Scholarships
Amount: $50,000. About: International law firm Milbank offers the 2L Diversity Scholarship. This scholarship is offered to law students who are members of historically underrepresented groups in the legal profession. This includes students who are of a racial or ethnic minority group, are differently abled, or are from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Applicants must be a…
Amount: $10,000. About: The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MMCA), an organization that promotes the hiring of diverse lawyers, offers the LMJ scholarship to women and diverse students who have been accepted to an ABA-accredited law school and have an interest in corporate law. The scholarship provides $10,000 for winning students’ first year in law school…
Amount: $100,000. About: The McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship is intended to help Hispanic American students afford to make to and through college. Applicants must be high school seniors, be legal U.S. residents, be younger than 21 years old, have a minimum GPA of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale, enroll at an accredited two- or four-year…
Amount: $2,000. About: MALDEF, a Latinx legal civil rights organization, offers an annual scholarship. The scholarship is open to all students who are enrolled full-time in an accredited U.S. law school. Applicants are evaluated for their academic and extracurricular achievements, for their background and financial need, and, most important, for their demonstrated commitment to advancing…
Amount: $3,750. About: Each year, the LAGRANT Foundation selects 20 minority graduate and Ph.D. scholarship recipients and sends them to New York City to participate in career building activities. Each applicant must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or DACA recipient, be African American/Black, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, or Native American/Alaska Native, be a full-time…
Amount: $2,500. About: The LAGRANT Foundation offers an annual scholarship and career building program for underrepresented undergraduate students studying in an advertising, marketing, or public relations field. In addition to receiving scholarship money, scholarship recipients receive a trip to New York City, Portland (Oregon), or Minneapolis (Minnesota) where they will participate in career building activities…