Past Outside Resources

The Student Financial Services Office maintains contact with organizations offering a wide variety of outside funding sources. We regularly post information about these on this web page and also in the HLS Administrative Updates. Below are the outside funding sources submitted to the HLS Student Financial Services Office in the past couple of years, listed in order by their previously reported due date.

Americorp Benefits

This is a federal program. The recipient completes community service in exchange for financial assistance. This assistance can take the form of either federal educational loan repayment or payment for current educational expenses. The amount of assistance is dependent on the length of service performed. For more information please use the following contact information.

Website: http://www.americorps.org/

Veteran’s Administration Benefits

There are two distinct categories of benefits available to veterans. These are VA Educational Benefits to cover fixed costs like tuition, fees, health insurance, etc., and VA Non-Educational Benefits which usually take the form of a monthly stipend. The local office is listed below.

Website: http://www.va.gov/

Diversity Scholars Program (September deadline)

This program offered by Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP awards law students with a salaried summer associate position during their 2L summer and a $50,000 scholarship. ($15,000 will be distributed during the students' third year of law school, and a payment of the additional $35,000 will be awarded contingent upon receipt and acceptance of an offer of permanent employment). The application is available here.  Applications are due on September 15.

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) (September Deadline)

NAPABA awards scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to law students who have demonstrated leadership and a commitment to the issues and needs of the Asian Pacific American community. Application forms can be found on their web site.

Email: foundation@napaba.org
Website: http://www.napaba.org/napaba/showpage.asp?code=scholarships

The Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association (September Deadline)

The LVNBA established a scholarship to provide financial assistance to law students who have a connection to the Greater Las Vegas area. 

Website: http://www.lvnba.org/

Kirkland & Ellis Minority Fellowship Program (October Deadline)

The Fellowship consists of a salaried summer associate position in a domestic Kirkland office and a $15,000 stipend toward educational expenses during the fellows’s third year of law school. This merit-based fellowship will be awarded to one second year minority student at HLS who can demonstrate academic excellence and is likely to practice in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington D.C. Applications are generally sent to  Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Email: fellowshipprogram@kirkland.com
Website: http://fellowship.kirkland.com/

The Donald Banner Diversity Scholarship (October Deadline)

The scholarship is open to all law students pursuing a career in intellectual property law. The applicant must be a member of a historically under represented group. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

The Daniel H. Kossow Scholarship Award (October Deadline)

The Daniel H. Kossow Scholarship Award of $2,500 may be presented annually to the Harvard Law School student who shows an interest in Entertainment Law and most closely captures the spirit of Dan Kossow; a well respected and admired entertainment lawyer for over 40 years. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

McDermott Minority Scholarship (October Deadline)

McDermott Will & Emery will award a $15,000 scholarship and a position in a McDermott Summer Program to two second-year minority law students. Students must meet McDermott’s hiring criteria and demonstrate leadership, community involvement, and a commitment to improving diversity in the legal community.

Powell Diversity Scholarship Program (October Deadline)

The Powell Scholar will be a summer associate in Lane Powell’s Seattle or Portland office and receive a $6,000 scholarship toward educational expenses during the scholar’s third year of law school. Candidates must be second year students who will contribute to the diversity of the legal community and have a demonstrated desire to practice law in the Seattle/Portland area. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Justinian Law Society Scholarship (November deadline)

The Society offers four awards of $2,500 to third year law students of Italian descent who can demonstrate academic achievement, commitment to their communities, a desire to practice law in Massachusetts, and an interest in Italian-American issues. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date.

Soros Fellowship (November deadline)

The Soros Fellowship for New Americans is given to recognize and assist today’s immigrants and the children of immigrants. It provides a yearly stipend of $20,000 and a tuition credit of $16,000 for up to three years of graduate study. Applications are available online.

Email: pdsoros_fellows@sorosny.org
Website: www.pdsoros.org

Iranian-American Bar Association Scholarship (December deadline)

The Association will award two scholarships of $1,000 or more to two law students who are of Iranian heritage or committed to the advancement of the Iranian-American community and IABA’s mission. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Website: http://www.iaba.us/index.shtml

American Association of University Women Educational Foundation (January Deadline)

The AAUW Educational Foundation offers fellowships for the final year of law school for women of color ranging from $5,000 to $12,000. Special consideration is given to applicants who can demonstrate an interest to practice in public interest law. Applications are available online.

Email: aauw@act.org
Website: http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/index.cfm

Davis Wright Tremaine 1L Diversity Scholarship Program (January Deadline)

Davis Wright Tremaine offers three scholarships to first year minority students. The scholarships consist of a paid summer clerkship in the firm’s Portland or Seattle office and $7,500 for the student’s second year educational expenses.

Email: seattle@dwt.com
Website: http://www.dwt.com/recruit/intro/DWT-DiversityScholarships.pdf

The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Scholarship (January Deadline)

The fellowships will be awarded to graduate school students who have outstanding undergraduate records, have demonstrated a need for financial assistance and are citizens of the United States. The amount of each Fellowship will cover the cost of tuition and a stipend for living expenses of $18,000. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Mailing Address:
Mr. Edward L, Jones, Vice President
JP Morgan Private Bank
Global Foundations Group
345 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10154
Phone: 212-464-2487

Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (January Deadline)

This fellowship program (FLAS) sponsored by the Department of Education (DOE), supports the study of selected modern languages and related area studies courses. FLAS applications are available at the GSAS Financial Aid Office (Holyoke Center, 3rd Floor) and are available online. 

Email: flas@fas.harvard.edu
Website: http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/flas.php

Perkins Coie First-Year Summer Fellowship (January Deadline)

The Perkins Coie Student Fellowship is offered to first year law students who are members of racial, ethnic, disabled, and sexual orientation minority groups. Successful applicants will receive a $6,000 academic scholarship and a paid position with Perkins Coie LLP as a summer associate.

Email: LKader@perkinscoie.com
Website: http://www.perkinscoie.com/

Preston Gates & Ellis Minority Fellowship (January Deadline)

Two first year minority law students will each receive a paid summer associate clerkship with the firm and a $7,500 scholarship towards the cost of tuition and a stipend for living expenses of $18,000. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund (PRLDEF) (January Deadline)

The PRLDEF Scholarships are available to all Latino law students in their first or second year of study. Selection is based on financial need and academic promise. In prior years, four awards of $1,500 and one of $2,000 were available.

Email: info@prldef.org
Website: http://www.prldef.org/testing/legal_education/scholarships.html

Tonkon Torp LLP Diversity Scholarship (January Deadline)

The firm will offer a fellowship to a first year law student who is a member of a racial or ethnic minority group. The fellowship provides the student selected with a position as an associate for their 1L summer with Tonkon Torp. To qualify for the $6,000 academic scholarship, the student associate must return to Tonkon Torp for their 2L summer. The scholarship will be paid for the student’s final year of law school. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Mailing Address:
Tonkon Torp LLP
888 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503-221-1440

Black Women Lawyers Association of Tarrant County (February Deadline)

The Black Women Lawyers Association of Tarrant County, Texas will be awarding four $1,000 scholarships. The funding is open to all applicants, however preference will be given to applicants who are permanent residents of Tarrant County, Texas. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Academic Scholarship Program

The scholarship is open to permanent legal residents of the greater Chicago metropolitan area. The application is available here. Deadline is February 15, 2009.

Truman Scholarships (February Deadline)

This is a federal program, in which recipients are typically nominated and selected in their junior year of college. Law students typically receive these funds ($13,500) in their second year once they have demonstrated in their first year that they are interested in public service. Please contact the Truman Scholarship Foundation directly for more information.

Email: office@truman.gov
Website: http://truman.gov/

ABA Legal Opportunity Fund (March Deadline)

This $5,000 renewable award is intended to encourage racial and ethnic minority students entering law school. The application is available here. Deadline is early March.

Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati (March Deadline)

The Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati offers the William A. McClain Scholarship ($1,000). Candidates must be an African-American Cincinnatian with leadership skills, a commitment to the Cincinnati community and financial need.

Website: http://www.cincinnatiblac.org/

Bristol County Bar Association (March Deadline)

The Bristol County Bar Association will offer one scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to a resident of Bristol County. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date.

Doolin Writing Competition (March Deadline)

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission, the Sovereignty Symposium and the Oklahoma Arts Council sponsor a law student writing competition. The subject matter of the paper may be on any area of the law relating to Native Americans or other indigenous peoples. First, second, and third prizes in the amounts of $500, $300, and $200 will be awarded.

Email: webmaster@cns.gov
Website: http://www.oscn.net/static/sovereignty/start.asp

Edward Gallogly Family Court Award (March Deadline)

This scholarship of $2,500 is available to a Rhode Island resident with a demonstrated interest in family law based on course work and/or clinical work. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Fredrikson & Byron Foundation Minority Scholarship Program (March Deadline)

This scholarship is available to first year minority law students. Students who are awarded a scholarship through this program are also invited to become summer associates.

Website: http://www.fredlaw.com/firm/scholarship.htm

Kern County Women Lawyers Association (March Deadline)

The Kern County Women Lawyers Association awards at least one scholarship of up to $3,000 to students with ties to Kern County, California. Candidates must have financial need, good scholarship, and an interest in the most pressing issues of the day. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

The Rhode Island Bar Foundation Scholarship Program (March Deadline)

The Thomas F. Black, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund is a one year, nonrenewable award of $15,000 for Rhode Island residents entering their first year of law school. The application is available here.

USA Funds Access to Education (March Deadline)

USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships of $1,500 are open to law school students with financial need. Up to 50% of the awards are to members of ethnic-minority groups or individuals with physical disabilities.

Email: scholarship@usafunds.org
Website: http://www.usafunds.org/planning/access_to_education_scholarship/index.html

Attorney-CPA Foundation (April Deadline)

This scholarship is open to law students who will be entering their third year of law school who have obtained a CPA certificate. Awards range from $250 to $1,000. Applications are available online.

Website: http://www.attorney-cpa.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3280

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (April Deadline)

The Institute offers a one-time scholarship of $2,500 to a US citizen of Latino descent. Applicants must also demonstrate community service and financial need.

Website: http://www.chci.org/chciyouth/index.html

Fall River Bar Association (April Deadline)

The Fall River Bar Association is awarding two scholarships to law school students from the Fall River area. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date.

Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Scholarship (April Deadline)

The Federal Circuit Bar Association gives one award of $10,000 in memory of Giles Rich, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to a law student with documented financial need and demonstrated academic promise. 

Website: http://www.fedcirbar.org/olc/pub/LVFC/cpages/misc/scholar.jsp

Grand Rapids Community Foundation (April Deadline)

Warner Norcross & Judd offers a $5,000 scholarship to law school students of racial and ethnic minority heritage. Applicants must be former or current residents of Michigan. Applications are available online.

Website: http://www.wnj.com/careers/diversity/minority_scholarship/

Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship (April Deadline)

The Fox Scholarship of $3,000 is given to help fund a deserving Berks County, Pennsylvania resident embarking on his or her second year of law school. Applications are available online.

Website: http://www.bccf.org/scholarships/

Lawrence Bar Association (April Deadline)

The Lawrence Bar Association offers a scholarship to law students from Lawrence, Methuen, North Andover, and Andover, Massachusetts. Academic merit and financial need will be considered. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Miller Johnson West Michigan Diversity Scholarships (April Deadline)

This $5,000 award is available to students of ethnic minority currently residing in Michigan (with preference given to West Michigan residents) pursuing a law degree at any accredited law school in the U.S. The application is available here. 

New England Employee Benefits Council (April Deadline)

The New England Benefits Council offers a renewable scholarship of up to $5,000 to a law student with a demonstrated interest in a career in the benefits field. Applications are available online.

Email: info@neebc.org
Website: http://www.neebc.org/scholor/index.php

Susan J. Ferrell Scholarship (April Deadline)

The Oklahoma Supreme Court, the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission, the Sovereignty Symposium and the Oklahoma Arts Council will host the Sovereignty Symposium. One full (tuition, meals, and travel) scholarship to the Symposium will be offered to an applicant with a demonstrated interest in and contribution to Native American legal issues.

Email: webmaster@cns.gov
Website: http://www.oscn.net/static/sovereignty/start.asp

The Thomas McGovern Educational Endowment Trust Fund Scholarships (April Deadline)

Applicants for this scholarship are to be graduates of educational institutions located in Bristol County Massachusetts. A link to the application will be posted here when it is available.

Warner Norcross & Judd Scholarships (April Deadline)

This $5,000 award is available to students of racial and ethnic minority who are current or former residents of Michigan pursuing a law degree at any accredited law school in the U.S. The application is available here.

Waterbury Bar Association (April Deadline)

The Waterbury Bar Association offers three scholarships to second or third year law students who are residents of the Waterbury Judicial District. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Women Lawyers’ Caucus of Mercer County (April Deadline)

The Women Lawyers’ Caucus of Mercer County invites female law students with ties to Mercer County, New Jersey to apply for a $1,000 scholarship. The award will be made on the basis of financial need, academic achievement and community service. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

American Association for Justice (AAJ) (May Deadline)

AAJ provides approximately eight scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 to attend the ATLA annual convention and to support educational expenses.

Website: http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/1737.htm

Edmondson Symposium Scholarships (May Deadline)

The Oklahoma Supreme Court, the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission, the Sovereignty Symposium and the Oklahoma Arts Council will host the Sovereignty Symposium. One hundred Symposium tuition only scholarships will be offered to applicants with a demonstrated interest in and dedication to Native American legal issues. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services Office in advance of the due date.
Email: webmaster@cns.gov
Website: http://www.oscn.net/static/sovereignty/start.asp

Essex County Bar Association (May Deadline)

The Biunno Scholarship Program is designed to assist New Jersey residents with a disability. Preference will be given to students with financial need. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers Scholarship Foundation (May Deadline)

Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers Scholarship Foundation MAWL offers a $1,000 scholarship to students entering their second or third years of law school. Selection is based on financial need and academic ability. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Website: http://www.mawl.org/scholarships.htm

Alabama Law Foundation (June Deadline)

The Cabiniss, Johnston Scholarship of $5,000 is awarded annually to an Alabama resident who will be a second year law student. Applications are available online.

Email: info@alfinc.org
Website: http://www.alfinc.org

Arthur T. Ueoka/MCBA Scholarship (June Deadline)

The Arthur T. Ueoka/MCBA Scholarship is awarded annually to a current or entering law student who has strong Maui County ties and a compelling financial need. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Email for application: mcba@justice.com
Email for Info.: wlaurel@maui.net

County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey Scholarship Foundation (June Deadline)

County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey Scholarship Foundation awards four scholarships of $2,500. Each will be awarded to New Jersey residents with financial need. Please note that each scholarship has specific eligibility requirements, as noted below. Applications are available online.
**The Cotton Memorial Scholarship is for applicants with an interest in pursuing a career as a prosecutor with an emphasis in Domestic Violence or Hate Crimes prosecutions.
**The Stamler Memorial Scholarship is intended for an applicant who as a sworn law enforcement officer is seeking educational advancement at the graduate level to improve his or her effectiveness in this role.
**The Rittenhouse Memorial Scholarship is for applicants with an interest in pursuing a career as a prosecutor.
**The Ruotolo Memorial Scholarship is for applicants with a demonstrated commitment to enhancing the rights and well- being of children through child advocacy programs.

Website: http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/prosecutor.htm

Finnegan Henderson Diversity Scholarship (June Deadline)

This award of $12,000 will be given to a minority student completing the first year of law school with financial need and a demonstrated commitment to pursuing a career in intellectual property law.

Email: suzanne.gentes@finnegan.com
Website: http://www.finnegan.com/diversity/

Glenn Peters Law Scholarship (June Deadline)

Bank Calumet offers this scholarship to permanent residents of the Northern District of Indiana for the United States District Court. Although need is considered, awards are based on past academic accomplishments and activities. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date. 

Marilynne Graboys Wool Scholarship (June Deadline)

The Marilynne Graboys Wool Scholarship provides a $2,000 scholarship to women with financial need registered in law school. Candidates must be Rhode Island residents. Applications are available online.

Website: http://scholarship.rifoundation.org/wool.pdf

Hispanic Scholarship Fund & the National Hispanic Foundation (July Deadline)

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts have partnered to provide a scholarship of $2,500 open to outstanding Latino graduate students interested in careers in the entertainment arts and industry. Applications are generally sent to Student Financial Services in advance of the due date but are also available online.

Website: http://www.hsf.net/Scholarships.aspx?id=424#grads