2011-2012 Scholarship Application Now Available

The 2011-12 School of Law Scholarship application is available here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/akronlawscholarship2011

Deadline to apply: October 2, 2011, 11:45 PM

Scholarship awards will be distributed in February 2012 for fall 2011 and spring 2012.

These are UPPER DIVISION law student scholarships. Therefore, first-year law students are not eligible to apply.

Questions? Please contact Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu

Scholarship Opportunity – Chritchfield, Critchfield, and Johnston

The Wooster, OH law firm Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston is offering two $1,000 scholarships. The first scholarship is for diverse students and the other is for current or former residents of Ashland, Holmes, Know, Medina and Wayne counties. These scholarships are for the 2011-2012 school year. Completed applications must be received by Friday, July 15. Further information and application forms are available in the Career Planning Office.

Scholarship Opportunity – Donovan Memorial Scholarship – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 18

ATTN: Female Law Students

Applications are now being accepted for the 2011-2012 Robert E. Donovan Memorial Scholarship.  (APPLICATION AVAILABLE HERE!)

Robert Donovan died in a plane crash over Bosnia on April 3, 1996.  The plane crash killed the U.S. commerce secretary and 33 other leaders who were on a trade mission to help rebuild the war-ravaged country once called Yugoslavia.  Robert’s daughter, Kara Donovan, was in her final semester at The University of Akron School of Law at the time of her father’s death.

Academic merit and financial need will be considered by the Donovan Scholarship Committee.

DEADLINE:   Monday, April 18, 2011