Regional 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.

Alabama

Alabama Law Foundation, Inc.
ATTN: Cabaniss, Johnston Scholarship Committee
P.O. Box 671
Montgomery, AL 36101
334.269.1515

The Cabaniss, Johnston Scholarship is awarded annually to a law student who is a resident of Alabama, is attending an accredited law school in the United States and will be a second year student. The amount of the scholarship is $5000. A second place scholarship of $1000 will be awarded at the committee's discretion. While academic achievement is the key factor in determining eligibility for the scholarship; consideration will be given to other factors such as conscientiousness, dependability, civic involvement, financial need and dedication to the highest ethical standards. Applications can be downloaded from the Alabama Law Foundation, Inc. website.
Deadline: First Friday in June

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Alaska

Alaska Commission on Post-Secondary Education
See: Miscellaneous Loan Programs

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California

California Indian Law Association
See: Native Americans, Aleuts and Eskimos

Kern County Women Lawyers Public Benefit Scholarship
Stacy L. Inman
Kern County Women Lawyers Foundation
P.O. Box 2702
Bakersfield, CA 93302
661.636.4830

The Kern County Women Lawyers Association (KCWLA) of Bakersfield, California is an organization that supports and promotes women attorneys as well as issues of gender, diversity and equality. The applicant law students must have ties to Kern County, California, have financial need and/or hardship and have good scholarship. Each year, the KCWLA awards at least one scholarship for second, third, or fourth year law students. The scholarship award varies from $250 to $3000.
Deadline: March 2

La Raza Lawyers
LRLA Scholarship Chair
P.O. Box 30
San Jose, CA 95103
larazalawyers@yahoo.com

Scholarships of $2,500 are awarded to Hispanic law school students who attend a law school in the Bay Area or who are from Santa Clara County.
Deadline: September 29

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Colorado

Sachs Foundation
See: African-Americans/Blacks

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Connecticut

Naurison (James Z.) Scholarship Fund
Community Foundation of Western MA
P.O. Box 15769
1500 Main Street
Springfield, MA 01115
413.732.2858

An unspecified number of $400-$2,000 scholarships per year are available to residents of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire, MA or Enfield and Suffield, CT. Student must have been a resident for at least one year prior to application.
Deadline: March 31

Rubinow Scholarship Trust Fund
See: Miscellaneous Loan Programs

Swiss Benevolent Society of New York
See: Ethnic

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Delaware

Roxana C. Arsht Fellowship
See: Public Service

H. Fletcher Brown Scholarship
PNC Bank - Trust Department
222 Delaware Avenue, 18th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
302.429.2827

Scholarships of varying amounts are available to students who were born in Delaware, graduated from a Delaware high school and who remain residents of the state.  Applicants must be graduating seniors planning to enter their first year of college or college seniors planning to enter their first year of graduate school.  Scholastic achievement, financial need and good moral character are considered.
Deadline: March 22

Swiss Benevolent Society of New York
See: Ethnic

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Hawaii

Hawaii Community Foundation
1164 Bishop Street, Suite 800
Honolulu, HI 96813
800.566.5570

Scholarships of varying amounts are available to Hawaii residents who attend an accredited college or university, undergraduate or graduate level as a full-time student. Selection is based on academic achievement, financial need and personal qualities.
Deadline: March 1

Maui County Bar Association
The Maui County Bar Association offers the MCBA/Arthur T. Ueoka Scholarship. The award is made annually to a student who is enrolled, or has been accepted, to an accredited law school; has significant ties to Maui County; and demonstrates a compelling financial need.
Deadline: May 31

Applications in the form of a letter and accompanying current resume should be sent to:
Traci Fujita Villarosa, Esq.
Department of the Corporation Counsel
200 S. High Street
Wailuku, HI 96793 Applications may also be e-mailed to Ms. Villarosa at villarosa@mauigateway.com.

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Illinois

The Aurora Foundation Scholarships Program
Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley
111 West Downer Place, Suite 312
Aurora, IL 60506-5136
630.896.7800
info@communityfoundationfrv.org

The Aurora Foundation Scholarship Program consists of separate Scholarship funds created by individual donors who establish specific criteria for the administration of their scholarships. Available to full-time students whose permanent residence must be in the Greater Aurora area, the tri-cities and Kendall County. These scholarships are available to graduating high school seniors, undergraduate college students, and graduate students. It is preferred that all students contact The Aurora Foundation by phone to request an application.
Deadline: End of January

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Academic Scholarship
Scholarship Secretary
Jewish Vocational Service
216 W. Jackson Blvd., Ste. 700
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312.673.3444
jvsscholarship@jvschicago.org

More than $500,000 is available for Jewish students who are identified as having promise for significant contributions in their chosen careers, and are in need of financial assistance for full-time academic programs primarily in the helping professions. Legal domicility in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, or in some cases, Cook County or Northwest Indiana is required. Refugees or asylees are encouraged to apply, as citizenship is not a prerequisite.
Deadline: February 15

McRoberts Memorial Law Scholarship Fund
First of America Trust Company, Trustee
301 Southwest Adams Street
Peoria, IL 61652-0749
309.655.5000

An applicant with moderately good grades must demonstrate financial need and have been a resident of Peoria County for five years immediately preceding selection. Serious consideration will be given to reputation, character, appearance, personality and apparent aptitude for a career in law. The amount of the scholarship is based on the degree of need and in some cases can fully cover tuition, room and board and all other expenses.
Deadline: June 1

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Indiana

Air and Waste Management Association - East Central Section, A& WMA
See: Environmental Scholarship

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Academic Scholarship Program
See: Illinois

Glenn D. Peters Scholarship
First Midwest Bank Trust Division
10322 Indianapolis Boulevard
Highland, IN 46322
219.853.3534

The applicant must be a permanent resident of the Northern District of Indiana for the United States District Court. The eligible counties are as follows: Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Dekalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Jasper, Jay, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami, Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Tippecanoe, Wabash, Warren, Wells, White, and Whitely.

While financial need can be a factor, greater weight is given to academic achievement and involvement in quality extracurricular activities. The funds available are to be used only for tuition costs at an accredited law school located anywhere in the United States.
Deadline: June 1

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Kentucky

Air and Waste Management Association - East Central Section, A& WMA
See: Environmental Scholarship

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Maryland

Central Scholarship Bureau - Scholarship
The Mary Rubin and Benjamin Rubin Scholarship Fund
1700 Reisterstown Road, Suite 220
Baltimore, MD 21208-2903
410.415.5558
info@centralsb.org

Scholarships of up to $2,500 are available for women who are residents of Baltimore and have been out of high school for at least twelve months. A minimum GPA of 3.00 is required and applicants must demonstrate sufficient financial need.
Deadline: May 31 

The Central Scholarship Bureau
See: Miscellaneous Loan Programs

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Massachusetts

Walter S. Barr Fellowships
See: Fellowships

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
P.O. Box 15769
1500 Main Street
Springfield, MA 01115
413.732.2858

This Foundation administers the awards for 22 separate scholarships. Awards are limited to residents of western Massachusetts and Hartford County in Connecticut. Among the scholarships administered are African-American Achievement Scholarship, Richard W. and Florence B. Irwin Law Scholarship, Deerfield Plastics/Barker Family Scholarship, and the James Z. Naurison Scholarship.
Deadline: March 31

Edwards Scholarship Fund
10 Post Office Square South, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02109
617.426.4434

Scholarships are available to men or women under the age of 25 who furnish evidence of financial need, scholastic ability and good character. Applicants must be residents of one of the central areas of the city of Boston since, at least, the beginning of the junior year of high school. Preference is given to undergraduates.
Deadline: March 1

General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts
Memorial Education Fund
Chairman of Trustees
245 Dutton Road
P.O. Box 679
Sudbury, MA 01776
508.443.4569

Eligibility is limited to those who are college graduates who have resided in MA for at least five years, have applied for admission and are sponsored by a local federated women's club in MA. The award is $2,000.
Deadline: March 1

Naurison Scholarship Fund
See: Connecticut

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Michigan

Air and Waste Management Association - East Central Section, A& WMA
See: Environmental Scholarship

American Radio Relay League Foundation
See: West Virginia

Armenian American Bar Association
See: Ethnic

Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan
The Judge Philip J. Glennie Scholarship
111 Water Street
P.O. Box 495
Alpena, MI 49707-0495
877.354.6881
cfnem@alpenal.cc.mi.us

One scholarship in the amount of $500 will be awarded to a law student who attended and graduated from a high school located within the Michigan counties of Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency or Presque Isle. Financial need is not a requirement.
Deadline: April 1

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
333 W. Fort, Suite 2010
Detroit, Michigan 48226
313.961.6675

Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Michigan Scholarships
Miller Canfield P.L.C.
277 South Rose Street, Suite 5000
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
269.381.7030

The Western District of Michigan awards annually $4,500 in scholarships to law students who are either from the Western Federal Judicial District of Michigan or have a connection to the practice of law in the Western District of Michigan which suggests that they will become practitioners in this geographic area upon their completion of their legal studies. The Committee requests that the applicant provide a copy of his or her current resume, a cover letter describing the candidate's connection to the Western District of Michigan and a statement not to exceed three pages in length describing the qualifications the candidate believes warrant his or her selection for a scholarship.
Deadline: September 17

Genesee County Bar Foundation
John S. Beagle Scholarship
315 East Court Street
Flint,  MI 48502
810.232.6000

This scholarship is open to law students from Genesee County, Michigan, who are in their junior or senior year of law school. A minimum scholarship of $5,000 will be distributed.
Deadline: May 1 

Grand Rapids Community Foundation
See: Minority: General

Jackson County Bar Association
Scholarship Committee
145 S. Jackson St., P.O. Box 787
Jackson, MI 49204-0787
517.787.4100

A scholarship of $2,000 will be awarded to a Jackson County resident attending an accredited law school or an accredited college or university pre-law program. The student must have a GPA of 2.5 or better and be enrolled full- or part-time. In addition, the applicant must submit a letter of recommendation and his/her law school/college transcript.
Deadline: April 30

Jewish Vocational Service
See: Miscellaneous Loan Programs

Kalamazoo Community Foundation
151 S. Rose Street, Suite 332
Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4775
269.381.4416

The Kalamazoo Community Foundation offers the Benjamin and Cherie Gubin Scholarship. Students who were permanent residents of Kalamazoo County during their senior year in high school or graduated from a Kalamazoo County high school are eligible to apply. Applicants must also demonstrate academic achievement and potential for success at the graduate level with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Community service and financial need are also considered.
Deadline: March 31

Macomb County Bar Foundation Scholarships
40 N. Main Street, Suite 435
Mount Clemens, MI 48043
586.468.2940
mcbf@MacombBar.org