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AAUW Selected Professions Fellowships
Deadline: around January 10.
Eligibility: 2L women of color who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Award: $5,000-$12,000.
Criteria: Special consideration given to applicants showing professional promise in innovative or neglected areas of research or practice in areas of public interest.
Sponsor: American Association of University Women.
Frederick B. Abramson Public Interest Fellowship Award
Deadline: Around August 1.
Eligibility: 3Ls and judicial law clerks who will commit to work for one year for a public interest organization in the District of Columbia.
Award: Up to $10,000. May be used for any purpose including bar review.
Criteria: Demonstrated commitment to public interest law and community service, financial need, nature of public interest work.
Sponsor: Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation.
Arc of Washington Student Grants
Deadline: around February 15.
Eligibility: Upper division and graduate students in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington with a demonstrated interest in mental retardation or a closely related field.
Award: Several stipends of up to $5,000.
Sponsor: Arc of Washington Trust Fund.
Roxana C. Arsht Fellowships
Deadline: around May 1.
Eligibility: 3Ls and recent law school graduates who accept positions with non-profit organizations providing legal services that benefit the Delaware community or underrepresented groups or indigent persons in Delaware.
Award: Varies.
Sponsor: Delaware State Bar Association.
Chicago Bar Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowships
Include the Kimball R. Anderson & Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship and the Chicago Bar Foundation Sun-Times Public Interest Law Fellowship.
Deadline: around May 1.
Eligibility: 3Ls and recent graduates, with educational debt of at least $50,000, who have accepted employment in Chicago Bar Foundation-funded public interest law organizations.
Award: Up to six awards of up to $50,000 in loan repayment assistance grants, paid in installments over 6–10 years.
Criteria: Commitment to public interest work, academic achievement, outstanding character and integrity.
Sponsor: Chicago (IL) Bar Foundation.
Davis-Putter Scholarships
Deadline: Not provided.
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students.
Award: Over 20 awards of up to $6,000.
Criteria: Active participation in struggles for civil rights, economic justice, international solidarity, or other progressive issues; financial need; academic achievement.
Sponsor: Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund.
Byron Hanke Fellowship
Deadline: None specified.
Eligibility: Graduate and law students working on topics related to community associations.
Award: $2,000-$4,000.
Criteria: Merit of proposed project.
Sponsor: Foundation for Community Association Research.
Damon J. Keith Scholarship
Deadline: around April 1.
Eligibility: Current 1Ls and 2Ls who are Michigan residents, or who are attending law school in Michigan.
Award: $500 or more.
Criteria: Commitment to social equality and combating racism.
Sponsor: Wolverine Bar Foundation.
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Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties
Deadline: around May 1.
Eligibility: Current 1Ls who intend to carry out significant activities in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties in the summer following 1L year.
Award: $1,000.
Sponsor: The Nation Institute.
Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF) Scholarships
Deadline: around February 15.
Eligibility: Women, over age 25, from over 120 developing countries who are pursuing graduate degrees in the U.S. or Canada. Must have a record of service to women or children in her country and commit to performing 2 years of service in her county after graduation.
Award: $11,000.
Sponsor: Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund, c/o the World Bank Family Network.
Ms. JD Summer Scholarship
Deadline: around June 1.
Eligibility: Female law students following their 1L and 2L years who are working over the summer at government agencies or non-profit organization or as judicial externs.
Award: Two awards of $500.
Sponsor: Ms. JD.
Bill and Ann Shepherd Legal Scholarships
Deadline: around June 15.
Eligibility: Law students who are U.S. citizens, have strong ties to Oregon, and are committed to equal rights and justice for the GLBT community.
Award: Up to $3,000.
Criteria: Commitment to equal rights and justice for the GLBT community and demonstrated intent to promote the rights of the GBLT community in the practice of law.
Sponsor: Equity Foundation.
Janet D. Steiger Fellowships
Deadline: around February 1.
Eligibility: 1Ls and 2Ls.
Award: Paid 8-week summer internments in the consumer and protection and antitrust departments of state Attorney General offices in several dozen states.
Sponsor: ABA Section of Antitrust Law and state Attorney General offices.
Torchbearer Scholarship
Deadline: around September 15.
Eligibility: 2Ls.
Award: $10,000. The award funds a summer clerkship following 2L year at the libertarian Institute for Justice.
Sponsor: Institute for Justice.
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