Category: Financial Aid and Scholarships

FINAL REMINDER!

The Akron Bar Foundation is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Akron Bar Foundation provides scholarships to law students based on grade point average, affiliation with Summit County, history of community involvement, and financial need. Applications must be postmarked no later than Thursday, April 7, 2011. Late and/or incomplete applications will not be considered for an award. Qualified applicants will be contacted to arrange for an interview, which will take place at the end of April.

Guidelines and the application are available on the Akron Bar Association’s website at: http://www.akronbar.org/foundation/akronbarfoundation/scholarshipguidelines.page

Questions? Contact Jackie M. Forcina at (330) 253-5007 or jackief@akronbar.org .

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.

The Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, (OACTA) announced its new annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program is open to incoming second arid third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian, Pan Asian and Native American students enrolled at Ohio law schools. Incoming second and third-year female law students enrolled at Ohio law schools are also eligible regardless of race or ethnicity. Other criteria tor the scholarship include the following:

Academic achievement in law school

Professional interest in civil defense practice

Service to community and to the cause of diversity

Up to two scholarships ihthe amount of $1,250 each will be awarded to successful applicants. Applicants are required to submit a completed application, law school transcript, and a cover letter addressing the following: academic, personal and professional accomplishments, and why they should be selected as a recipient of the scholarship. Applicants may submit up to three letters of recommendation. The completed application and all other requested matetial must be received by April 20, 2011. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Winners will be announced at the OACTA Seminar held in June 2011. Successful applicants will be notified in advance of the conference. Scholarship recipients will be recognized at the OACTA Annual Meeting in November. The 2011 OACTA Law Student Diversity Scholarship Application is available at at www.oacta.org.

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.  Each scholarship applicant is requested to provide the information set out on the application form.

Questions? Contact Marilyn Carroll at mcarroll@mahoningbar.org.