Scholarships for Minority Law Students

Fredrikson and Byron Minority Scholarship

• The law firm of Fredrikson and Byron offers an annual $10,000 scholarship to first-year minority law students. All minority law students may apply for the scholarship, but the law firm prefers minority law students who plan to enter private practice after graduation in Minnesota and other areas in the Midwest.

  Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
  200 South Sixth Street
  Suite 4000
  Minneapolis, MN 55402
  612-492-7000
  fredlaw.com

Milbank Diversity Scholars Program

• The Milbank Diversity Scholars Program offers $50,000 scholarships and paid summer internships to minority law students. Winners receive the first $25,000 in their junior year in law school and the remaining $25,000 after acceptance of an employment position at the Milbank law firm in New York, New York.

  Milbank Diversity Scholars Selection Committee
  Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
  One Chase Manhattan Plaza
  New York, NY 10005
  212-530-5000
  milbank.com

Sidney B. Williams Jr. Scholarship Program

• The Sidney B. Williams Jr. Scholarship Program awards $10,000 scholarships to minority students planning to pursue careers in intellectual property law. Applicants must be a member of an under-represented minority group and attending a law school accredited by the American Bar Association full-time. Scholarship recipients must become American Intellectual Property Law Association members and maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average.

  American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation
  Sidney B. Williams Jr. Scholarship
  485 Kinderkamack Road
  Oradell, NJ 07649
  201-634-1870
  aiplef.org

Richard D. Hailey Law Student Scholarship

• The Richard D. Hailey Law Student Scholarship is awarded to Hispanic, Biracial, Asian-American, Native American and African-American law students. Applicants must be American Association for Justice members and have an interest in public advocacy, submit a resume, write a 500-word essay and up to three recommendations from teachers, advisers, trial lawyers or AAJ members to receive the $1,000 award.

  American Association for Justice
  The Richard D. Hailey AAJ Law Student Scholarships
  777 6th Street NW, Suite 200
  Washington, DC 20001
  800-424-2725
  justice.org

American Bar Association Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund

• The American Bar Association Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund offers up to $5,000 scholarships to minority law students. Applicants must possess a 2.5 grade point average and be first-year law school students.

  American Bar Association
  321 N. Clark St
  Chicago, IL 60654-7598
  800-285-2221
  abanet.org