Outside Scholarships

In order to participate in the contest, prospective applicants must be currently enrolled in an accredited United States college or university or planning to attend one in the academic year of 2018-2019. Applicants should submit a 500-word essay answering the following question to the email address provided below:

Juvenile cases can be especially tricky, and will almost certainly have an impact on the juvenile’s life. Do you think laws regarding juvenile crimes should be harsher, or provide more options for rehabilitation/deference?

Responses will be judged on the following criteria:

• The quality of the writing
• Originality
• The thoughtfulness of the response
• The applicant’s demonstrated potential for success in a field of study related to law

In order to apply, applicants should submit their essay in word format to zeigerfirmscholarship@gmail.com by 5/25/18 9 AM EST. In addition, applicants must include the following information in the body of the email to which their essay is attached:

• Their full name and phone number
• The name of the institution you are planning to attend or the one you are attending
• Contact information for their parent(s) or legal guardian, if an applicant is under the age of 18

The Spring 2018 winner will be announced on or around 6/15/2018. Please note the winner’s scholarship check will be issued to the student’s college/university of choice.

The Lawson Law Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving Christian law student. In our third year of providing the scholarship we hope to assist a young energetic Christian law student to attend law school, but we also hope to be able to assist many more young energetic Christian law students to pursue their dreams of a law school education in the years to come.

The application form is available through the scholarship website.

The scholarship program is open to students currently in their first or second year of law school as well as students entering law school in the fall. The recipient is a member of an ethnic or racial minority or demonstrates a defined commitment to issues of diversity within their academic career. The recipient is a U.S. citizen accepted to or currently attending an accredited law school within the United States.

The Goodwin & Scieszka Innovation Scholarship is open to current law students at an accredited law school in the United States and to students at accredited undergraduate universities in the United States who are planning to attend law school in the future. Applicants must have a minimum 2.8 GPA and submit a copy of their transcript. Other minor terms and conditions also apply.

For the essay component, please choose one of the following prompts provided for your essay. Essays must be between 500 and 1000 words.

1. In your opinion, what law is most out of date and should be rectified or repealed?
2. What future do you foresee for legal marketing with the inclusion of social media?

The Planning & Law Division of the American Planning Association announces its 35^th Annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition. The Competition, which honors the memory of three leading figures in American city planning law (R. Marlin Smith, Richard Babcock, and Norman Williams) is open to law students and planning students writing on a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law. The winning entry will be awarded a prize of $2,000 and submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the American Bar Association’s Section of State & Local Government Law. The Second Place paper will receive a prize of $400 and one Honorable Mention prize of $100 will also be awarded.

Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys is hosting a bi-yearly scholarship giving $1,000 to a student who demonstrates through a personal statement that they are committed to expanding their education and using their education to improve their communities. Upon announcing the winner, Bisnar Chase will also give away $500 to the 501c3 charitable organization of the winner’s choice.

The following requirements must be met in order for a student to be considered to win this scholarship.

• Applicants must submit at least a 500-word personal statement with details about commitment to excellence and education in their community.
• Applicant must be a student enrolled in college or must be a junior or senior in high school.
• Student must have at least a 2.5 GPA and winner must provide proof of GPA

For questions contact: K. Feathers, marketing@bestattorney.com or call 877-705-6556

Criteria to apply:

• Students currently enrolled in or formally accepted to an accredited U.S. community college, college, or university undergraduate or graduate degree program
• Applicants should have a history of serving their community in a volunteer role.
• Applicants must currently be in good academic standing and provide transcripts to support a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above.

To apply, complete the online application and submit the following:

• Current resume listing your community service, including:
  • Name(s) of the organization(s) through which you volunteered
  • Service dates
  • Contact information
  • Brief description of your service

• Your most recent transcript
• A 500-word essay on one of these writing prompts:

1. What job skill(s) did you develop through community service that you did not possess prior to volunteering?
2. What did community service teach you about leadership?
3. How has your community service influenced your career goals?

The purpose of the contest is to help students gain an understanding of the many facets of criminal records such as how they are currently handled, how they affect people’s lives, and how the laws that affect them can be improved.

2017-2018 Essay Topics:

Please choose one of the following:

• How to improve expungement related laws in (state of your choice)
• When, if ever, should government stop reporting criminal records to the public?
• What effects do criminal records have on former offenders ability to re-assimilate?

The Prizes For The Winning Essays Are As Follows:

• First Place: $2,000.00
• Second Place: $1,000.00
• Third Place: $300.00
• $200 Honorable Mention

Submission Deadline:

• All Essays Are Due By June 30, 2018
• The Winners Will Be Announced On Or Before July 31, 2018

Essay Competition Rules:

To be eligible the student must be:

• 18 years or older and currently enrolled in any Juris Doctor (JD) law program in the United States or its territories.
• Only one essay submission per law student is allowed.
• As a condition of receiving the award, winner agrees to submit a completed W-9. Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with receiving the award.
• The awarded funds are to be used to pay for law school-related expenses.
• The essay should be approximately 2,000 to 3,500 words in length.
• The content submitted must be the law student author’s own work and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere.
• By submitting an essay, entrants are granting the competition’s sponsors the right to reproduce the essay on any of their web sites.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Recipient is a U.S. citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the United States
• Recipient is accepted, and will be attending their first year of law school in the fall of 2018
• Academic achievement as reflected by an undergraduate cumulative minimum 3.0 GPA
• Recipient must have received a bachelor’s degree from an accredited undergraduate college.

Requirements:

• A completed Scholarship Application Form (.doc)(pdf)
• One to three (1-3) page typed essay
• An official and complete copy of undergraduate college transcripts
• An acceptance letter from an accredited law school within the United States
• Proof of legal residency in the U.S. (i.e., birth certificate, passport, permanent resident card, etc.)

The American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize is a writing competition designed to promote scholarship in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence.

The American Inns of Court invites judges, lawyers, professors, students, scholars, and other authors to participate in the competition. Please submit an original, unpublished, essay of 10,000 to 20,000 words on a topic of your choice addressing issues of legal excellence, civility, ethics, and professionalism.

• The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $5,000
• The essay will be published in the South Carolina Law Review
• The prize will be presented to the recipient at the American Inns of Court annual Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States

More details, including rules, required cover page, and past recipients/essays can be found on the scholarship page.

Cole Schotz P.C. is committed to the advancement of diverse law students. We believe that fostering diversity in the legal profession contributes to the quality of the profession and strengthens our ability to serve our clients and communities. As part of Cole Schotz’s continuing commitment to inclusion in the legal community, we have created the Cole Schotz Diversity Scholarship.

The Cole Schotz Diversity Scholarship is open to a second-year, full time law student in good standing. Consideration is given to the candidate’s academic achievement, involvement in community service, demonstrated leadership abilities and advancement of diversity in the legal profession. The recipient will receive a one-time $5,000 scholarship.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible for the Cole Schotz Diversity Scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• The applicant must be a full-time student in good standing who will complete his/her first year of law school at an ABA accredited Law School by July 1, 2018.

• The applicant must have achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 at his/her undergraduate school and law school.

• The applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America as well as attend an ABA accredited law school in a state where Cole Schotz’s offices are located: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York or Texas.

• The applicant must not be the recipient of another diversity scholarship award.

Named for the late Tax Court Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., and designed to perpetuate his dedication to legal scholarship of the highest quality, the Tannenwald Writing Competition is open to all full- or part-time law school students, undergraduate or graduate. Papers on any federal or state tax-related topic may be submitted in accordance with the Competition Rules (viewable at http://www.tannenwald.org).

Eligibility Criteria:

This scholarship is open to any US citizen or permanent US resident who will be enrolled full time in an accredited community college, college or university, or accredited law school in the fall of 2018.

Application Requirements:

• The student must complete the online application which appears below by July 15, 2018. Applications submitted via any other channel will not be considered.
• The applicant must write an essay (maximum 1,500 words) on the topic below.
• The student must provide proof of enrollment should his or her essay be selected.
• The winner must consent to the use of his or her picture and other basic information on the winner page of the cogburnlaw.com website.

Essay : Write an essay of 1,500 words or less on the following topic:

Should Uber and Lyft drivers be subject to the same special insurance and liability rules that taxicabs operate under?

Your essay must include at least three links to authoritative sources. At least one of these links must be to the post below or to another post on cogburnlaw.com.

Overview of Taxicab Liability

Post the essay to your blog. This can be a student blog on your university website or your own personal blog. If you do not have a blog, you can create one here for free: https://www.blogger.com/

You must be listed as the author of the essay on the website.

Gerben Law Firm, PLLC is offering an annual scholarship opportunity for currently enrolled law students interested in practicing trademark law. Gerben Law Firm is committed to assisting the next generation of trademark attorneys through a scholarship to help ease the financial burden of law school.

To be eligible to receive the scholarship a student must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Currently enrolled at an ABA accredited law school for at least one semester
• Academic status must be in good standing and GPA over 2.5.
• Deadline for application: July 31st

To apply for the Gerben Law Firm, PLLC education scholarship, download the PDF application. Instructions are located within the document. The scholarship will be awarded to the student with the most compelling story of why they are interested in becoming a trademark attorney.

Sexual harassment attorneys Winer, McKenna & Burritt, LLP announce a first-time $1,000 scholarship essay contest for 2018-2019 academic year students. The winning essay will address the following question in 600 words or less:

There has been a shift in the corporate world and media focusing on the prevention and swift reaction to sexual harassment on the job. What rules or technical additions should businesses and other institutions adopt to protect employees?

Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must be enrolled or planning to enroll in an accredited U.S. college or university during the 2018-1019 academic year.

How to apply: Each applicant should send his or her essay as an attachment in an email to the Winer, McKenna & Burritt scholarship committee at WMBScholarship@gmail.com by July 31, 2018, 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. In the body of the email, include the following:

• Name
• Phone number
• Name of the school you are attending or planning to attend in the 2018-2019 academic year
• Current course of study

The winning essay will be chosen by the Winer, McKenna & Burritt scholarship committee based on originality, responsiveness to the question, quality of writing and substantive content.

The scholarship committee of Winer, McKenna & Burritt will announce the winner on August 15, 2018. The check will be issued directly to the winner’s college or university.

Boston divorce attorney Gabriel Cheong with Infinity Law Group LLC is offering an annual scholarship for law school students of Asian heritage. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded every fall semester and is intended to encourage more Asian Americans to choose a degree that will help them give back to the Asian community.

The Asian Heritage Scholarship is open to students who will be attending an accredited US Law School in the fall of 2018 and meet all needed requirements. Candidates are asked to write a short essay describing how their background and experiences in the Asian American community influenced their choice to go to law school and how they plan to use their degree to help give back to their community.

For 2018 Nadrich & Cohen’s Scholarship Program is awarding a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving law student who authors a winning essay in our fifth annual Scholarship Essay Contest. Nadrich & Cohen Legal Scholarship Foundation’s Scholarship Award Program is intended for students who are dedicated to academic excellence and the preservation of the right to trial by jury. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist a student who seeks to become a trial lawyer for further research and reflection on the importance of the right to trial by jury – a basic constitutional right.

ELIGIBILITY

In order to be eligible for the scholarship grant program, a student must comply with the following requirements:

1. Plan to attend an accredited U.S. Law School program for the 2018-2019 academic year; and

2. Have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA from an accredited U.S. college or university.

PLEASE NOTE: Undergraduate students and current law students are eligible to apply so long as they plan to attend an accredited U.S. Law School program for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Brown, PC is now accepting applications for the firm’s National Tax Law Scholarship, a $500 stipend which will be awarded to a second or third year U.S. law student with a demonstrated interest in tax law.

Candidates should submit a cover letter summarizing their interest in tax law to Kristen.Brown@brownpc.com. Cover letters should also include the following information:

· Name
· Email Address
· Street, City, State & Zip Code
· Phone Number
· University Name & City, State
· Student ID
· GPA (minimum 3.0)
· Expected Graduation Date

Brown, PC is now accepting applications for the firm’s National Business Law Scholarship, a $500 stipend which will be awarded to a second or third year U.S. law student with a demonstrated interest in business law.

Candidates should submit a cover letter summarizing their interest in business law to Kristen.Brown@brownpc.com. Cover letters should also include the following information:

• Name
• Email Address
• Street, City, State & Zip Code
• Phone Number
• University Name & City, State
• Student ID
• GPA (minimum 3.0)
• Expected Graduation Date

The Rodriguez Law Group, a criminal defense law firm in Los Angeles, CA, is offering a $3,500 scholarship to one current or aspiring law student throughout the United States.

Ambrosio E. Rodriguez graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1997, and served as a Deputy District Attorney for 13 years. After leaving the D.A.’s office Mr. Rodriguez founded The Rodriguez Law Group, a Los Angeles based criminal defense firm. Mr. Rodriguez believes firmly in the value of hard work and seeks to reward individuals pursuing a career in criminal law.

The scholarship will be based on an essay and can be done on any topic. The range can be from 500-1250 words, anything over 1250 words will not be read.

Possible topics include:

• Why I want to practice criminal law (either as a prosecutor or criminal defense attorney)
• Discuss any adversity you had to overcome to fulfill your goal of attending law school
• What you hope to achieve with your law degree

Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident,
• Must be a full time student (proof of enrollment will be required before award is distributed),
• Must demonstrate financial need,
• Must submit essay and transcript from current institution.

Eligibility and Requirements

• Students studying in the U.S. on an F1, J1, or M1 visa during the 2018-2019 academic year.
• Must be accepted to study or continuing to study at an eligible college or university.
• Must submit a valid I-20 or DS-2019 form.
• Must score in the top 15% on a standardized U.S. college entrance exam (SAT, ACT, GRE, or GMAT).
• Must have a 3.0 GPA, or higher, or the equivalent from your prior studies.

Law school in the United States is expensive. Our firm wants to help a law student avoid some of the costs associated with law school, and we are now accepting applications for the Spring 2018 NW Corporate Law scholarship, which will be awarded to one second or third year law student who is in financial need and who is actively enrolled in an ABA-approved law school. The award will be paid to the student, and the awarded funds may be used by the student for any expenses related to the student’s law school education. All of the details are below, including a link to the application. We offer this scholarship award biannually, in the spring and fall. The application requirements may change during each award period.

FALL 2018 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

1. Most recent law school transcript.

2. Essay: Law school is expensive, and many young lawyers are forced to take jobs they don’t want as a result of lingering law school debt. In 500 – 700 words explain how you would ideally use your law degree if you did not have debt following law school. Essays related to business law or entrepreneurship encouraged, but not required. Points for creativity.

3. Resume: 1 page max, limited to your work, volunteer, and other educational experiences.

TestPrepHQ will award one $2,500 scholarship for the best submitted essay outlining how entrepreneurship will play a roll on how you will utilize your degree. This scholarship was created to help future entrepreneurs afford the cost of getting a college degree of their choosing and to help them along the path to entrepreneurship. Anything from a solid business plan, to a side job may be discussed.

Any current college or university student enrolled in a 2-year, 4-year or graduate program during the 2017-2018 school year is eligible. The student must be enrolled, and be able to provide proof of such, at an accredited university, college or trade school.

Chhabra® Law Firm announces a $1,750 scholarship towards any recognized patent bar preparation course (e.g., PLI) for a qualified student.

To qualify you need to:

-Be a student (or have been admitted) at an ABA-approved law school
-Have a Bachelors degree in any field of Science or Engineering with a GPA of at least 3.4
-Be a US Citizen or permanent resident
-Apply before the deadline of November 30, 2018

To apply, please write an essay (5,000 word limit) about the public policy issues arising from the Alice (and subsequent) cases. Click here to begin the application process. One award will be granted per year.

VERY IMPORTANT: Anyone contacting the firm through any other method other than the link above will automatically disqualify themselves from the scholarship program.

The OppU Achievers Scholarship celebrates students who transform opportunity into results. It rewards achievement in its many forms and honors those who create opportunity for both themselves and others. Founded in 2016, the scholarship provides $2,500 for current or future education costs. Scholarship selections are made four times a year; Please view the scholarship page for the closest deadline.

To apply for the OppU Achievers Scholarship, submit a short essay responding to the prompted question. Scholarship decisions are based solely on an applicant’s essay response. To be eligible for the OppU Achievers Scholarship, a student must:

• Be enrolled full time in high school or at least part time in college, graduate, professional, or trade school.
• Possess a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0/4.0.
• Be a U.S. citizen.

The DDR Lawyers Legal Scholarship by Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum, LLP is a recurring scholarship worth $1500 designed to help one law student with their tuition costs. We welcome all eligible students to apply and look forward to reviewing your application.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: DEC 31, 2018A winner will be announced on or before Jan 31, 2019

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Admitted to an accredited law school in the U.S.
• 3.5 or higher GPA

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Completed Application. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
• Upload a 500-600 word original essay on what you hope to achieve in your legal career if awarded this scholarship.
• Upload School Transcript
• Upload Resume

The Key Thinkers Scholarship (“Scholarship”) awards academically qualified students with a $2,500 USD Scholarship to one (1) eligible recipient (“Recipient”) once every academic term (coinciding with the application schedule below), to one (1) eligible recipient (“Recipient”). There will be a total of four (4) Recipients of the Scholarship per academic year. The sponsor (“MoneyKey”) offers the Scholarship to post-secondary students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement. This is an opportunity for students to be a voice in the growing conversation about financial responsibility.

To be eligible for the Scholarship, the student applying must:

• Be 18 years or older.
• Be a US citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Be enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college, university, or trade school in the United States.
• Possess a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.
• An essay component (500-750 words) is required (see application form).

This application has several opportunities/deadlines throughout the year:

For additional questions, please e-mail scholarship@moneykey.com

Clear, effective writing is the cornerstone of an exceptional lawyer, and a vital area of education for aspiring attorneys. While traditional forms of legal writing like case briefs and contracts endure, the internet has given legal professionals a new medium of communication that demands mastery as well. Blog posts are a new way for attorneys to educate and persuade, and to participate in a broader legal discourse with their peers.

The Expert Institute is offering a $2,000 scholarship for the best legal blog post written by a law student on the topic of expert witnesses. To be considered for the scholarship, you must submit a 1,000 to 2,500 word blog-style article on the use of expert witnesses in litigation.