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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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Last updated 2008-07-21 |