Scholarship & Opportunity Information
HLSA Scholarship HLSA offers its own scholarship. Tech Scholarships For Tech scholarships, talk to Dean Cook for assistance in the Law School Admissions Office (806) 742-3791 for more information.  This information is from the ABA website on minority legal education Scholarships and Opportunities Other Scholarships In addition to the below scholarships, you can also find scholarships by checking state and minority bar associations. • 2002 ABA Awards and Grant Listing in PDF • American Bar Foundation's summer research fellowships in law and social science for minority undergraduate students. • The American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation awards the Sidney B. Williams Jr. Scholarships • ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund • Baker & Hostetler has an annual scholarship. • Black Excel is a website geared towards African American students, but has a good list of links for all types of scholarships • The Council on Legal Education Opportunity has a list of Financial Aid Programs for Minorities and Disadvantaged Students in Law School • Davis Wright Tremaine has two diversity scholarships for first year students, who participate in the summer associate program with partner and associate mentors. Then, in their second year they receive a $7,500 scholarship. • The DuPage County Bar Association annually offers the Hartman E. Stime Scholarship to one law student who resides in DuPage County and will become a 2nd year law • FastWeb: Free scholarship and college searches, and financial aid tools. • FindAid! has a page for specifically for minority students • Gates Millenium Scholars Program • Hispanic College Fund • The Hispanic Lawyers of Illinois offer a scholarship for first year law students. • King County Minority Law Student Scholarship • National Black Law Students Association has scholarships listed on their site. • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation has scholarships available • The North Carolina Bar Association & Foundation have two existing scholarship programs. • Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego and Filipino-American Lawyers of San Diego award annual scholarships to third-year law students to ease the cost of the California State Bar Exam. • 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. • The Bar Association of San Fransico has a Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship and a listing of other scholarships • Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund • United Negro College Fund • U.S. News has a scholarship seach • There are many, many more scholarship pages than can be listed here. We recommend checking with national and local minority bar associations as well as state bar associations. • Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles has Scholarships • MALDEF Scholarship : http://www.maldef.org/education/law.htm Employment, Internships, Fellowships and Grants • The Black Collegian Online provides cutting-edge information on career resources for Black collegians • The Dept of the Interior's Office of the Solicitor has a Solicitor's Honor Program for outstanding third year law students. • The Dept of Justice has opportunities for law students. • INROADS recruits outstanding students of color with 3.0 or better grade point averages for internship opportunities • Olive W. Garvey Fellowship program has awarded fellowships biennially to outstanding college students around the world through a competitive essay contest • The Supreme Court has a Judicial Fellows Program. • Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles has a public interest grant program Judicial Clerkships • The Judicial Clerkship Program is a program the Commission holds jointly with the ABA Judicial Division. • We have an online pamphlet titled The Courts: An Excellent Place for Attorneys of Color to Launch Their Careers. • The University of Michigan Law School has a guide to clerkships as well as a search engine for Judicial Nominations & Confirmations. • Stetson University College of Law has a guide and some excellent links to other sources. • George Mason University School of Law has an online guide to clerkships. • BYU has a guide to clerkships in PDF • judicialclerkships.com has tips, links and information on the book Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships. • Jurist's Judicial Clerkships page • Lexis ® is useful for searching for judges, and they also have a student section on their website. 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