There are many external opportunities available for current students in need of financial assistance. Below you will find a searchable list of both scholarship applications and writing competitions.
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AccessLex Law School Scholarship Databank
Use this resource to search nearly 800 carefully curated and vetted scholarship opportunities and writing competitions, with filters to help you find the ones best suited for you.
Three cash prizes will be awarded: $1,500 for first place, $750 for second place, and $400 for third place.
The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Public Service Scholarship seeks to provide $5,000 as assistance to a graduating high school senior planning to attend a four year college or university. At least one of the parents (or guardians) of the student must be a current federal government attorney or federal judge and member of the Federal Bar Association.
One (1) winner will be selected and awarded $1,000 to put towards their law school tuition.
The Robert A. McNew Law Student Scholarship promotes the practice of federal law by annually awarding at least one scholarship of $5,000 to a Federal Bar Association law student associate member attending an ABA accredited law school.
The Foundation of the FBA awards at least one $15,000 scholarship to a first-year law student, disbursed over three years of the student’s enrollment at an ABA-accredited law school. The recipient will also receive a complimentary FBA student associate membership.