Scholarships

Crisis Channel Scholarship

Provided By:   The Crisis Channel

Deadline:  November 01, 2011

Type of Award:  Contest

Amount:  $500

Awards Available:  1

Website:

http://www.thecrisischannel.com/Crisis_Channel/Scholarship.html

Description:

The Crisis Channel Scholarship is available to high school and college students. To be considered, you must submit an original video that shows how your family or community prepares for an emergency. All videos will be posted on The Crisis Channel's website and Facebook page. The grand prize winner will be determined by the most "likes" on Facebook.

Applicable Majors:  All Fields of Study

Additional Information:  Please visit the sponsor's website for additional information.

UNCF General Scholarship

Provided By:  United Negro College Fund - Program Services

Deadline:  May 18, 2012

Type of Award:  Scholarship

Amount:  $5000

Awards Available:  Unspecified

Website:

http://www.uncf.org/forstudents/scholarship.asp

Description:

The UNCF General Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students attending a UNCF member college. You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA to be eligible for this award.

Applicable Majors:  All Fields of Study

Additional Information:  Please visit the sponsor's website for additional information.

PossibilityU Scholarship

Provided By:  Cambium Enterprises

Deadline:  October 13, 2011

Type of Award:  Contest

Amount:  $5000

Awards Available:  1

Website:  http://www.possibilityu.com/node/693

Description:

The PossibilityU Scholarship is available to high school and college undergraduate students. To be considered, you must create a five - minute video that uses one of the five prompts provided to tell about your hopes, dreams, and schemes for the way your college experience will change your world. You must post your video on YouTube and PossibilityU's Facebook page. Voting will be open to the public. The video with the most votes wins.

Applicable Majors:  All Fields of Study

Additional Information:

Please visit the sponsor's website for additional information.

"Your Point of View" Contest

Provided By:  Energize Students

Deadline:  November 01, 2011

Type of Award:  Contest

Amount:  $1000

Awards Available:  3

Website:

http://www.energizestudents.org/Speak-Your-Mind/Contest.aspx

Description:

The "Your Point of View" Contest is open to students between the ages of 14 and 19. To enter, you must submit an essay that illustrates changes that you believe your high school needs. The top ideas and stories will be asked to be part of a feature length documentary and the top 3 submissions will also receive funds towards their education.

Applicable Majors:  All Fields of Study

Additional Information:

Please visit the sponsor's website for additional information.

Scholarship Search Engines

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        free scholarship search engine

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        Links to scholarship databases

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        Information about scholarships and links to different types

        of listings

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      Searchable database with 600,000 awards totaling over

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          Database of 2.4 million scholarships

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      An extensive list of scholarship links.

http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/

      information about scholarships that are unlimited or do

           not require an interview, essay, portfolio, audition, or

           other competition.

Legal Employment, Internships, Fellowships & Grants and Scholarship Contests

Links for Minority Law Students - Scholarships and Opportunities

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/resources/minority_law_students.html

·         Winston & Strawn LLP Diversity Scholarship Applications . Deadline to apply: October 15, 2011.

·         Ventura County Asian-American Bar Association Scholarship - applicants do not  have to be Asian American to be eligible

·         ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund

·         Defense Research Institute (DRI) Law Student Diversity Scholarship . Annual scholarship. Application deadline May of current year.  

·         Black Excel is a website geared towards African American students, but has a good list of links for all types of scholarships

·         The Council on Legal Education Opportunity has a list of Financial Aid Programs for Minorities and Disadvantaged Students in Law School

·         Davis Wright Tremaine has two diversity scholarships for first year students, who participate in the summer associate program with partner and associate mentors. Then, in their second year they receive a $7,500 scholarship.

·         Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)

·         FastWeb : Free scholarship and college searches, and financial aid tools.

·         FindAid! has a page for specifically for minority students

·         Gates Millenium Scholars Program

·         Hispanic College Fund

·         The Hispanic Lawyers of Illinois offer a scholarship for first year law students.

·         National Black Law Students Association has scholarships listed on their site.

·         National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation has scholarships available

·         Filipino-American Lawyers of San Diego award annual scholarships to third-year law students to ease the cost of the California State Bar Exam.

·         Practicing attorneys for Law Students Program , Inc. PALS matches minority law students with volunteer lawyers who serve as mentors to provide career guidance for minorities in the legal profession.

·         Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund

·         United Negro College Fund

·         University of Texas Law's William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Baylor University School of Law have established the Equal Justice Scholarships .

·         U.S. News has a scholarship seach

·         There are many, many more scholarship pages than can be listed here. We recommend checking with national and local minority bar associations as well as state bar associations .

·         Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles has Scholarships

·         Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Internships, Fellowships, Scholarships

·         Law Student Awards, Competitions, Grants and Scholarships  

Employment, Internships, Fellowships and Grants

·         The White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders: Internship Program

·         The Asian Pacific Institute for Congressional Studies has internship and fellowship opportunities

·         The Black Collegian Online provides cutting-edge information on career resources for Black collegians

·         The Dept of the Interior's Office of the Solicitor has a Solicitor's Honor Program for outstanding third year law students.

·         The Juvenile Law Center has a fellowship program .

·         INROADS recruits outstanding students of color with 3.0 or better grade point averages for internship opportunities

·         Olive W. Garvey Fellowship program has awarded fellowships biennially to outstanding college students around the world through a competitive essay contest

·         The Supreme Court has a Judicial Fellows Program .

·         Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles has a public interest grant program

·         Law Student Internships, Clerkships and Career Development  

Judicial Clerkships

·         The Judicial Clerkship Program is a program the Commission holds jointly with the ABA Judicial Division.

·         We have an online pamphlet titled The Courts: An Excellent Place for Attorneys of Color to Launch Their Careers .

·         The Charlotte Legal Diversity Clerkship is a summer program for first-year law students who advance the value of diversity.

·         George Mason University School of Law has an online guide to clerkships.

·         BYU has a guide to clerkships in PDF

·         judicialclerkships.com has tips, links and information on the book Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships.

·         Jurist's Judicial Clerkships page

·         Lexis ® is useful for searching for judges, and they also have a student section on their website. The lexis.com Career Library gives you exclusive online access to NALP's Judicial Clerkship Directory. The Judicial Clerkship Directory is the leading national publication about judicial clerkships with state and federal judges.

·         The Federal Law Clerk Information System allows prospective applicants to search a national database of federal law clerk vacancies.

·         The Judicial Division has a Directory of Minority Judges (3rd edition)

·         US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has clerkship listings.

Schools

·         ABA approved schools

·         Internet Legal Resource Guide lists the top 20 law schools based on the diversity index .

·         U.S. New and World Report's Diversity Index for Law Schools

·         Law School Admission Council

·         The Princeton Review has a website with a great section on law schools, including a way to search based on minority enrollment.

General Links

·         In Legal Color, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to increase law school diversity by providing inspiration, information, and support to prospective law students of color.

·         Our Statistics page now features statistics about law students .

·         ABA's CLEO (Council on Legal Education Opportunities) holds six-week pre-law summer institute and an online guide to law school admissions .

·         ABA's Law Student Division's web site has a wealth of information for minority and majority law students.

·         ABA's Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has lots of information of interest to law students.

·         CivilRights.org has a Student Activist Network to support civil rights issues, particularly affirmative action.

·         Internet Legal Resource Guide has a Law Students Services section

·         JURIST is a highly recommended law schools portal. Has a lot of information useful to students including information about law schools, admissions, Judicial Clerkships, and employment as well as more general legal research.

·         Law.com's Students section

·         LawInfo's Law Student section

·         Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

·         A Guide to the Law School Application Process for People of Color

·         Job Search

·         Minority Law Students

·         Statistics about Minorities in the Profession

·         General Diversity

·         General Law Resources

·         Journals and Magazines

·         ABA Entities with Minority Programs

·         Minority Legal Associations

·         Civil Rights Organizations and Hate Crime Resources

·         State Bar Associations

·         State and Local Bar Association Bias and Diversity Reports

Journals

·         ABA's Law Student Division publishes Student Lawyer

·         Harvard University's Civil Rights Project

Minority Organizations

·         The Black Collegian has a useful page for Graduate and Professional School

·         Black Excel is a website geared towards African American students

·         Hispanic National Bar Association - Law Student Division

·         National Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (NAPALSA)

·         National Black Law Students Association

·         National Latina/o Law Student Assocation

·         National South Asian Law Student Association (NSALSA)

AFSA Second Chance Scholarship Contest

Provided By:  American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA)

Deadline:  August 24, 2011

Type of Award:  Contest

Amount:  $1000

Awards Available:  5

Website:  http://www.afsascholarship.org

Description:

The AFSA Second Chance Scholarship Contest is open to students pursuing a college degree or trade school education. You must read the "Fire Sprinkler Essay" then take a ten - question multiple choice test to be eligible for this award. For each question answered incorrectly, you will be given one more chance at the end of the exam to answer those questions correctly. A total of five entries into the drawing is possible if you answer all ten questions correctly.

Applicable Majors:  All Fields of Study

Additional Information:

Please visit the Web site provided for additional information.

American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest

Provided By:  American Legion - National Headquarters

Deadline:  Varies

Type of Award:  Contest

Amount:  $18000

Awards Available:  Unspecified

Website:  http://www.legion.org/scholarships

Description:

The National High School Oratorical Contest is open to junior high and high school students who are under the age of 20 and citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. You must prepare an oration on some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with some emphasis on the duties and obligations of citizens to our government. A complete list of topics are available on the Legion's Web site. Each individual state winner certified into and participating in the first round of the national contest receives an additional $1,500 scholarship.

Applicable Majors:

All Fields of Study

Additional Information:

Please visit the Web site provided for additional information.