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Diversity Bar Stipend Award - July Bar Exam

OCWLA Foundation awards a Diversity Stipend to a recent law school graduate with a minority ethnic background and achievements and contributions in scholarship, community service, advancement of diversity or diversity issues. Financial need and connection to Orange County are also considered.

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Orange Country Women Lawyers Association (OCWLA)

Award Maximum:
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Application Deadline:
April 20
Eligibility Requirements:

Recent law school graduate

Minority ethnic background

Demonstrated contributions in scholarship, community service, advancement of diversity or diversity issues

Financial need and connection to Orange County are also considered

Parsons Dwight Law Scholarship

This scholarship is for descendants of the enslaved in Georgia who are attending or about to attend law school.

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The Reparations Project

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$30,000
Application Deadline:
April 23
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Enrolled in or accepted into an accredited U.S. Law School

African American student with a family connection to enslavement in Georgia (who identify as descendants of the enslaved in Georgia) and be willing to articulate the connection

Adam Lischer Memorial Scholarship

The purpose of the scholarship fund is to provide assistance to residents and/or natives of Durham County who are attending law school, who can demonstrate a significant connection to the Durham community. Since its inception the scholarship program has enjoyed strong support from the Bar as a way of both recognizing and supporting such students.

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Durham Bar Foundation

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$2,000
Application Deadline:
April 28
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Attending law school

Resident and/or native of Durham County, NC

Demonstrate a significant connection to the Durham community

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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Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers (ISIAL)

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

Preference to student members of the ISIAL

Financial need

Academic performance

Irish Heritage

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

Scholarship intended for law students currently enrolled full-time at an accredited U.S. law school, with demonstrated commitment to advancing Latino civil rights in their careers.

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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

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$10,000
Application Deadline:
April 30
Eligibility Requirements:

Enrolled in an accredited law school within the U.S.

Financial need

Demonstrated commitment to advancing Latino civil rights

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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NW Corporate Law

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$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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Hampton Roads Community Foundation

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May 1
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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

LMJ Scholarship

The LMJ Scholarship is a diversity pipeline program that seeks to nurture the academic and professional careers of outstanding law students. The scholarship is open to women and diverse students who have: been accepted to an ABA-accredited law school on a full-time basis; an outstanding or promising academic record; an interest in corporate law; demonstrated community service and leadership qualities; a financial need; and a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity.

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Minority Corporate Counsel Association

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

Accepted into an ABA-accredited U.S. law school program as a full-time student.

3.2 GPA.

Demonstrated community service and leadership qualities.

May not be available this year-contact scholarship provider

Vincent S. Haneman-Josephe B. Perski Scholarship

The Haneman-Perskie Memorial Foundation Scholarship is a non-profit corporation created for the purpose of awarding scholarships and administered by a Board of Trustees comprised of the officers of the Atlantic County Bar Association.

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Atlantic County Bar Association

Application Deadline:
May 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Admitted to an ABA accredited law school

Resident of New Jersey

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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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

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$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

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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Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco

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$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

Bryce Harlow Fellowship

This scholarship is awarded to a part-time graduate student who participates in the Bryce Harlow Fellowship which must be used to defray tuition costs.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

The Bryce Harlow Foundation

Award Maximum:
$9,000
Application Deadline:
May 4
Eligibility Requirements:

Part-time graduate student at participating institution

Interest in a career in advocacy or government relations

U.S. Citizen

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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Aspiring Law Students
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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)

CABA Scholarships

This scholarship was established to provide financial assistance to law students of Cuban heritage.

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Incoming Law Students
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Cuban American Bar Association

Application Deadline:
May 17
Eligibility Requirements:

Cuban heritage

Law student

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

May not be available- check with scholarship provider

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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Aspiring Law Students
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National Collegiate Cancer Foundation

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$1,000
Application Deadline:
May 18
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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

Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey

The HBA-NJ is committed to the advancement and progress of Hispanic-Americans in the legal profession. In furtherance of that effort, the HBA-NJ awards scholarships each year to eligible law students so they may continue their legal studies at Rutgers Law School-Newark, Seton Hall University Law School and Rutgers Law School-Camden and other area law schools.

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Incoming Law Students
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey

Application Deadline:
May 21
Eligibility Requirements:

Enrolled and attending an ABA approved law school in the U.S.

Law students

Hispanic Americans (at least one parent must be of Hispanic descent)

Are or have been residents of the State of New Jersey

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

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.

Pearce Law Firm Empowering Women in Law Scholarship

This scholarship is intended to encourage and support outstanding achievement and leadership by example from women in the field of law.

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Scholarship Type:
Returning Law Students
Sponsoring Organization:

Pearce Law Firm

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

Must be a current female law student.

Successfully completed at least one semester of law school

Must have a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0

Triumph Through Family Adversity Scholarship

This scholarship is meant to offer students an opportunity to manage the financial hardship associated with their educational pursuits so that they can remain committed both to their studies and the demands of caring for an injured family member.

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

Block LLP Injury Law Firm

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

Currently enrolled in a two-year or four-year degree program at an accredited college or university in the U.S. 

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

Houtan Scholarship

To aid in the increased exposure of the Iranian culture, the Houtan Foundation has established a scholarship for students from all origins – Iranian and non-Iranian – with an interest in promoting Iran’s great culture, heritage, language and civilization. The scholarship will allow recipients to make a difference in the society where they reside.

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

The Houtan Scholarship Foundation

Award Maximum:
$3,500
Application Deadline:
June 1
Eligibility Requirements:

Attending a graduate school or have been admitted to a graduate school

Speak, write, or read Parsi at minimum intermediate level

Academic achievement

Hispanic Education Scholarship

This scholarship was created to help increase representation in the Latino community in the field of law and attending school in the University of California school system.

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

Jaime and Blanca Jarrín Foundation and Los Defensores

Award Maximum:
$12,500
Application Deadline:
June 2
Eligibility Requirements:

3.0 GPA

Enrolled in the University of California School System

In need of financial aid

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

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