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: $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: $500-$5,000. About: The Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) offers scholarships to qualified Korean American students, including foreign students from Korea. Applicants must be a student with a Korean heritage studying in the United States regardless of citizenship status (including Korean Nationals) – if extra funds are available, other students (non-Korean) may qualify for some…
Amount: $5,000. About: Administered by the Grand Rapids Community Foundation (GRCF), the Miller Johnson West Michigan Diversity Law School Scholarship is annually awarded to minority law students from the state. Applicants must be “students of color,” be accepted to or currently attending an accredited law school within the United States, be U.S. citizens, be permanent…
Amount: $500-$1,000. About: American Atheists, an American atheist activist organization, offers several scholarships in the amount of $500 or $1,000 to atheist students at U.S. colleges and universities with documented histories of participating in activist causes. To qualify for the scholarship, students will need to submit relevant information about, and evidence of, their activism in…