Scholarships, Writing Competitions, and Awards
There are a number of private law scholarships, writing competitions, and awards for which law students may apply. Private scholarships can be an excellent way to help pay for your legal education. Take the time to carefully review scholarship and writing opportunities and APPLY for ones for which you are eligible or match your specific practice area or career interests. The odds are in your favor!
Below is a list of scholarships administered and awarded by outside organizations. In addition to our list, AccessLex, a non-profit dedicated to increasing access to legal education, has launched their to help law students find the right scholarship for them. This interactive page allows you to filter through nearly 800 incoming and returning student scholarships and writing competitions totaling almost $300 million in aid.
Please note that deadlines and/or requirements may change, so you should consult the organization's website for the most up-to-date information. These resources represent just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to scholarship and writing opportunities for law students, so be sure to conduct your own searches based on your specific interests and background.
| Title | Type | Amount | # | Application Deadline | Eligibility | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Area | $3000 | 1 | 2024-05-01 | 2L 3L | ||
| Writing Practice Area | $1000 | 2024-06-30 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity Practice Area | $5000 | 2 | To be determined. | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: the applicant must (i) be either a first, second or third year law student in good standing in an ABA accredited law school, or a recent law graduate from an ABA accredited law school still studying for the Bar Exam. (ii) have secured an internship or job for Summer 2021 (which can extend beyond the Summer) and/or the Fall of 2021 with a public interest organization engaged in legal or policy work with a direct impact on LGBTQ individuals. | |
| $2500 | 2024-11-01 | 1L 2L 3L | ||||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2025-11-05 | Undergradute Students | |||
| Firms | $2000 | 2025-08-04 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Practice Area | $1000 | 2025-05-30 | ||||
| Writing | Varies | 2 | 2025-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Writing Practice Area | Varies | 2 | 2024-02-05 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Writing | $1000 | 2025-05-31 | ||||
| Writing Practice Area | $1500 | 2024-02-05 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing | $2500 | 2 | 2021-03-21 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Writing | $1500 | 3 | 2023-02-28 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| General Firms | $2000 | 2025-09-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | $10000 | 6 | 2021-03-15 | 1L | ||
| Practice Area | $5000 | 2 | 2025-02-14 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Diversity | $5000 | 2024-07-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-11-19 | ||||
| Regional Practice Area | $2500 | 2025-10-21 | 2L 3L | |||
| Writing | Varies | 2024-10-25 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2024-11-25 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility: You are a U.S. military Veteran, a current service member in the U.S. military, or the child of a Veteran or current service member | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-09-22 | ||||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-10-06 | Undergradute Students | |||
| Writing Firms | $5000 | rolling | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Writing | $500 | 2022-02-28 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| See notes. | 2025-05-24 | |||||
| Firms | Varies | 2025-07-07 | Undergradute Students | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-08-11 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: students who have a parent who has been the primary caregiver for a loved one or who have served as caregivers themselves | ||
| General | $10000 | rolling | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $500 | 2025-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate and Graduate Students | ||
| Firms | Varies | 2025-02-27 | 1L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-05-07 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| $1000 | 2025-10-13 | 1L 2L 3L | ||||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2023-04-30 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | See notes. | 2024-03-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $2500 | 2024-02-17 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $2500 | 2024-02-24 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $500 | 2025-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $500 | 2025-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate and Graduate Students | ||
| Firms | $2000 | 2024-07-15 | Undergradute Students | |||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2021-06-01 | 1L 2L 3L | Essay question about innovative therapies and activities for cerebral palsy | ||
| Firms Diversity | $2000 | 2021-10-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | Varies | 2025-12-03 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2023-02-28 | Eligibility specifics: The applicant has a loved one who has previously battled or is currently battling cancer OR the applicant is currently battling or has previously battled cancer themselves. | |||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2023-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $2270 | 2024-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Diversity | $1000 | 2 | 2024-07-20 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2022-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2025-06-13 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1500 | 2023-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $6000 | 2024-02-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $10000 | 2025-07-01 | 2L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-05-19 | Undergraduate Student | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-11-03 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Practice Area | $4000 | 2022-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2 | 2025-06-18 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Practice Area | $1000 | 2 | 2024-11-01 | 3L | ||
| Practice Area | Varies | 2023-03-20 | 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | Varies | 2025-02-05 | ||||
| General | Varies | 2025-01-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Regional | $2500 | 2025-03-28 | 3L | See requirements | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-09-10 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: single parent who returned to school to pursue a degree | ||
| Firms Diversity | $2500 | 2025-10-01 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: you must be a first-generation college student | ||
| See notes. | 2025-07-02 | |||||
| Firms | $1500 | 2024-09-13 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-12-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2025-09-03 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2024-11-18 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $5000 | To be determined. | 1L | |||
| General | $1000 | 2021-07-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2023-06-27 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $1000 | 2025-02-10 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate and Graduate Students | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-07-18 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $3000 | 3 | 2023-11-30 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Practice Area | Varies | multiple | 2025-03-28 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1500 | 2024-10-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-08-11 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| See notes. | 2025-05-30 | 1L | ||||
| Writing | Varies | 3 | 2025-02-28 | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-09-08 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $500 | every 6 months | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity Practice Area | $1000 | 2023-06-06 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility: African American law students with demonstrated interest in family law. | ||
| Firms Diversity | $2500 | 2023-12-15 | 1L 2L | Eligibility: Member of a historically underrepresented group in the legal profession | ||
| Firms | $750 | 2023-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2025-03-10 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $750 | 2024-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Regional | Varies | 4 | 2024-02-29 | 2L | 20000 | |
| Diversity Practice Area | $10000 | 2023-03-31 | Eligibility specifics: individuals seeking admission to law school or who have been admitted to law school and will attend full time, but not yet enrolled, and who have an interest in exploring a possible career in patent law in the United States. | |||
| General Practice Area | Varies | 2025-02-28 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Practice Area | Varies | 2025-03-15 | LL.M/SJD students | |||
| Writing Firms | $1000 | 2024-05-20 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| $2500 | 2026-01-15 | |||||
| Firms Diversity | $5000 | 2021-04-01 | 1L 2L | |||
| $1000 | 2025-06-04 | Undergraduate Student | ||||
| General Firms | $2500 | 2025-09-17 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: demonstrated financial need; household income less than $75,000 | ||
| Writing Practice Area | $10000 | 3 | 2023-01-03 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms Diversity | $1500 | 2021-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing | $1000 | 2022-02-25 | 1L 2L 3L | See also posting on Storey Hall bulletin board | ||
| General Firms | $5000 | 2021-06-01 | 1L 2L 3L | Open to any incoming or current law student | ||
| Diversity | $2500 | 10 | 2022-08-05 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: A current 1L, 2L or 3L law student in good standing of Hispanic or Latinx origin | |
| Writing Practice Area | Varies | 2021-02-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-06-09 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility: your parent has been affected by a work-related injury | ||
| General Writing Regional Practice Area | $1500 | 2024-04-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $5000 | 2025-03-03 | 1L 2L | |||
| Regional Practice Area | $5000 | 2 | 2024-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | email application to juanita.deloach@btlaw.com and Marylauren Ilagan at marylauren.ilagan@olaplex.com (entire applications only, i.e., applications including the recommendations, essays, and transcripts). | |
| Practice Area | $5000 | 3 | 2024-12-31 | 1L 2L | Eligibility specifics: demonstrated interest in local government law | |
| Writing | $2500 | 2024-03-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Practice Area | $4000 | 4 | 2024-10-31 | 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2024-12-11 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Practice Area | $4000 | 3 | 2022-12-16 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2 | 2025-08-13 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate student too. | |
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-06-11 | ||||
| General | $1000 | 2024-04-02 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-09-10 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2023-07-01 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: enrolled in joint JD/MBA program | ||
| Diversity | Varies | 2024-09-20 | 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $5000 | 2022-02-11 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $2000 | 2025-10-08 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $5000 | 2023-06-30 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing | $15000 | 5 | 2023-05-31 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Practice Area | $1000 | 2022-02-04 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $1000 | 1 | 2021-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: Must have at least one birth parent who is a member of one of the following minority groups: Black/African American, Hispanic, Native North American, Pacific Islander | |
| $1000 | 2024-12-27 | |||||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-02-12 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| See notes. | 2025-08-18 | |||||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2023-07-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $2500 | 2 | 2025-02-12 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms Practice Area | $2000 | 2 | To be determined. | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 5 | 2025-05-12 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Writing Practice Area | $1000 | 2022-05-02 | 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2023-09-19 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2 | 2021-08-31 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2024-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate student too. | ||
| General | $2000 | 2021-12-04 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference will be given to those with a field of study in Addiction or Mental Health. | ||
| Diversity | $10000 | 2024-04-14 | 1L | Undergraduate | ||
| Writing Practice Area | Varies | 2021-06-15 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: Authors must have completed or be currently taking coursework in employment or labor law. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration. | ||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2023-06-22 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | $1000 | 3 | 2024-08-20 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: demonstrated commitment to serving the LatinX community, shown through academic, extracurricular, or professional record of service | |
| General Practice Area | $10000 | 2024-03-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $1000 | 2021-05-01 | 1L | Eligibility specifics: Commencing law school (1L) in August 2021; Written an article which has been published (in print or digital media). | ||
| Practice Area | $10000 | 2022-12-02 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $1000 | 1 | 2022-02-01 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-09-03 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Practice Area | $1500 | 2022-04-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | Varies | 2025-02-04 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| See notes. | To be determined. | 1L | ||||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2025-06-04 | 1L 2L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2026-01-05 | ||||
| Firms Diversity | $1000 | 2025-11-19 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 2021-08-01 | 3L | Eligibility: awarded to a rising 3L planning to become a plaintiff trial lawyer. | ||
| Diversity | $2000 | 2024-05-02 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1500 | 2025-05-12 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | See notes. | 2024-03-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2023-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-10-13 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2022-11-21 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $1000 | 2025-01-17 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| $1000 | 2025-10-13 | Undergraduate Students | ||||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-10-03 | ||||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-11-17 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2023-09-16 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-12-03 | ||||
| $1000 | 2025-06-16 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligbility specifics: applicant must be a single parent or a child of a single parent | |||
| Writing Firms | $500 | 2025-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate Students | ||
| General | $1000 | 2023-10-03 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Practice Area | $2500 | 2025-04-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $500 | 2025-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Practice Area | Varies | rolling | 2L 3L | Awarded to two highest grades in Oil and Gas per semester | ||
| $2000 | 2026-01-16 | |||||
| Firms | $1500 | 1 | 2023-12-01 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-04-23 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Varies | To be determined. | |||||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2025-11-10 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $500 | 2025-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate Students | ||
| Firms | See notes. | rolling | ||||
| Writing Firms | $500 | 2026-07-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate Students | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2024-07-10 | Undergraduate Students | |||
| PA Medical Malpractice Injury Lawyers P.C. Essay Scholarship | General Diversity | $4235 | 2024-04-02 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Writing | $1500 | 3 | 2023-09-15 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms Practice Area | $500 | 2025-07-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergraduate Students | ||
| Writing Firms | $2500 | 2023-08-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-09-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-07-11 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Firms | $1000 | 2024-09-09 | 1L 2L 3L | College or University | ||
| Firms | $2000 | 2025-07-07 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Practice Area | $2000 | 2023-04-21 | 1L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $2500 | 2024-12-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Practice Area | $5000 | 2022-02-01 | 2L 3L | Registration Deadline: February 1st, 2022; Competition problem emailed out: February 2nd, 2022; Submission Deadline: Friday, March 18th, 2022 | ||
| Firms Diversity | $1000 | 2025-07-09 | Undergraduate Students | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2024-09-09 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2 | 2022-06-30 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | Â winter 2020-21 | 1L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2023-06-13 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $25000 | 2023-08-30 | 2L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $2000 | 2022-12-30 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $500 | 2024-08-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $1500 | 2023-09-04 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | Varies | 2023-01-17 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility: member of ABS; cumulative GPA of 3.000 or higher; demonstrated financial need | ||
| Diversity | Varies | 2022-01-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility Specifics: member of HLSA; cumulative GPA of 3.000 or higher; demonstrated financial need | ||
| Sieben Edmunds Miller Criminal Justice Scholarship | $1000 | 4 | 2023-03-31 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-08-04 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Regional Practice Area | $4000 | 3 | 2023-12-22 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Diversity | Varies | 2025-02-07 | 3L | |||
| Practice Area | See notes. | 2025-04-25 | ||||
| Writing Firms | $2000 | 2021-05-03 | 1L | |||
| Writing Practice Area | Varies | 2024-07-10 | 1L 2L 3L | Undergradute too | ||
| Practice Area | $2000 | 3 | 2024-04-30 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $1000 | 2022-09-07 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $2500 | 2025-06-02 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing | $3000 | 3 | 2021-06-15 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Diversity | Varies | 2024-02-28 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $1000 | 2021-12-15 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: You or a loved one have been affected by leukemia. | ||
| Practice Area | $2500 | rolling | Eligibility specifics: interest in civil trial advocacy and a career as a civil trial lawyer | |||
| Practice Area | $10000 | 2021-12-03 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: Commitment to the pursuit of a career in IP law. | ||
| $5000 | 2024-12-20 | 3L | ||||
| Firms | $2500 | 2022-06-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing | $2000 | 2021-02-20 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | Varies | 2024-10-11 | 1L 2L 3L | TYLA intends to award three scholarships to qualified applicants in the amounts of: $5,000 (first place), $3,000 (second place), and $1,500 (third place). | ||
| Diversity | Varies | 2025-03-01 | ||||
| Writing | Varies | 2024-11-29 | ||||
| Firms Diversity | Varies | rolling | 1L | |||
| $1000 | 2024-03-21 | 1L 2L 3L | ||||
| Firms | Varies | 2025-05-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms | $1500 | 2025-05-05 | 1L 2L 3L | undergraduate and graduate students | ||
| Diversity Practice Area | $5000 | 1 | 2023-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: female student entering her third year of law school who has demonstrated a commitment to a career as a trial lawyer | |
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | 2023-01-17 | 1L | |||
| Diversity | $15000 | 20 | 2020-05-01 | 1L | ||
| General Writing | $1000 | 1 | 2020-01-15 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms | $15000 | 2026-01-12 | ||||
| Firms | $1000 | 2025-12-10 | ||||
| Firms Diversity | $1000 | 2020-08-01 | 1L | Eligibility specifics: must be a current high school senior in Boston that will be attending their first year of college in the fall of the application year; must have at least one parent of Asian ancestry | ||
| General | $5000 | 2020-08-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Regional Diversity | $3000 | 2 | 2020-07-11 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: Texas law students | |
| Writing Practice Area | $1000 | 2020-06-01 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: interest in aviation law | ||
| General | $2500 | 2020-09-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $12500 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 1 | 2020-08-16 | 2L | ||
| Firms Diversity | $5000 | 2020-01-06 | 1L 2L | |||
| General | Varies | 2020-05-15 | 1L | Eligibility specifics: incoming 1Ls. Award amount is for cost of attending incoming students' day. | ||
| General Firms | $500 | 2020-08-01 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: Military veteran law student attending law school in the United States. | ||
| General Firms | $3000 | 2020-08-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | See notes. | 2020-09-15 | 1L 2L | The deadline for second-year scholarship applicants is September 15, 2020. We will accept first-year scholarship applications from December 1 – March 15, 2021. | ||
| Practice Area | $500 | 2020-08-10 | 2L 3L | Eligbility specifics: demonstrated interest in Business Las | ||
| Practice Area | $500 | 2020-08-10 | 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: demonstrated interest in Tax Law | ||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| General Firms | $1500 | 2020-03-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $30000 | 2020-01-10 | 1L | |||
| General | $2500 | 2020-09-30 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | Varies | 2023-12-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $4000 | 2020-11-01 | 1L 2L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | 2020-01-05 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $20000 | 2020-12-11 | 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| General | $2000 | 2020-09-15 |  (2 per year): September 15th, March 15th. Any student, 24 years old or younger | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 2020-01-20 | 1L | |||
| Diversity | $10000 | 2 | 2020-09-15 | 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: diverse or female students. | |
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | Varies | 2020-01-03 | 1L | |||
| General | $1000 | 2020-07-01 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | Varies | 2020-02-01 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | 2020-01-05 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $7500 | 2020-01-13 | ||||
| Firms Diversity | $7500 | 2020-01-03 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $7500 | 2020-07-16 | 2L | |||
| Writing | See notes. | 2023-12-22 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Practice Area | $5000 | 2024-02-12 | 1L 2L 3L | Air Law Student - 1st preference to a female student; info emailed from ÌÇÐÄvlogÊÓƵ Law | ||
| Diversity | Varies | 2020-10-09 | 2L 3L | Email Moira Cary (mcary@smu.edu) for 2020 application documents | ||
| Firms Diversity | Varies | 2020-01-31 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $25000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| General | $1000 | 2020-08-31 | 1L 2L 3L | The student must have a family member (such as a parent, spouse or sibling) who is or was an active duty member of law enforcement, including reserve officers and retired, deceased or disabled officers | ||
| General | $1000 | 2020-07-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: you or someone you love affected by Leukemia | ||
| Diversity | $10000 | 2020-07-02 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | $10000 | 6 | 2020-06-17 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Writing Diversity | $5000 | 3 | 2020-03-31 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms Diversity Practice Area | $5000 | 2020-01-15 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $5000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Diversity | $5000 | 2019-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $1000 | 2024-06-19 | 1L 2L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 2020-01-08 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | Varies | 2020-01-21 | 1L | |||
| Diversity | $30000 | 2020-05-01 | 1L | |||
| Firms | $1000 | 2024-07-02 | 1L 2L 3L | single parent & other requirements | ||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 2020-01-31 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 2020-01-31 | 2L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 2020-01-31 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | Varies | 2 | 2020-06-01 | You must be an incoming 1L student starting in the Fall to apply | ||
| General Practice Area | $5000 | 2 | 2020-07-01 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L 2L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| General | $1000 | 2019-12-05 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: single mother | ||
| General | Varies | 2020-04-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | Varies | 2020-01-31 | 1L 2L | |||
| Diversity | $1500 | 2020-07-31 | 1L 2L 3L | need based | ||
| General Practice Area | $1000 | 2020-07-31 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: You have personally worked to protect children’s rights or stop abuse either as a volunteer, as a counselor, in your professional work or by legal means; You are an abuse survivor who wishes to use your own experiences to help others. | ||
| Firms Diversity | $15000 | 2020-01-15 | 1L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L | |||
| General | $1000 | 2020-09-30 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $1000 | 2019-09-30 | 1L | Eligibility specifics: 1L student who has overcome serious injuries suffered as a result of a car accident, medical error, or other incident caused by someone’s carelessness. | ||
| General | $10000 | 2020-06-30 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $1500 | 2020-12-15 | 1L 2L 3L | Create a short two to three minute video outlining potential danger slip and fall hazards and how they can be avoided within schools or colleges. | ||
| General | $1000 | 2020-06-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | $4000 | 2020-03-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $2000 | 2020-06-01 | 1L 2L | |||
| Diversity | $5000 | 2020-03-02 | 1L 2L | Special consideration will also be given to applicants who have been adversely affected by cancer (as a survivor, or family member of a victim or survivor). | ||
| Firms Diversity | $5000 | 2020-01-27 | 1L | |||
| Diversity | $30000 | 2020-12-31 | 1L | Applicants must be members of a racial or ethnic group currently underrepresented in the patent law profession and be seeking admission to an ABA-accredited law school for the Fall 2021 semester. | ||
| Firms Diversity | See notes. | 2020-06-01 | 1L | Award is for the amount of an LSAT preparation course of the Fellow’s choosing, a stipend equal to the most current cost to both sit for the LSAT and register for the Credential Assembly Service, a 1L law school prep course, money for books for all three years of law school, a technology stipend (if needed), and mentorship from an assigned Snell & Wilmer attorney over the course of the fellowship. | ||
| Firms Diversity | $20000 | 2020-01-06 | 1L | |||
| General | $1000 | closed for 2020; check back in 2021 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 2020-01-08 | 1L | |||
| Diversity | Varies | 2023-10-13 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General Firms | $3000 | 2020-12-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Diversity | $10000 | 2020-01-17 | 1L | |||
| General Firms | See notes. | 2020-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Practice Area | $500 | 2020-06-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing | Varies | 2021-09-12 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| General | Varies | 2022-02-26 | 1L 2L 3L | EMAIL mcary@smu.edu for PDF of application. Eligibility specifics: Former Aggie Student that has completed at least 40 undergraduate hours at Texas A&M University and will be beginning or currently in law school in the Fall of 2022 | ||
| Practice Area | $1500 | y | 2023-05-01 | 1L 2L | This scholarship awards $1,500 to a first- or second-year law student and is to help subsidize the Law Student Member's attendance at AAJ’s Annual Convention. | |
| Diversity | $5000 | 1 | 2023-05-01 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Writing Practice Area | $500 | 2022-05-31 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Firms Practice Area | $1000 | 2023-12-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Diversity | Varies | 2021-12-01 | 1L 2L 3L | $5,000 - $18,000 Fellowships, Awarded to women in one of the designated degree programs where women’s participation traditionally has been low. | ||
| Writing Practice Area | $5000 | 3 | 2022-12-01 | 1L 2L 3L | See also posting on Storey Hall bulletin board | |
| Regional | Varies | 2022-03-01 | 1L 2L | Eligibility specfics: 1st or 2nd year law students who demonstrate ties to Alaska, and an intent to return to Alaska within two years of graduation. | ||
| $5000 | 2024-06-06 | 2L | ||||
| Firms | $1000 | 2023-07-01 | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility: JD/MBA students | ||
| Writing Practice Area | $10000 | 2021-12-01 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing | Varies | 2021-01-15 | 1L 2L 3L | |||
| Writing Practice Area | $1800 | 2 | 2023-06-01 | 1L 2L 3L | ||
| Diversity Practice Area | $5000 | 2 | To be determined. | 1L 2L 3L | Eligibility specifics: the applicant must (i) be either a first, second or third year law student in good standing in an ABA accredited law school, or a recent law graduate from an ABA accredited law school still studying for the Bar Exam. (ii) have secured an internship or job for Summer 2021 (which can extend beyond the Summer) and/or the Fall of 2021 with a public interest organization engaged in legal or policy work with a direct impact on LGBTQ individuals. |