{"id":99741,"date":"2026-05-22T11:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=99741"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:20:20","slug":"murphy-mckinney-criminal-justice-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2026\/05\/22\/murphy-mckinney-criminal-justice-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy &amp; McKinney Criminal Justice Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scholarship Amount: $1,000<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> November 11, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong> A scholarship offered by Murphy &amp; McKinney Law Firm, P.C. to support law students with an interest in the criminal justice system; awarded each semester to help with tuition and educational expenses for students pursuing careers that improve criminal justice outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enrolled\u00a0full-time\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0accredited\u00a0law\u00a0program\u00a0within\u00a0the\u00a0United\u00a0States<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrated\u00a0interest\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0criminal\u00a0justice\u00a0system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United\u00a0States\u00a0resident\u00a0or\u00a0permanent\u00a0resident<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18\u00a0years\u00a0of\u00a0age\u00a0or\u00a0older<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic\u00a0performance\u00a0(GPA)\u00a0is\u00a0considered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Completed\u00a0application\u00a0form\u00a0(via\u00a0the\u00a0OVC\u00a0Scholarship\u00a0Network)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Essay\u00a0(~500\u00a0words)\u00a0on\u00a0how\u00a0you\u00a0hope\u00a0to\u00a0improve\u00a0the\u00a0criminal\u00a0justice\u00a0system\u00a0(choose\u00a0one\u00a0focus:\u00a0rehabilitative\u00a0services,\u00a0access\u00a0to\u00a0legal\u00a0representation,\u00a0or\u00a0public\u00a0education)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resume\u00a0and\u00a0headshot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proof\u00a0of\u00a0enrollment\u00a0and\u00a0academic\u00a0transcripts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any\u00a0additional\u00a0documents\u00a0required\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0OVC\u00a0Scholarship\u00a0Network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit the website at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougmurphylaw.com\/scholarship\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.dougmurphylaw.com\/scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Application Deadline: November 11, 2026 Overview: A scholarship offered by Murphy &amp; McKinney Law Firm, P.C. to support law students with an interest in the criminal justice system; awarded each semester to help with tuition and educational expenses for students pursuing careers that improve criminal justice outcomes. Eligibility Requirements: Application Requirements: For &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2026\/05\/22\/murphy-mckinney-criminal-justice-scholarship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Murphy &amp; McKinney Criminal Justice Scholarship&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarships"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99742,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99741\/revisions\/99742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}