Category: Financial Aid and Scholarships

Cook/Rutledge Fellowship

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, is announcing its summer 2010 Cook/Rutledge Fellowship. The fellowships are open to graduate students who are residents of New Jersey and who are now enrolled in a New Jersey university or college or attending an out of state university or college. Students must be enrolled in a school of medicine, law school or in a graduate Public Health Program. The Fellowship provides a stipend of $6,000 that is contingent upon availability of state funds. Students who have graduated or completed their programs before June can not apply. Fellows are expected to commit to and complete full-time, supervised ten to twelve week projects at the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services in Trenton. (Applicants may look at the Strategic Plan to Eliminate Health Disparities in New Jersey 2007
[www.state.nj.us/health/omh/plan/index.shtml] for project ideas.)

All 2010 Cook/Rutledge Fellowship application forms and attachments must be completed and returned by April 16, 2010. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. The application packet is available on the Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health website at http://www.nj.gov/health/omh/index.shtml. Any questions may be directed to Jose A. Gonzalez at (609) 292-6962 or to jose.gonzalez@doh.state.nj.us.

In the past, the Department has benefited from a number of well-researched and thoughtfully developed fellowship projects. We look forward to continued quality work from selected fellows.

Mahoning County Bar Association Scholarship

The Mahoning County Bar Foundation is a non-profit organization, primarily funded by the members of the Mahoning County Bar Association. Each year it funds scholarships for persons having substantial ties to the Mahoning Valley who are about to enter, or who have already entered, law school. These scholarships typically range from $1,000-2,000 and will be paid directly to the law school toward your tuition.

For an application, please contact Adam Messner at apm@uakron.edu.

J. Andrew Fulker Scholarship

The Scholarship Committee of the Miami County Bar Association announces it is currently receiving applications for scholarship grants from the J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Fund was established, in cooperation with the Troy Foundation, as a lasting tribute to Troy Attorney J. Andrew Fulker who died in an auto accident in 1989.

Andy Fulker was a 1971 graduate of Troy High School. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from The Ohio State University in 1976 and his Juris Doctor degree from California Western School of Law in 1979. He was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1979 and became a partner in the Troy law firm of Faust, Harrelson, Fulker & McCarthy. He served as Assistant Municipal Prosecutor for the City of Troy from 1979 to 1982 and as counsel for the Miami County Planning and Zoning Boards from 1979 through 1981. He was a member of the Miami County, Ohio State, and American Bar Associations, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

The scholarship fund is designed to assist deserving law students who are residents of Miami County. Recipients of J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship grants will be selected by the Scholarship Committee of the Miami County Bar Association. Grants will be used for law school tuition. To be eligible an applicant must be admitted for fulltime attendance at a college of law or law school in a program designed to lead to a Juris Doctor or similar law degree.

Applications for scholarships may be obtained from Jack L. Neuenschwander, Miami County Bar Association Scholarship Committee, 1455 Stockham Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356, telephone 937-778-0269.

David D. Dowd Sr. Memorial Award

ATTENTION:  UPPER DIVISION LAW STUDENTS

The School of Law is accepting applications for the David D. Dowd Sr. Memorial Award named in tribute to a distinguished attorney who dedicated his entire life to public service.  The award was created in 2007 by his son, Senior District Court Judge David D. Dowd, Jr. on the occasion of the recognition of his 25 years of service in the federal judiciary.   

The purpose of the Dowd Award is to promote a commitment to public service for all lawyers.  Awards are directed to Akron Law students considering public careers while in school and interested in seeking professionals careers in public service following graduation. 

 To be eligible, you must have:

  1. Completed your second year by the Spring of 2010
  2. Show a commitment to public service to date
  3. Be capable of working the summer of 2010 for at least ten weeks in a public placement
  4. Be committed to working in a public setting upon graduation Continue reading “David D. Dowd Sr. Memorial Award”

Scholarship Opportunity – William A. McClain Scholarship

The William A. McClain Scholarship is awarded each year by the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati (BLAC). The McClain Scholarship is awarded to a black student and Cincinnati resident attending any ABA accredited law school who demonstrates leadership potential and dedication to community.

If you are interested in applying, please contact Adam Messner at apm@uakron.edu for an application form.