APPLICATION FOR THE AAJ WOMEN FOR JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND’S MIKE EIDSON SCHOLARSHIP 2017

APPLICATION FOR THE AAJ WOMEN FOR JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND’S MIKE EIDSON SCHOLARSHIP 2017

As the world’s largest trial bar, AAJ promotes justice and fairness for injured persons, safeguards victims’ rights—particularly the right to trial by jury—and strengthens the civil justice system through education and disclosure of information critical to public health and safety. AAJ fights daily to protect the civil justice system against corporations and powerful individuals.

The Mike Eidson Scholarship Fund was established by the AAJ Women for Justice Education Fund in 2008, in honor of AAJ Past President Mike Eidson, whose vision and generosity inspired it. The scholarship, traditionally in the amount of $5,000, is awarded annually to a rising 3L (or rising 4L in a night program) female student who has demonstrated a commitment to a career as a plaintiff’s lawyer or criminal defense lawyer, along with dedication to upholding and defending the principles of the Constitution, and to the concept of a fair trial, the adversary system, and a just result for the injured, the accused, and those whose rights are jeopardized.


In order to be awarded this scholarship, you must be present at our Annual Convention on July 23, 2017 in Boston, MA. Your travel and accommodations will be paid for as part of the award.
If you are interested in submitting an application to be considered for this scholarship, or wish to nominate someone for this scholarship, complete this form and return to AAJ Education by mail at: AAJ Education, Mike Eidson Scholarship, 777 6th Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001, or by email at: education@justice.org by May 1, 2017. 

See Website below for application form.


https://www.justice.org/what-we-do/enhance-practice-law/professional-recognition-awards-scholarship/scholarships/mike-eidson

The Warren E. Burger Prize

The Warren E. Burger Prize 

Burger Prize Purpose

The American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize is a writing competition designed to promote scholarship in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence.

Burger Prize Overview

The American Inns of Court invites judges, lawyers, professors, students, scholars, and other authors to participate in the competition. Please submit an original, unpublished, essay of 10,000 to 20,000 words on a topic of your choice addressing issues of legal excellence, civility, ethics, and professionalism.

Burger Prize Judges

• Professor Stephen Gillers, Chair
  Elihu Root Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law
• Professor Nancy J. Moore
  Nancy Barton Scholar and Professor of Law at the Boston University School of Law
• Dean Robert M. Wilcox
  Dean and Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law
• Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom
  Deane F. Johnson Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law at the Stanford Law School

Prize

• The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $5,000
• The essay will be published in the South Carolina Law Review
• The prize will be presented to the recipient at the American Inns of Court annual Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States

Burger Prize Procedures

• Review and follow the Warren E. Burger Prize Rules
• Complete the Warren E. Burger Cover Page before submitting your essay
• Send the completed cover page and essay no later than July 1, 2017 by e-mail to Cindy Dennis

For additional information, contact Cindy Dennis at (571) 319-4703 or by e-mail.

The winning essay will be announced on or before August 31, 2017.

SCWBA College Scholarship

SUFFOLK COUNTY WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION

(A CHAPTER OF THE WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK)

 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN MARCH 31, 2017

                         

   (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ALL RESPONSES )

The Suffolk County Women's Bar Association ("SCWBA") has announced that it is awarding a scholarship in the amount of $2,500 to a college student planning to attend law school on Long Island in 2017.

To apply, complete the within application and attach an essay of no more than 500 words.  Please include in your essay why you have decided to pursue a legal career and what you envision for your future.  Additionally, the essay should include, how you plan to make a contribution to the legal community and the impact that ceiling the SCWBA ward would on your future.

Scan and email your application and essay to:suffolkcountywomensbar@gmail.com  

ALDF Scholarship and Internship Opportunities

ALDF Advancement of Animal Law Scholarships

We are now accepting applications for our 2017 scholarships! They are available to SALDF chapter members and are awarded based upon a demonstrated commitment to ALDF’s mission, “to advance the interests and protect the lives of animals through the legal system.” Scholarship amounts are: $5,000 each for three first place recipients, and $1,000 each to the second place recipients.

Lewis and Clark Law School’s Summer Animal Law Program

The summer program features two courses: Animal Rights Law and Jurisprudence taught by the Nonhuman Rights Project President Steven Wise and an online course, the Law and Ethics of Animal Testing, taught by environmental health scientist and attorney Paul Locke.

Internship Opportunities

Check out these great opportunities listed on our website.

HSUS Stop Puppy Mills Campaign Policy Internship

For All Animals Legislation & Advocacy Internship

The Nonhuman Rights Project Public Policy Advocacy Internship

2017 Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay Contest

The Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay Contest is an annual competition designed to challenge law students to analyze the environmental issues confronting us today.

Contact: Lisa Bataille

Nomination Deadline: June 1, 2017

Award Criteria: Contest is open to all students enrolled in a New York State law school. Essays may have been submitted for course credit or for law reviews, but not as part of paid employment. Criteria for judging entries will be organization, practicality, originality, quality of research, clarity of style.

Length: Maximum length, 35 double-spaced pages (including footnotes, which may be single-spaced).

Format: Each entrant MUST submit a hard copy AND an electronic copy in either Microsoft Word or Wordperfect 5.0. Essays may be emailed to kplog@nysba.org and sent to New York State Bar Association, One Elk Street, Albany, New York 12207

Prize Awarded: First place: $1,000 and publication by the NYSBA. 

Second and Third place: $500 and $250 respectively – consideration of publication by the NYSBA. Certificates.

For more information click here

The Peck Law Firm 2017 Scholarship Essay Contest

The Peck Law Firm 2017 Scholarship Essay Contest 

Interview Required: 

No

Amount: 

$2,000

Student Type: 

will be attending college, graduate school, or law school in the fall semester 2017

Deadline: 

May 31, 2017

The new school year is here!

For many college and graduate school students, this time of year brings the stress of new classes, tests, and the worry of how they’re going to pay for school. And, it doesn’t stop there. Parents are often forced to borrow to help their children pay for tuition, fees and related costs.

As our response to this crisis in higher education, we are pleased to announce the 2nd annual 2017 Peck Law Firm Scholarship essay contest!

How to Apply: 

For this year’s contest, we challenge students to tell us how the 2016 presidential election will affect our culture. Our 2017 scholarship essay topic is: What effects will the election of our new president have on American families?

This $2,000 scholarship is open to any American citizen, who:

• has graduated from high school before July 1, 2017,
• has a minimum GPA of 3.0, and
• will be attending college, graduate school, or law school in the fall semester of 2017.

Applying for the scholarship is straightforward. Each student must: (1) complete the scholarship application; (2) submit an essay of 1,000 words or less; and (3) attach a resume and applicable transcripts. The application deadline is May 31, 2017. The winner will be announced on July 31, 2017.

Rules and application can be found at http://thepeckfirm.com/peck-law-firm-scholarship/

Criteria: 

3.0 GPA

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund

APPLICATION FOR THE 2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
About the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship
The mission of the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance to ensure that these students have the opportunity to attend law school for three years.
The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund will award $5,000 of financial assistance annually to each scholarship recipient attending an ABA-accredited law school. An award made to an entering first-year student may be renewable for two additional years, resulting in financial assistance totaling $15,000 during his or her time in law school. Although each recipient will need to re- apply for the scholarship in his or her second and third year, the expectation is that the scholarship will be renewed each year if satisfactory performance in law school has been achieved, the student is otherwise eligible, and funding is available.
In addition to whether the applicant is a member of a racial and/or ethnic minority that has been underrepresented in the legal profession, the applicant’s financial need; personal, family, and educational background; personal statement; and participation in community service activities will be considered in selecting the recipients of the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarships. It is important for every applicant to complete all portions of the application. Financial information for the applicant and his or her parents is required to evaluate the applicant’s financial need. A committee of ABA members will select the recipients. The decisions of the committee are final.
Requirements for Eligibility
To be eligible to receive an ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship, an applicant must meet all of the following requirements:

1. The applicant must be an entering, first-year law student in academic year 2017.
   
2. Only students beginning law school in this academic year will be eligible for a scholarship. Law students who have
   completed one or more semesters or years of law school are not eligible.
   
3. Applicants who are part-time law students also must be starting law school in this academic year to be eligible.
   
4. At the time of submission of the application, the applicant must have achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average
   of 2.5 (on a 4.0 grading scale) at his or her undergraduate institution. If the applicant has not completed his or her undergraduate degree at the time the application is submitted, he or she must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 (on a 4.0 grading scale) as of the most recent completed semester.
   
5. The applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America. Students who are citizens and residents of a foreign country, even if they plan to attend law school in the United States, are not eligible to apply.
   
6. Before receiving scholarship funds, recipients will be required to demonstrate admission to and plans to enroll at an ABA- accredited law school. Because of the deadline for submitting applications the applicant will have applied to law schools, but may not yet have been admitted to law school. If the applicant is selected to receive an ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship, he or she will be required to demonstrate admission to and plans to enroll at an ABA-accredited law school before receiving scholarship funds. Students who do not enroll or who leave law school after being admitted will be required to return all or a proportional amount of scholarship funds.
   

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Instructions for Completing Scholarship Application
To apply please provide the following information:

1. Application Form. Each applicant must complete the attached application form. Parents’ financial information is required for every scholarship applicant regardless of the student’s age, marital status, length of self-emancipation or family responsibilities. If special circumstances exist which prevent you from providing financial information for your parents, please explain those circumstances in a separate statement. If your parents are separated or divorced, we will require information from both biological parents. Parents may complete separate applications, and all information will be kept confidential.
   To complete the application, you must attach copies of federal income tax forms for yourself and your parents. If you have completed your federal income tax return, please attach a copy to the application. Because the application will be submitted before the April tax deadline, you may submit copies of your previous year tax forms if you have not completed tax forms currently due. Please indicate in the appropriate section of the application if you or your parents are not required to complete federal income tax forms. Each applicant is responsible for notifying the ABA Fund for Justice and Education in writing of any changes that may have an effect on their financial status.
   
2. Personal statement. Please limit your personal statement to 1,000 words and use only one side of the paper. Font size must be at least 11 points. Your personal statement is your opportunity to include information that the application form does not convey and that you feel will assist us in reaching a thoughtful decision on your application. Examples of such information include a description of your personal strengths, your contributions through community service, a description of any special or unusual circumstances that may have affected your academic performance, or your personal and family history of educational or socio-economic disadvantage. While this list is not all-inclusive, we offer it for you to consider the types of information that may be useful in evaluating your application.
   
3. Transcript. Each applicant must submit a copy of his or her transcript from his or her undergraduate institution. If you are selected to receive a scholarship, you will be required to submit an official copy of the transcript before receiving scholarship funds.
   
4. Recommendations. Each applicant must submit two recommendations, at least one of which should be from a professor. If you have been out of school for a number of years and have difficulty finding an academic recommender, please substitute letters from employers and/or others who have worked closely with you. No more than four recommendations will be considered. Recommendation letters are particularly useful when the writer provides substantive, comparative information about the applicant’s abilities, activities and personal qualities, including specific examples that illustrate these attributes. Recommenders may forward the recommendation to include in the package or may send separate to the email box below with the subject line: Recommendation for (applicant’s name).
   
5. Release form. Please make sure that you sign the release form.
   
6. Additional information. Please do not send any collateral materials such as photos, articles, resumes, etc. outside of those required above.
   Application deadline: March 2, 2017
   Send completed applications to legalosf@americanbar.org Mailed or faxed applications will not be accepted
   For additional information, please refer to our website at: http://www.ambar.org/ABALOS