2016 Law Student Diversity Scholarship Application
\nSubmission Deadline: March 30, 2016
\nScholarship Requirements
\nDRI announces its annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program, open to rising (2016\u201317) second- and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, LGBT and Multi-Racial students. All rising second- and third-year female law students are also eligible, regardless of race or ethnicity. Any other rising second- and third-year law students who come from backgrounds that would add to the cause of diversity, regardless of race or gender, are eligible to apply. Students who are members of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), law school or law student members of AAJ, or students otherwise affiliated with or employed by AAJ are not eligible for DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarships. To qualify for this scholarship, a candidate must be a full-time student. Evening students also qualify for consideration if they have completed one-third or more of the total credit hours required for a degree by the applicant\u2019s law school. The goal of these scholarships is to provide financial assistance to two worthy law students from ABA-accredited law schools to promote, in a tangible way, the DRI Diversity Statement of Principle. See the last page of this application for the DRI Diversity Statement.
\nTwo scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each will be awarded to applicants who best meet the
\nfollowing criteria:
\nDemonstrated academic excellence
\nService to the profession
\nService to the community
\nService to the cause of diversity
\nApplications must include three recommendations, one each from the following individuals:
\nA) Dean or an associate dean of the student\u2019s law school
\nB) A current or past law professor
\nC) An individual who is personally acquainted with the applicant, but who is not related by blood
\nline or adoption.
\nAdditionally, each applicant must include a cover letter with his or her application. In that cover letter each applicant should identify his or her academic, personal, and professional accomplishments and how those accomplishments qualify him or her for a DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship award.<\/p>\n
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