Outside Scholarships

Students are encouraged to investigate scholarships from outside sources including libraries, employers and civic organizations. Additional scholarship search engines are available at www.finaid.org.

The following list will change throughout the year, as we receive notifications from organizations offering aid. Please check this page often to find new scholarship opportunities!

(New scholarships have been added on 5/2/13)

ABA Law Student Division - Events & Competitions

This site is a general link for ABA sponsored competitions, writing contests, scholarships and other opportunities. Awards, deadlines and requirements will vary.

Abbott & Fenner Scholarship Program

Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants is offering $1,000 scholarships to students, based on essay answers to the following question:

What have you done outside the classroom that demonstrates qualities sought after by the post-secondary institution that you are hoping to attend? Also, which of these qualities means the most to you?

The essay should be 500-1000 words long. These scholarships are being made available to high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any accredited post-secondary instituition.

Scholarship award: $1,000

Applications and Deadlines: Essays must be submitted by email to scholarships@abbottandfenner.com by June 14, 2013.

B. Davis Scholarship

This scholarship, offered by Student Award Search.com, is available to students in any post-secondary institution. Applicants must write an essay of 1000 words or less on the following topic:

Discuss, in less than 1000 words, what would you consider to be the most important issue that society has to deal with in the next 10 or 20 years? Why do you think this issue is so important?

Submissions must include your name, the school you are attending this year and next and your future academic plans.

Scholarship award: $1,000

Applications and Deadline: Submissions must be sent by email to awards@studentawardsearch.com by May 27, 2013.

Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. Diversity Scholarship

The Michigan personal injury lawyers of Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. are pleased to announce its first annual 2013 Diversity Scholarship for law students. The scholarship is $2,000 and will be awarded to a student who is currently attending an accredited law school, who is either a member of an ethnic or racial minority or demonstrates commitment to issues of diversity within their academic career.

Scholarship award: $2,000

Application and Deadlines: Applications are available online and must be received by May 31, 2013.

Waterbury Bar Association Scholarships

A single application is available to apply for three scholarships through the Waterbury Bar Association:

$1,500 Waterbury Bar Association Scholarship
$1,000 Bar President's Scholarship
$1,000 Edward Traurig Scholarship

For the Association and Bar President's Scholarships, applicants must be residents of the Waterbury Judicial District (Middlebury, Naugatuck, Prospect, Southbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury or Waterbury, CT) and be in or entering their final year of student in Fall 2013 at an accredited law school.

For the Traurig Scholarship, applicants must also be residents of the Waterbury Judicial District but can be entering their second or final year of student in Fall 2013 as a full or part-time student at an accredited law school.

Scholarship awards: 3 scholarships available; 1 for $1,500 and 2 for $1,000

Applications and deadlines: Applications are available online and must be postmarked no later than May 27, 2013.

Vital Impact Scholarship

Vital Impact distributes scholarships annually to mature women, age 35 and older, living in Massachusetts, who are embarking on a career transition. Candidates must meet eligibility requirements and submit a completed application no later than May 31, 2013 to be eligible for Fall 2013 funding.

Scholarship award: $1,000

Applications and deadlines: Applications are available online and must be submitted no later than May 31, 2013.

Legal Leaders Scholarship

The Console & Hollawell $1,000 Legal Leaders Scholarship is available to students who are pursuing a career in law. Applicants must be pursuing a degree in the following areas: pre-law, paralegal studies, or working towards their juris doctorate in any concentration of the law. Applicants must: be a U.S. citizen, be a full-time student attending (or planning to attend on a full-time basis) an accredited institution of higher education, demonstrate admission and plans to enroll or proof of current enrollment in an accredited institution of higher education, have a minimum 3.0 GPA. All applicants must complete the Legal Leaders Application and submit a 500 word essay on how they intend to make the world a better place through their work in the law.

Scholarship award: $1,000

Applications and deadlines: Applications are available online and must be submitted no later than July 15, 2013.