Outside Scholarship Resources
There are many outside scholarships for which you might be eligible; here is just a sampling. You may also want to view the following free online scholarship search sites: AccessLex Law School Scholarship Databank, Scholly by Sallie or http://www.fastweb.com/.
American Bar Association Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund
Amount: $15,000
Attorney Stewart Guss Scholarship
Award: $1,000
BARBRI Law Preview Scholarship
Award: $10,000 and $5,000
Completing the Dream Scholarship Program
Award: $2,500
Award: Varies
Award:$5000
Award: $1000(3)
Award: up to $15,000
DDRB Lawyers Legal Scholarship
Award: $1500
Award: $500
Award(3): $3000, $1500 & $500
Justice in Family Law Scholarship
Award:$1,000
Award: $1,000
The O'Connor, Runckel & O'Malley Law Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Reiff Law Firm Legal Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program
Award: $10,000
Award: up to $50,000 over two years
Sugarman Annual Law Scholarship
Award: $1,250 (2)
Award: $10,000
Alaska Bar Association Law School Scholarship
Award: Varies
Association of Corporate Council (ACC) CT Chapter
Award: $2,000
Hudson County Bar Foundation Scholarship
Award: Varies
National University of Singapore/Law Scholarship (LL.M. students)
Award: $2,500+ (per month)
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (naturalized citizens)
Award: up to $90,000
Rhode Island Bar Foundation Scholarship
Award: $25,000 (4)
Roy Dwyer Scholarship (graduates of Oregon University)
Award: $1,000
Yale Club of New Haven Graduate & Professional Scholarship
Award: $3,000 (renewable)
African American Single Mother's Scholarship
Award: $2,000
Aernt Fox LLP Diversity Scholarship
Award: $20,000
Armenian General Benevolent Union Scholarship
Award: Varies
Arnold & Porter 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship
Award: $10,000
BARBRI Law Preview Scholarship
Award: $10,000 & $5,000
2022 Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship
Award: $10,000
Award: $2,000
Completing the Dream Scholarship Program
Award: $2,500
Cuban American Bar Foundation (CABF or CABA Foundation)
Award: Varies
Don H. Liu Scholars Application
Award: $15,000
Helsell Fetterman, LLP Scholarship
Award: $7,500
Goodwin HBCU Scholarship Program
Award: $15,000
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Award: $5,000
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP Diversity Scholarship
Award: Varies up to $75,000
Latham & Watkins 1L Fellowship Program
Latham & Watkins 2L Diversity Scholars Program
Award: Varies
Latina Chicana Foundation Scholarship
Award: $ 1500
Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Scholarship Program
Award: $10,000
Award: $10,000
Marshall-Motley Scholars Program
Award: Tuition, Room, Board, and Incidental
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Award: $2,000 to $6,000
Minority Corporate Counsel Assocation (MCCA)
Award: $10,000
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Award: $9,000 up to $30,000
National Immigration Law Center
Award: Varies
The National Italian American Foundation
Award: $2,000 to $12,000
New York State Bar Association
Award: $6,000
Paul D. White Scholarship Program
Award: $7,500
PracticePro 1L Diversity Scholar Program
Award: Recruiting, Professional Development, Coaching & Mentorship
Award: $2,000 to $3,000
Sidley Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship for Summer 2024
Award: $25,000
Award: $3,500 Prize; Ongoing mentoring
Sutliff & Stout Diversity in Law Scholarship
Award: $1,500
Award: $10,000
USLAW NETWORK Foundation Diversity Scholarship (2024)
Award: $5,000
Vinson & Elkins Diversity Fellowships
Award: Varies
When There Are Nine Scholarship Project (WTAN Scholarship)
Award: $10,000
WilmerHale (1L Diversity Public Interest Fellowship Program)
Award: $10,000 stipend
Award: Varies
Goodwin HBCU Scholarship Program
Award: $15,000
Award: Varies
Award: $10,000
One Lawyer Can Change the World Scholarship
Award: $10,000/$5,000/$1,000
Award: $25,000 (Six awards)
Award: up to $50,000 over two years
Weil Legal Innovators (WLI) Program 2024-2025
Award: $60K compensation for fellowship year, $10K law school scholarship, mentorship, and more
When There Are Nine Scholarship (WTA9) Project
Award: $10K, mentorship throughout law school and early professional career.
American Indian Graduate Center Scholarship (AIGC)
Award: $1,000 up to $5,000
Earl Warren Legal Training Program - LDF-NAACP
Award: $3,000
Frances & Earl Perry Memorial Veterans Scholarship
Award: $5,000
General Counsel, P.C. - First Generation Law Student Scholarship
Award: $1,500 (2)
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Scholarship
Award: $1,000
National Law Review Writing Competition
Award: to have your article published on the NLR website
Award: up to $5,000
Auger & Auger Disabled Scholar Award
Award: $1,000
Equal Justice Works
Summer Stipend: $5,000
Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Summer Fellowships:
SPBF offers a number of summer public interest stipends through three separate tracks listed below. The awards are for $5,000 and involve a competitive process. This is a great opportunity for non-SPIF eligible students. For SPIF eligible students, YLS will provide additional support up to the SPIF level of funding.
Applications should be submitted to Norma D'Apolito. Applications for all programs, except the public policy track, are due by January 15; students do not need to reach out to the host organizations for these fellowships, as Squire Patton Boggs will forward selected applicants to them. In contrast, applications for the public policy track are due on March 1; students must secure host organizations in advance of the application deadline for these fellowships.
- Squire Patton Boggs 2024 Public Policy Fellowship Application
- Squire Patton Boggs 2024 Sustained Impact Racial Justice Fellowship Application
- Squire Patton Boggs 2024 Sustained Impact Veterans Justice Fellowship Application
- Squire Patton Boggs 2024 Human Rights Watch Fellowship Application and Information
Summer Stipend: $5,000
Justice John Paul Stevens Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program
Summer Stipend: $8,000. (2)
Latham & Watkins Summer Pre-Law Internship
Summer Salary: $1,725-$2,000/week
WilmerHale 1L Diversity Fellowship
Award: $10,000
Please visit YLS Career Development Office website for an additional listing of Non-SPIF Funded Fellowship Opportunities.