Scholarships
General
ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/diversity_pipeline/projects_initiatives/legal_opportunity_scholarship.html
ABA Law Student Division: Writing & Essay Contests and Other Competitions: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_students/events_competitions/wec.html
American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation: Sidney B. Williams Scholarship: www.aiplef.org/scholars/sidney-b-williams-jr-scholarships/
Arent Fox Diversity Scholarship Program: http://www.arentfox.com/careers/diversity/diversity-scholarship#.UqISPF8o5ol
Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarships: http://www.phideltaphi.org/?page=BalfourAwards&hhSearchTerms=%22scholarship%22
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd -- Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship (Intellectual Property [IP]): www.bannerwitcoff.com/diversity
Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. Diversity Scholarship for law students: http://www.BuckfireLaw.com
Constangy, Brooks & Smith Diversity Scholars Award: http://www.constangy.com/f-4.html
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 1L Diversity Scholarship Program: tp://www.dwt.com/1LDiversityScholarship/
Defense Research Institute (DRI) Law Student Diversity Scholarship: http://www.dri.org/Article/110
Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for Law Students (IP): www.bannerwitcoff.com/about/diversity
Finnegan Henderson Diversity Scholarship: http://www.finnegan.com/news/newsdetail.aspx?news=63079e38-03ec-4611-a2de-4c961a916d25
The Fish & Richardson 1L Diversity Fellowship Program: http://www.fr.com/diversity/#fellowship
Foley & Lardner Diversity Fellowship Program: http://www.foley.com/careers/lawstudents/#!/student/1418/2
Fredrikson & Byron Foundation Minority Scholarship Program: http://www.fredlaw.com/our_firm/diversity/minority_scholarship/
The Gates Millennium Scholars: www.gmsp.org
George A. Strait Minority Scholarship Endowment: http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Member-Resources/scholarships/George-A-Strait-Minority-Scholarship
Goodwin Diversity Fellowships: http://www.goodwinprocter.com/Careers/Law-Students/Public-Interest-Fellowship.aspx
International Franchise Association Educational Foundation, Franchise Law Diversity Scholarship Award: http://www.franchise.org/Scholarships.aspx
Latham Diversity Scholars Program: http://www.lw.com/diversityScholars
Louis A. Martinet Scholarship: No website, Contact: 504/581-2233, Wilkerson, Tate and Williams, 1515 Poydras Street, suite 2222, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Scholarship Program: http://www.mcca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=477&nodeID=1
Marathon Petroleum Scholarship: http://hsf.net/en/scholarships/programs/hsf-marathon-scholarship
McAndrews Diversity in Patent Law Fellowship: http://www.mcandrews-ip.com/diversity_fellowship.html
McDermott Minority Scholarship: No website, Contact - 312.372.2000
Milbank Diversity Scholarships: http://www.milbank.com/about-us/diversity/scholars-program.html
Minority Corporate Counsel Association: http://www.mcca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=477
Morrison & Foerster’s 1L Diversity Fellowship Program: http://www.mofo.com/1L-Diversity-Fellowship/
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Scholarships: http://www.naacpldf.org/scholarships
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): http://www.naacp.org/page/s/scholarship2
NCAA Women's and Ethnic Minority Enhancement Postgraduate Program Award: http://www.ncaa.org/ethnic-minority-and-womens-enhancement-postgraduate-scholarship-careers-athletics
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - Lena Chang Internship Awards: www.wagingpeace.org/menu/about/opportunities/internships.htm
Paul D. White Scholarship Program: http://www.bakerlaw.com/firmdiversity/scholarship/
Perkins Coie Student Fellowship: http://www.perkinscoie.com/diversity/Diversity.aspx
The Point Scholarship Program: http://www.pointfoundation.org/OnlineApplicationInfo
Richard D. Hailey AAJ Law Student Scholarships: http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/justice/hs.xsl/1739.htm
Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Intellectual Property Law School Scholarship: http://www.aiplef.org/scholars/sidney-b-williams-jr-scholarships/
Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association (WMACCA) Corporate Scholars Program: http://www.acc.com/chapters/wmacca/scholars.cfm
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles: http://www.wlala.org/?page=20
African American
National Association of Black Women Attorneys: 724 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 206, Washington, DC 20001 (202) 637-3570
Association of Black Women Attorneys: http://abwanewyork.org/scholarships/
National Black Law Students Association: www.nblsa.org/resources/scholarships/
Thurgood Marshall College Fund: www.thurgoodmarshallfund.net
United Negro College Fund: www.uncf.org
African-American Law Student Fellowship: http://www.nationalbar.org
Congressional Black Caucus: www.cbcfinc.org/CBC%20Spouses/Scholarship/ (nine month research program designated to prepare minority graduate and professional students for senior level careers in the legislative arena)
Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.: 1707 New Hampshire Avenue NWWashington, DC 20009
American Indian
All Indian Pueblo Council Higher Education Scholarship: P.O. Box 3256, Albuquerque, NM 87190 (505) 884-3820
American Indian College Fund: www.collegefund.org
American Indian Graduate Center: http://www.aigcs.org/fellowship-application/eligibility.asp
American Indian Scholarships: http://www.oiep.bia.edu/
Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc.: http://www.indian-affairs.org/scholarships/adolph_van_pelt.htm
California Indian Law Association: http://www.calindianlaw.org/news/
Cheyanne-Arapaho Tribal Scholarship: Teresa Doresett / Wanda Miller, P.O. Box 38, Concho, Ok 73022(405) 262-0345; (800) 247-4612
Hopi Tribal Priority Scholarship: http://www.hopi.nsn.us/education_htgsp.asp
Howard Rock Scholarship: 1577 C Street, Suite 304, Anchorage, AK 99501
Lawrence Matson Memorial Endowment Fund Scholarships: http://www.ciri.com/tcf/designated.html
Native American Education Grant: http://www.pcusa.org/financialaid/programs/nativeamericanedugrant.htm
Navajo Nation Graduate Trust Fund and Fellowship: http://www.onnsfa.org/gradfund.asp
North Dakota Indian Scholarship: State Capitol, 10th Floor 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505
Office of Indian Education: http://www.oiep.bia.edu/
Seneca Nation of Indians Scholarship: P.O. Box 231, Salamanca, NY 14779(716) 945-1790
Sequoyah Fellowship Program (AAIA): http://www.indian-affairs.org/scholarships/sequoyah.htm
Special Scholarship Program in Law for American Indians: http://lawschool.unm.edu/ailc/contact-us.php
Truman D. Picard Scholarship: Intertribal Timber Council, 4370 N.E. Halsey Street, Portland, OR 97213
United South & Eastern Tribes Scholarship: 711 Stewarts Ferry Pike Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37214
Asian American
APAHC Scholarships: http://www.apahc.org/APAHCScholar.htm
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association: Presidential Anheuser-Busch Scholarships: www.napaba.org
Filipino-American Lawyers of San Diego: http://home.earthlink.net/~palsd/scholarship.htm
(for third-year law students to ease the cost of the California State Bar Exam)
Japanese American Law Student Scholarships
Japanese American Bar Scholarship: http://www.jabaonline.org
Japanese American Citizens League: Thomas T. Hayashi Memorial Scholarships:
http://www.jacl.org; Sho Sato Memorial Scholarship: http://www.jacl.org/leadership_development_5.php
Korean-American Law Student Scholarships
Korean-American Scholarship Foundation: http://www.kasf.org/
Hispanic / Latin
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: http://www.chci.org/scholarships/
Dominican Bar Association Scholarship: P.O. Box 1535, New York, NY 10013
Dominican Women's Caucus Scholarship: www.dwcaucus.org
Hispanic College Fund: www.hispanicfund.org
Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Legal Education Fund:
www.hnba.com/the-hnba-legal-education-fund/hnba-legal-education-fund-scholarship-opportunities/
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF): 55 Second Street, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94105, 877.473.4636; 415-445-9930, www.hsf.net
La Unidad Latina Foundation scholarships: http://foundation.launidadlatina.org/Apply.htm
Latino Lawyers Association Law School Scholarship Fund: c/o Maribel Medina, 333 South Hope Street, 38th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90017
LULAC National Scholarship Fund: http://www.chci.org/chciyouth/scholarship/scholarship.htm
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF): www.maldef.org/education/scholarships.htm
Mexican American Women's National Association (MANA) Scholarship: www.hermana.org/medfrm.htm
National Hispanic Scholarship Fund: Selection Committee, 1400 Grant Avenue, Room 203-A, Novato, CA 94945415.892.9971
Patton Boggs LLP, National Council of La Raza Law Student Scholarship: http://www.pattonboggs.com/diversity-scholoarships/
The Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholarship Fund: http://www.prldef.org/legal_education/scholarships.html
LGBT Law Student Scholarships
The Point Foundation (TPF): P.O. Box 565, Genoa, NV 89411
An Uncommon Legacy Foundation, Inc.: Scholarship Committee, 150 West 26th Street, Suite 503, New York, NY 10001(212) 366-6507
Apartment List Scholarships
https://www.apartmentlist.com/scholarship
INTERNSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS): http://apaics.org/programs/fellowships/; http://apaics.org/programs/summer-internships/
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: http://www.chci.org/internships/, http://www.chci.org/fellowships/
INROADS: http://www.inroads.org/ (recruits outstanding students of color with 3.0 or better grade point averages for internship opportunities)
The Juvenile Law Center: http://jlc.org/about-us/who-we-are/working-at-jlc
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund: Bristol-Myers Squibb PRLDEF Corporate Legal Fellowship: http://www.prldef.org/education.htm
The Supreme Court Fellows Program: www.supremecourt.gov/fellows/Default.aspx
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles has a public interest grant program.
Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 17, 2014. http://www.wlala.org/?66
The White House Internship Program: www.whitehouse.gov/about/internships/
Earl Warren Legal Training Program, Inc. - Public Interest Law Scholarships: http://www.naacpldf.org/ (available to African American law students who are U.S. citizens and who pledge to work one year in the field of public interest law for every year of financial backing provided)
Just the Beginning Foundation: http://jtbf.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=SummerLegalInstitute&category=Main (works with partner law firms, corporations, grant-making foundations and individuals to provide Summer Legal Institutes at no cost)
RESEARCH PORTALS
Financial Aid
CareerOneStop: www.careerinfonet.org/scholarshipsearch
FastWeb: http://www.fastweb.com/
FindAid!: http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/minority.phtml
Law School
Jurist: http://www.jurist.org/ (includes information about law schools, admissions, Judicial Clerkships, and employment as well as more general legal research)
LSAC: http://www.lsac.org/
The Princeton Review: http://www.princetonreview.com/law-school.aspx
U.S. News and World Report's Diversity Index for Law Schools: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools
(search based on minority enrollment)
Career
The Black Collegian: http://www.blackcollegian.com/
PROJECT-BASED GRANTS
CivilRights.org, Student Activist Network: www.civilrights.org/action_center/student_activist/ (supports civil rights issues, particularly affirmative action)
OTHER PIPELINE PROGRAMS
The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) was founded In 1968, as a non-profit project of the ABA Fund for Justice and Education to expand opportunities for minority and low-income students to attend law school.
In Legal Color, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to increase law school diversity by providing inspiration, information, and support to prospective law students of color.
For People of Color, Inc. is a nonprofit that provides free, high-quality law school admissions consulting services to prospective law school applicants in California.
Practicing attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc. (PALS) matches minority law students with volunteer lawyers who serve as mentors to provide career guidance for minorities in the legal profession.
“Sí, Se Puede” is a phrase born of farmworkers, who, under the leadership of the UFW, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta, fought valiantly for equal protection under the law. As a result of the efforts of the UFW, “Sí, Se Puede” has become well known as a call that engenders hope and inspiration in those who face similar battles. We thank the UFW, whom we acknowledge to be the sole and exclusive owner of the Trademark SI SE PUEDE, for granting us a limited license to use“Sí, Se Puede” in connection with our efforts to recruit, in Colorado, students of Hispanic or Latino descent for our law school pipeline program. For more information about the programs offered by the UFW, please see UFW’s webpage (www.ufw.org); UFW Foundation’s webpage (www.ufwfoundation.org); and UFWF’s immigration services webpage (www.sisepuede.org)