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Miscellaneous Scholarships—Supplemental Sources of Financial Aid
Each listing has its own criteria but deadline dates, selection conditions, application processes, and other details change more quickly than we can update this page. Please contact each individual source for complete, up-to-date details.
Access Group's $10,000 Scholarship Video Contest
5500 Brandywine Parkway
P.O. Box 7430
Wilmington, DE 19803-0430
800.282.1550
The contest is calling for current and entering law students to create and submit a brief video describing what inspired them to pursue a legal career. Access Group's panel of judges will choose the 10 finalists, and voting will begin August 3, 2009. Students, colleagues and the entire country will vote to decide the winner of a $10,000 scholarship. Up to five additional honorable mention scholarships of $1,500 each will also be awarded.
Deadline: July 15
AICPA John L. Carey Scholarships Program
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-8775
212.596.6200
educat@aicpa.org
Scholarships are available to all liberal arts degree holders of any regionally-accredited U.S. institution who wish to pursue a CPA certificate. Scholarships are given based on academic achievement, leadership and future career interests and are contingent upon acceptance in a graduate accounting program. Each year, up to seven recipients will be awarded $5,000 and will be eligible for renewal for one more year, provided satisfactory scholastic progress is maintained.
Deadline: April 1
American Association for Justice
The Leonard M. Ring Law Center
1050 31st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
800.424.2725
The American Association for Justice provides a variety of scholarships for law students. Further information and applications are available online at the link above.
Deadline: Ranges from mid-April to May 1
American Association of Law Libraries
Chair, Scholarships Committee
53 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 940
Chicago, IL 60604
312.939.4764
membership@aall.org
The American Association of Law Libraries awards scholarships to assist individuals in achieving their goal of becoming a law librarian. Evidence of financial need must be submitted. Further information and applications are available online at the link above.
Deadline: April 1
American Law Institute - American Bar Association
Annual ALI-ABA Courses of Study
4025 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3099
215.243.1600
The ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education has approved a limited number of full-tuition scholarships to attend an ALI-ABA Course of Study. If you are interested in attending this course please submit a letter of interest to the University of Michigan Law School Financial Aid Office, 310 Hutchins Hall, by December 31. Unfortunately travel and on-site expenses will not be covered by ALI-ABA.
American Medical Record Association
919 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60611-1683
312.787.2672
Scholarships of $1,000 - $5,000 are awarded to a credentialed medical record professional who is an active member of AMRA, a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. and enrolled at least part-time.
Deadline: May 31, June 30
The Ted St. Antoine Commemorative Scholarship
732.693.2349
This scholarship seeks to recognize second-year University of Michigan Law students who, notwithstanding their academic standing in the middle of their class, hold out great promise of being beneficial contributors to the legal community or society as a whole, based upon their activities both in and out of the classroom. The scholarship will award $1,000 to one student (or between $500 and $750 if more than one student is selected) to help cover the cost of their third year at the University of Michigan Law School.
Deadline: April 3
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications
The University of South Carolina
1621 College St.
Columbia, SC 29208-0251
803.777.2005
One-year grants are available to students who are undertaking a liberal arts program with demonstrated interest in journalism/mass communications.
Deadline: April 30
The Attorney-CPA Foundation Scholarship
3921 Old Lee Highway, Suite 71A
Fairfax, VA 22030
888.288.9272
The Attorney-CPA Foundation will award fourteen scholarships in amounts ranging from $250 to $1000. The scholarships are open to law students who will be entering their third year of law school and have obtained a CPA certificate. Applicants will be evaluated based upon their academic performance and leadership in the school and community.
Deadline: April 15
Donald W. Banner Corporate Intern Scholarship
Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation
1255 23rd Street, N.W.
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20037
202.466.2396
Two $10,000 scholarships will be awarded to outstanding law students who have completed an internship in a corporate intellectual property law department and intend to pursue a career in intellectual property law. Students must also be enrolled in law school in 2008.
Deadline: October 12
Beta Theta Pi Scholarships
P.O. Box 3287
Oxford, OH 45056
513.523.2381
Awards ranging from $500 to $1,500 are available to members of Beta Theta Pi. Recipients are selected according to application information.
Deadline: April 15
The Child Care Subsidy Program
University of Michigan
Office of Financial Aid
2500 Student Activities Bldg.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1316
734.763.6600
financial.aid@umich.edu
The Child Care Subsidy Program provides funds to students with children to assist them in meeting the cost of licensed child care. Priority for funds will be given to students with the greatest financial need. Information and applications are available at The Child Care Subsidy Program link above.
Deadline: Students who apply after March 14th for Spring/Summer and April 30th for Fall/Winter may be denied funding if all funds have been committed to applicants who applied earlier.
Civitan International Foundation
P.O. Box 130744
Birmingham, AL 35213-0744
205.591.8910
Awards of $1,000 are given to students planning a career in higher education, special education, and vocational education, health care services or the teaching of social studies. The purpose is to build a responsible citizenship, protect the nation's future and to maintain the free enterprise system and political heritage.
Deadline: March 1
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholars Program
2255 North Dubuque Road
P.O. Box 4030
Iowa City, IA 52243
800.498.6478
jkc@act.org
The Graduate Scholarship enables students or recent alumni with exceptional promise and demonstrated financial need to pursue up to six years of study at an accredited graduate institution in the U.S. or abroad. Awards can be as much as $50,000 annually. To be eligible a student must:
- Be a college senior or a recent graduate (last five years) from an accredited college or university in the U.S.,
- Have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale,
- Plan to begin graduate school in the coming fall, and
- Be nominated by his or her undergraduate institution.
Deadline: Mid-March
The Federal Circuit Bar Association
1620 I Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 610.640.5813
A variety of scholarships are available to law students who have a potential interest in legal issues that may be appealed to the Federal Circuit. Awards range from $5,000 to $10,000. Applicants must demonstrate financial need, academic promise, and service, either in undergraduate studies or in law school. Only one application is required.
Deadline: April 30
Finlandia Foundation Trust
Pertti Lindfors Legal Studies Fund
Alvar Kauti, Scholarship Committee Chair
Citizens of Finland currently enrolled in an ABA-approved law school within the United States or citizens of the United States currently enrolled in the law faculty of a Finnish University who have completed the first year of study are eligible to apply for this $3,000 scholarship. Scholarship applications can be downloaded from the Finlandia Foundation Trust link above.
Deadline: February 1
The Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Gates Cambridge Trust
P.O. Box 252
Cambridge CB2 1TZ
England
info@gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk
Scholars of outstanding academic merit and leadership potential from every country of the world other than the United Kingdom, who are committed to serving their communities, and who gain admission to the University of Cambridge are eligible to apply. These scholarships will cover the costs of studying at Cambridge.
Deadline: Varies
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
National Office
P.O. Box 16000
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70893-6000
225.388.4917
Open only to students chosen by Phi Kappa Phi chapters. Applicants must be members or nominees. Award amount: $500 to $8,000 for first year graduate students. Contact the chapter secretary for applications.
Deadline: March 1
Institute for Research on Women and Gender
See: Fellowships
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation
P.O. Box 38
Columbus, OH 43216-0038
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation Scholarships/Grants are available only to members of Kappa Kappa Gamma. For complete information and application materials, please send a self-addresses, stamped envelope to the above address. Please note your chapter membership on your request. Graduate students please state whether studying full-time or part-time.
Deadline: February 1
Kiwanis Club International
See: Miscellaneous Loan Programs
Labor Union Scholarships
Students whose parents are members of unions should investigate the possibility of obtaining financial assistance through a local or regional union scholarship program. Local union officials will be able to provide further details.
Ladas Memorial Award
ATTN: Carin Diep
International Trademark Association (INTA)
655 Third Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10017-5617
The competition is open to all students, practitioners, and academics interested in trademarks and trademark law. To be eligible to compete in the student category, authors must be enrolled as either full- or part-time law or graduate students. For students outside of the United States, university enrollment is acceptable. To be eligible to compete in the professional category, authors may be legal practitioners, business professionals or academics. No restrictions, such as level of experience or years in practice, apply. Complete contest rules are available at the INTA website.
Deadline: January 10
Mortar Board, Inc.
Mortar Board National Foundation
National Office
1200 Chambers Road, #201
Columbus, OH 43212-1753
800.989.6266
Applicants must be members of Mortar Board to be eligible for an award of $1,500 to $5,000 per year. Submission of a financial statement is necessary to be considered.
Deadline: January 31
National Democratic Education Fund
Democracy Scholarships
413 New Jersey Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20003
Applicants must be pursuing a course of study or conducting research in history, government, political or social science with particular emphasis on democracy and democratic forms of government. Applicants are judged on the basis of community involvement, academic achievement (3.0 GPA) and career goals. Awards are in the amount of $500 each.
Deadline: September 30
The Point Foundation (TPF)
P.O. Box 565
Genoa, NV 89411
The application process is open to all LGBT students nationwide regardless of level of education. The average scholarship award is approximately $12,500. Point Scholars are chosen for their demonstrated leadership, scholastic achievement, extracurricular activities, involvement in the LGBT community and financial need. Particular interest is paid to students who have lost the financial and social support of their families and/or communities as a result of revealing their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Deadline: March 1
Roothbert Fund, Inc.
475 Riverside Dr., Room 252
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-3116
Awards averaging $1,000 to $2,000 are given to help students who are primarily motivated by spiritual values and who show a need for financial assistance. Preference is given to those of high scholastic achievement who are considering teaching as a vocation. Open to all regardless of sex, age, color, nationality or religious background.
Deadline: February 1
The J.D. Sinnock Scholarship
c/o Cheri Dillon
Alpha Tau Omega Foundation
32 East Washington St., Suite 1350
Indianapolis, IN 46204
cheri@atofoundation.org
800.508.5131 ext. 203
All second year law students at U of M are eligible to apply. The recipient of the scholarship will receive an $1,800 award. The criteria for determining the winner will be based upon scholarship, extracurricular activities and character. Applications are available in the University of Michigan Law School Financial Aid Office, 310 Hutchins Hall, during the winter term.
Deadline: April 24
State Bar of Michigan Business Law Section
ATTN: Goldie Adele J.D., Coordinator of Student Services
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
300 South Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901
517.371.5140
Adeleg@cooley.edu
The Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan offers an annual writing competition and Business Law Section Scholarship Award. The writing competition is open to all law students enrolled in an ABA accredited law school in the State of Michigan. A prize of $2,500 will be awarded to the student with the best article, and the student will have his or her article published in the Section's Business Law Journal.
Deadline: April 15
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
ATTN: Sovereignty Symposium
Oklahoma State Capitol, Room 242
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
405.522.7875
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is offering several types of scholarships:
- The Ed Edmondson Scholarship offers full tuition to the Symposium and is available to as many as one hundred persons. Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and dedication to Native American law issues and the need for a scholarship in a letter of application.
Deadline: May 10
- The Susan J. Ferrell Scholarship offers full tuition, meals and travel to the Symposium. It is awarded to one law student who demonstrates an interest in and contribution to Native American legal issues.
Deadline: April 1
- The Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition offers first, second, and third prizes in the amounts of $500, $300, and $200. The subject matter of the paper may be on any area of the law relating to Native Americans or other indigenous peoples.
Deadline: March 15
Symposium details and further application instructions are available on their Web site.
The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies
1080 S. University, Suite 3668
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
734.936.1603
The Center for Chinese Studies awards a number of fellowships and grants to currently enrolled undergraduates, graduate and professional school students in Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan.
Deadline: February 1
The University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies
1080 S. University, Suite 3603
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
734.936.1603
The Center for Japanese Studies provides conference travel funding and summer and academic year fellowships on a competitive basis to University of Michigan graduate and professional students whose studies focus on Japan. Applicants must be admitted by a UM graduate degree program to be considered for Center funding. Fellowship awards vary in size and range from several hundred to full tuition and stipend, depending on the applicant's merit and fund availability.
Deadline: February 1
The University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women
Michigan Square Building
330 E. Liberty
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2289
734.764.7271
The Center offers the following financial assistance:
- CEW Scholarships are given at the graduate, professional and undergraduate levels to women and men whose education has been interrupted. The interruption in education must be for at least a) 48 consecutive months or b) a total of 48 months, not counting interruptions of less than 8 months. The interruption may have taken place at any point in the pursuit of higher education. If you feel your situation meets the intent, if not the exact criteria, and warrants an exception, please submit an explanation of your circumstances in writing for an evaluation by the eligibility committee prior to submitting an application. Approximately 40 scholarships are awarded annually ranging from about $1,000 to $8,000, with some larger awards given. Strength of motivation, promise of impact in a chosen field, academic record and potential, and creative and scholarly contributions, are among the criteria for choosing the scholars.
Deadline: January 29
- CEW Critical Difference Emergency Grants: Small grants are available for students (men and women) at University of Michigan. An appointment with a CEW counselor is necessary for consideration.
The Center also provides financial counseling and has in their library many reference volumes listing supplemental aid sources.
University of Michigan Telluride House
A residential community at the University of Michigan, Telluride House brings together students who share a passion for intellectual interchange, a dedication to improving public life, and a commitment to self-government. Telluride House offers full room and board scholarships to twenty to thirty undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of academic backgrounds, political views, and cultural perspectives.
Deadline: October 25
The University of Michigan UM/ULI Real Estate Forum
The University of Michigan and Urban Land Institute Real Estate Forum will award five $2,000 scholarships to students. UM graduate students who study business, architecture, urban planning, public policy, law, natural resources or engineering and wish to be considered for one of the $2,000 scholarships must submit their resume along with a brief paper. Specific instructions for the paper are available at the above Web site.
Deadline: October 18
Wolverine Bar Association
See: Minority: General
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