ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund

The ABA Scholarship Fund is intended to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance to the scholarship recipients. The Scholarship Fund will award $5000 of financial assistance annually to each recipient attending an ABA-accredited law school. An award made to an entering first year student may be renewable for two additional years, although the recipient will have to re-apply each year and the renewal will be based upon satisfactory performance in school, eligibility and available funding.

Recipients will be selected based on their qualifications for the scholarships including that they are a member of a racial and/or ethnic minority that has been underrepresented in the legal profession; the applicant's financial need; personal, family and educational background; personal statement and participation in community service activities. At the time of application submission, the applicant must have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 at his/her undergraduate institution. The applicant must also be a citizen or permanent resident of the US.