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The Law Place Scholarship

This scholarship aims to ease the financial burden of the next generation of law students. 

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

The Law Place 

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

Enrolled, or accepted at an accredited law school in the U.S.

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Legally residing in the U.S.

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

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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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.

Dermer Appel Ruder, LLC Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to a student pursuing an undergraduate degree in pre-law studies, or a student entering law school in the upcoming semester.

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Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Dermer Appel Ruder, LLC

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

Accepted, or enrolled in a U.S. college or university.

GPA of 3.0 or above

McDowell South American Heritage Scholarship

Scholarship is intended to help students form South America study law in the U.S.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

McDowell Law Firm, LLC

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
June 10
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student

Be accepted or enrolled in an accredited law school

Be of South American Heritage

3.2 GPA

Traumatic Brain Injury Scholarship

Bressman Law has created a scholarship for students persevering despite the effects of severe head trauma. The scholarship is also designed to heighten public awareness of the challenges American youth face following traumatic brain injuries.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

BressmanLaw

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

College or Graduate/Professional Degrees

Currently enrolled at or accepted to an accredited college in the U.S.

Minimum 3.0 GPA 

Documented diagnosis by a licensed healthcare professional

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

Fight for Survivors Scholarship

This academic-based scholarship will go to a deserving student who is an advocate for sexual abuse survivors and is pursuing higher education at an accredited college/university or graduate school. The award can go toward tuition, books, or other education expenses.

 

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Sponsoring Organization:

Fight for Survivors

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

Must be enrolled in an accredited college, university, or graduate school in the United States. 

Must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. 

Must be a U.S. citizen. 

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

Dwyer Williams Cherkoss Attorneys Scholarship

A scholarship available to students to help defray first-year expenses for students graduating from undergraduate school that have been accepted into an accredited law school anywhere in the U.S.

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Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Dwyer Williams Cherkoss

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

Attending first year of law school in the fall

U.S. citizen or otherwise authorized for work in the U.S.

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Keith M. Fletcher Excellence in Ethics Scholarship

Scholarship offered for law students and prospective law students. Offers a first-place and second-place scholarship.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Simmons and Fletcher, P.C.

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

Currently enrolled in or accepted to a U.S. law school

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

The Finney Injury Law Scholarship

This scholarship will help two underrepresented students break down the barriers of higher education, accomplish their educational goals, and prepare them for a future in law.

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

Finney Injury Law

Award Maximum:
$10,000
Application Deadline:
July 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Enrolled in a certificate program, undergraduate, graduate, or law school and working towards a career path within the legal field

2.5+ GPA

Ben Hall Law Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to five students to be used exclusively for tuition or related expenses.

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

Ben Hall Law

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

Enrolled in a U.S. college or trade school

Representing Real People Scholarship

These law firm scholarships are directed at law students committed to a career representing individuals often with limited financial means to defend themselves in civil cases. Applicants should have an interest in supporting the safety and stability of large segments of the American population dealing with evictions, foreclosures, child support, domestic violence, employment rights, just to name a few.

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Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Patrick Malone & Associates

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

Accepted at an accredited U.S. law school and plan to attend in the fall of the year of application

Intend to pursue a legal career representing individuals, especially those of limited financial means

Academic and other merit considered

The O'Connor, Runckel & O'Malley Law Scholarship

The law firm of O'Connor, Runckel & O'Malley, personal injury lawyers are currently offering law students the O'Connor Runckel & O'Malley Legal Scholarship. The scholarship is to help with tuition and related expenses.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

The Law Firm of O'Connor, Runckel & O'Malley

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

U.S. Citizen.

Enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited law school.

Demonstrate a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Law Enforcement Family Member Scholarship

One university or law school student who is a family member of a law enforcement officer will be awarded a scholarship.

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

Fales & Fales, PA

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

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

Family member who is or was an active duty member of law enforcement

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Striving Solo Parent Scholarship

Raising children as a single parent isn't easy. This scholarship will help a single parent as they return to higher education.

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

Daniel R. Bacalis, P.C

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
September 10
Eligibility Requirements:

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

U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Minimum 3.0 GPA 
 

McGuire Law Firm 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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Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

McGuire Law Firm

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

U.S. citizen.

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

3.0 GPA.

Kasturi Law LLC Scholarship For Students

This scholarship is intended for either a pre-law undergraduate or first-year law student to help defray expenses.

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

Kasturi Law LLC

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

U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

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

GPA 3.0.

Fernandez & Karney Annual Scholarship

This scholarship aims to assist with expenses for pre-law and 1L students accepted into a school anywhere in the United States.

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

Fernandez & Karney

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

U.S. citizen

3.0 GPA

Criminal Justice Changemaker Scholarship

Students applying should have an interest in pursuing a career in the criminal justice field for this scholarship opportunity.

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

Varghese Summersett PLLC

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

Incoming or current law student in the U.S.

Interested in a criminal justice career.

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship Fund

The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships cover tuition and some living expenses for graduate students attending specific institution of higher education within the U.S. with demonstrated financial need. The Selection Committee has a strong preference for supporting scholarly endeavors.

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

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund; Private Foundation Services, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Award Maximum:
$18,000
Application Deadline:
November 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Fellowships are restricted to graduate students who are attending an accredited and designated institution of higher education within the U.S. (see fellowship website for listing of eligible institutions)

U.S. Citizen

Outstanding undergraduate record

Demonstrate financial need

Truck Accident Awareness Scholarship

Scholarship to a promising college student who can share solutions for helping reduce trucking accidents on our roads. 

Our nation’s economy heavily depends on the trucking industry. Still, commercial trucks are highly dangerous, and accidents involving them cause fatalities and severe injuries. This scholarship will be awarded to a college student who can share solutions for helping reduce trucking accidents on our roads. 

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

The Fitch Law Firm

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

3.0 GPA

Admitted to or enrolled in an accredited college/university or graduate school

U.S. Citizen or permanent resident

The Truck Accident Awareness Safety Scholarship

This academic scholarship will be awarded to a promising student pursuing higher education at an accredited college, university, or graduate school. The award can go toward tuition, books, supplies, or other education-related expenses. 

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

The Fitch Law Firm

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

Admitted to or enrolled in an accredited college/university or graduate school

Minimum 3.0 GPA

U.S. Citizen

Mark T. Banner Scholarship

Law students of a historically underrepresented group with high ethics, civility and professionalism, and a commitment to pursue intellectual property law are encouraged to apply for this scholarship.

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

The Richard Linn American Inn of Court

Award Maximum:
$10,000
Application Deadline:
December 6
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student

Attending an ABA Accredited Law School

Commitment to pursue Intellectual Property Law

The 2025 Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship

Barrios Virgüez’s Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship offers $2,500 in financial assistance to students anticipating or returning to college. This scholarship celebrates students’ successful development of leadership skills alongside their academic success. Students submitting their scholarship applications are encouraged to elaborate on the challenges that their time in a leadership position foisted upon them. Barrios Virgüez wants to uphold the efforts of a student who had their abilities, perspective, and/or perseverance challenges.

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

Barrios Virgüez

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

Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Enrolled in or accepted at an accredited college, university, or graduate school in the United States.

Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program

A one-year fellowship provided to highly talented graduate students in New England and California whose studies and career goals are directed toward environmental improvement and who clearly demonstrate leadership in their field.

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

Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation

Award Maximum:
$17,000
Application Deadline:
January 6
Eligibility Requirements:

Be enrolled Full-Time at an accredited graduate institution ONLY in California or New England

Graduate School and Law School

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, or DACA recipient

Strong academic qualifications, with academic and career goals focused on environmental improvement

Must have completed at least one semester or quarter of course work to apply, and be seeking the Master’s (J.D.) as their terminal degree

Marshall-Motley Scholars Program

The MMSP will support and develop the next wave of civil rights lawyers in the South, where the majority of Black Americans live. Over the next five years, we will invest in the establishment of a corps of 50 civil rights attorneys equipped and prepared to advocate on behalf of Black communities in the South seeking racial justice and equity.

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Scholarship Type:
Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, INC

Application Deadline:
February 5
Eligibility Requirements:

Admission as an incoming 1L to an ABA Accredited law school

Commitment to work in the south (AL, AK, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, MO, NC, TN, TX, VA) in civil rights law for 8 years after graduation

Commitment to 2 years in a guaranteed post-law fellowship

The Law Offices Of W. Dan Mahoney, P.C. Scholarship For Students

This annual scholarship for students who plan to attend school in the fall as either a pre-law undergraduate or first-year law student.

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Aspiring Law Students
Incoming Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

The Law Offices Of W. Dan Mahoney, P.C.

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

U.S. citizenship or permanent resident.

3.0 GPA

Accepted into school as a pre-law undergraduate or entering law school in fall.

O’Brien & Eggleston PLLC, Scholarship For Students

This scholarship aims to assist pre-law and 1L students with the expenses associated with attending a school anywhere in the United States.

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

O’Brien & Eggleston PLLC

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

Accepted into a school and will be attending as either pre-law undergraduate or first-year law student

Minimum 3.0 GPA 

 U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Land Legal Group Scholarship

This annual scholarship is available to students attending school in the Fall Semester as either a pre-law undergraduate or first-year law student.

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Aspiring Law Students
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Sponsoring Organization:

Land Legal Group

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

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.

Enrolled as a pre-law undergraduate or entering law school.

3.0 GPA

Wind Law, LLC Scholarship For Students

This scholarship is for students planning to attend school in the fall as either a pre-law undergraduate or a first-year law student.

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Aspiring Law Students
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Sponsoring Organization:

Wind Law, LLC

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

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

3.0 GPA

Attend school as a pre-law undergraduate or entering law school in fall.

Free Injury Legal Advice Scholarship

This scholarship aims to assist with expenses for students accepted into a college or university anywhere in the U.S.

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

Free Injury Legal Advice

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

Be accepted and planning to attend school as a pre-law undergraduate or entering law school

Minimum 3.0 GPA 

U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Ashby Thelen Lowry Scholarship For Students

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

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

Ashby Thelen Lowry 

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

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

Minimum 3.0 GPA 

U.S. citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the U.S.

J.L. Weigand, Jr. Legal Education Trust Scholarship

This education trust scholarship is geared to provide support in a variety of ways to the best Kansas law students. The trust's mission is to actively promote excellence in legal education and to encourage the most scholastically qualified students to remain or return to Kansas to practice law. To be used at University of Notre Dame Law School, Washburn University School of Law or University of Kansas School of Law.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

J.L. Weigand, Jr. Legal Education Trust

Application Deadline:
February 15
Eligibility Requirements:

Full-time graduate student

U.S. Citizen

Legal resident of the State of Kansas for at least ten (10) years prior to college graduation

MBF’s Legal Intern Fellowship Program

Talented law students who have secured a volunteer internship with a qualified nonprofit organization in Massachusetts and demonstrate a commitment to public interest law are encouraged to apply for this fellowship program.

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Incoming Law Students
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Sponsoring Organization:

Massachusetts Bar Foundation Fellowship

Award Maximum:
$8,000
Application Deadline:
March 7
Eligibility Requirements:

Law student

Secured a volunteer internship position with one non-profit organization in Massachusetts

Preference given to permanent/future residents of Massachusetts

Demonstrated commitment to public interest law

Bernadine Johnson Marshall and Martha Belle Scholarship

To promote African-American females in the field of law to help support outstanding law students and recognize extraordinary individuals and institutions.

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

Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey, Inc.

Award Maximum:
$1,000
Application Deadline:
March 8
Eligibility Requirements:

Attend an accredited law school

New Jersey resident

Demonstrate community service and financial need

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

A & B Scholarship for Aspiring Family Law Attorneys

Our firm believes that every party involved in divorce and family law cases deserves a talented, dedicated advocate to help them fight for fair treatment under the law. It’s not enough for us to help our clients obtain justice for their unique situations—we want to make sure that the law itself is applied properly so that others don’t have to go through what they did.That’s why we’ve established this scholarship program: to foster an attitude of fairness and compassion in those who are pursuing a career in family law. We hope it will encourage you, too, as you take steps on your path toward becoming an attorney.

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

Anderson & Boback Family Law Attorneys

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

You are currently enrolled and pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at an ABA-accredited law school.

You have a cumulative law school GPA of 3.0 or higher and be in good academic standing.

U.S. Citizen

Waple & Houk, PLLC Scholarship For Students

This scholarship is for student pursuing an undergraduate degree in pre-law studies or a student entering law school.

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

Waple & Houk, PLLC 

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

3.0 GPA

Must be accepted or enrolled into a program at any U.S. college or university

Mirza Law Scholarship

This scholarship and an opportunity to complete an internship at Mirza Law is for future leaders in employment and personal injury law.

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Scholarship Type:
Bar Study
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Mirza Law

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

U.S. citizen or a permanent resident

Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from an ABA-accredited law school

Flora Marie Jenkins Memorial Disability Scholarship

This nationally-based scholarship awards money to aspiring individuals with disabilities who wish to further their education. 

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

Marc Whitehead & Associates

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

U.S. Citizen or permanent resident with medical documentation of a disability

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

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