Category: Financial Aid and Scholarships

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has just announced its 2025 essay competition for law school students. FFRF is offering over $9,000 in prizes for the top three essays submitted on the topic, and $500 honorable mentions at judges’ discretion.

TOPIC: Under the First Amendment, may states require religious organizations that receive government funding to comply with anti-discrimination laws?

DEADLINE: January 27, 2025

PRIZE INFORMATION: 1st Place $4,000, 2nd Place $3,000, and 3rd Place $2,000

WORD LIMIT: 1,500 words

ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to all ongoing law school students attending a North American law school. You remain eligible to enter this contest if you will graduate from law school by spring or summer of 2025. You remain eligible if you graduated law school in December 2024. You are not eligible to enter if you will be starting law school for the first time in the fall of 2025. You may not re-enter if FFRF has already awarded you for a law student essay.

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The Gold Law Firm Challenge Yourself Scholarship is officially open to applicants planning to attend college in the Spring of 2025. We are thrilled to offer a program that provides 5 college freshmen with the chance to win $1000 through our scholarship essay contest.

To apply for our firm’s first-ever Challenge Yourself Scholarship awards, students must be attending school as college freshmen in the spring semester of 2025. Additionally, we are looking for students who are always up for the challenge, and active in activities such as debate club and scouts. Please note that all materials must be submitted prior to 11:59 PM on December 4, 2024.

You can read more about our program on our website, here: https://www.thegoldlawfirm.net/scholarship 

Our “Adopted Child Scholarship” offers an award twice a year to students who were legally adopted by one or both of their parents.  

All materials must be submitted by December 11, 2024. You can find all the important details listed on our scholarship site, here: https://www.ramagefamilylawfirm.com/scholarship.

Gerald Miller PA. is again thrilled to offer a $2500 scholarship to support law students who aspire to become criminal defense Lawyers. The purpose of The Aspiring Criminal Defense Lawyer Law Student Scholarship Is twofold. First to provide financial assistance to alleviate some of cost in attending law school and second to validate the law school students goals and aspirations of becoming a Criminal Defense lawyer.

ELGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
To qualify for the Gerald Miller PA Aspiring Criminal Defense Lawyer Law Student Scholarship, applicants must meet the following requirements.

Must be a U.S Citizen.
Must be enrolled and in good standing, or enrolling in 2025, as a full-time student in a Law school located in the U.S and accredited by The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Must have a minimum overall law school 3.0 GPA or if enrolling in law school must have a minimum undergraduate overall 3.0 GPA.
Must comply with IRS rules to qualify for the TAX-FREE benefits of the Scholarship.
Employees and affiliates of Gerald Miller PA are not eligible.

All details may be found at Law Student Scholarship – Gerald Miller P.A (geraldmillerlawyer.com)

It’s time to apply for the Hutchison & Foreman Committing to Justice Scholarship! At our Texas law firm, we dedicate significant time and effort to building a strong future for the legal community. To continue this mission, we are offering $1,500 twice a year to prospective and current law students nationwide.

Who is Eligible?

• Law students interested in representing plaintiffs in civil rights or employment discrimination cases
• 18 years of age or older
• Enrolled in an accredited law school

The Committing to Justice Scholarship is currently accepting applications and will close for review on December 9, 2024. 

You can learn more about our scholarship by visiting this link: https://www.fightsforright.com/scholarship