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George H. Nofer Scholarship for Law and Public Policy
A.G. Bell Association for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The George H. Nofer Scholarship for Law and Public Policy is for full-time graduate students with a pre-lingual bilateral hearing loss in the moderately-severe to profound range, who use listening and spoken language as their primary method of communication.
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Accepted to or enrolled full-time in an accredited law school or masters/doctoral program in public policy or public administration for the fall following the application period
You use listening and spoken language as the primary mode of communication
You have a pre-lingual hearing loss (diagnosed prior to the fourth birthday)
Hearing loss is bilateral, moderately severe to profound. Unaided Pure-Tone Average (PTA) of 60dB or greater in the better hearing ear in the speech frequencies of 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz. (Cochlear implants meet this eligibility requirement)
Up to 3 scholarships.