Singapore.

This nationally-based scholarship supports aspiring veterans, and children of veterans, who wish to further their education at the college or university level.

Because education paves the way for a society to flourish, we want to play a part in helping students get the schooling they desire to contribute something great to our community. The scholarship will grant three students a scholarship each to be applied towards their tuition or other education-related expenses.

This scholarship is intended to assist one driven, kind-hearted college student with a history of going beyond themselves to do good for others.

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.

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.

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.

The Wake County Bar Association Foundation has awarded scholarships to law students with Wake County ties since 1989. Scholarship funding has been sustained by events, private contributions and late fees from mandatory Tenth Judicial District Bar dues, but through reinvigorated funding campaigns, the WCBA Foundation hopes to focus our efforts to create a more sustainable and robust scholarship program. All rising 2L and 3L law students with connections to Wake County, NC are invited to apply.