When I went to law school, I was very fortunate to receive a law school scholarship offered at my law school through the Rockefeller Foundation. Not only did this scholarship pay for school, it paid me a monthly stipend, paid for me to take bar review course, and paid for me to take the bar exam. That’s the kind of law school scholarship everyone dreams of, right? Well, this article will show you a few places where you can go to find a law school scholarship.
One of the best places to find law school scholarships is through your law school’s financial aid or admissions offices. There are many foundations or organization that provide scholarships that are specific and limited to the law school you are attending. To learn about those scholarships, it’s easiest to go directly through the school.
Also, the bar associations in the state where you plan on attending law school is good resource for law school scholarship information. As part of the state bar association, there will likely be a foundation established which awards law school scholarships to law students in that particular state. Be sure to check with your state’s bar association when you’re searching for scholarships for law school.
Additionally, there are many law school scholarship funding sources that you can apply directly to. Here’s a short list of scholarships and the qualifications for applying for them:
1. The Earl Warren Scholarship. Warren Scholarships are awarded to law school applicants with exceptional academic records who are actively engaged with civil rights and public interest work. To apply for a Warren Scholarship, applicants must be college graduates planning to attend a three-year, full time law program at an accredited law school in the United States for the upcoming academic year. Law students already enrolled in law school are not eligible to apply.
2. The Alia Herrera Memorial Scholarship is awarded to law students who are entering their second or third year of law school, or having the equivalent of one year to complete. To be eligible for these law school scholarships, an applicant must be attending a law school in the California area, be a member of the law student section of the American Association For Justice (AAJ), and/or a child of an AAJ member.
3. ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship. The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship is awarded to an applicant entering the first-year of law school in the upcoming academic year. Also, at the time of submission of the application, the applicant must have achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 grading scale) at his or her undergraduate institution. Finally, the applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America. Students, who are citizens and residents of a foreign country, even if they plan to attend law school in the United States, are not eligible to apply.
4. Adler Pollock & Sheehan Diversity Scholarship. The AP&S law school scholarship is awarded to a minority student entering his or her first year of law school. The applicant must be a permanent resident of Massachusetts or Rhode Island and must intend on working and residing in Massachusetts or Rhode Island after graduation.
5. Allen E. Broussard Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to academically well qualified students from economically deprived backgrounds who attend a California Bay Area law school.
If you are looking for law school scholarships there are many places to find them. Hopefully, this article has given you a good place to start your search for the best scholarships for your time in law school.