University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

The urban public law school with a small liberal arts feel

External Scholarships ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund The Scholarship Fund awards $5,000 of financial assistance annually to each scholarship recipient attending an ABA-accredited law school. The mission of the Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance to ensure that these students have the opportunity to attend law school for three years. http://www.abanet.org/fje/losfpage.html. ABA of Kansas City (AABAKC) Diversity Scholarship The Asian American Bar Association of Kansas City (AABAKC) plans to award a $1,000 and a $500 Diversity Scholarship to eligible law students who demonstrate a commitment to serve or contribute to the Asian American community as future leaders. To be eligible, law students must be a dues-paying law student member of AABAKC and enrolled in an ABA accredited law school (either as a first-year or second-year full-time student). http://www.aabakc.org/ ABA of Kansas City (AABAKC) Diversity Scholarship information available here. ABA Section of Business Law Diversity Clerkship Program This is a summer program providing business law internship placements for qualified diverse candidates who are first or second year law students. http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/students/clerkship.shtml. ABA Section of Business Law Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest Each ABA-accredited law school, acting through its dean, is asked to nominate, by January 4, 2008, one paper on a high quality business law topic written in the 2007-2008 or current academic year by a student currently enrolled in the law school's J.D. program. The paper may be 1) specifically prepared for this contest; 2) submitted in a class, seminar, or as an independent study; or 3) a proposed law review/journal note, comment or article.  http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/ ABA Section of Litigation Judicial Intern Opportunity Program The Judicial Intern Opportunity Program is a full-time, six-week minimum, summer internship program open to all first- or second-year minority and/or financially disadvantaged law students who want to do legal research and writing for state or federal judges in participating cities. Interns will receive an award of $1,500. http://www.abanet.org/litigation/jiop/ Cole County Bar Association Scholarship The Cole County Bar Association of Missouri is pleased to announce it is taking applications for the 2009-2010 law student scholarship.  The scholarship will be awarded to a Cole County resident on the basis of academic achievement and financial need. Preference will be given to an applicant who is related to a member of or has a connection with the Cole County Bar Association. The amount of the scholarship will be determined by the number of recipients. Scholarship applications are due postmarked by October 26, 2009. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kimberly Shields at 573-864-9759 or at kjsesq03@yahoo.com  Constangy, Brooks & Smith Diversity Scholars Award Constangy, Brooks & Smith will grant a Diversity Scholars Award of $3000.00 to a deserving second year law student in each of the regions where the Firm has offices. The Firm initiated this award in 2005 in order to recognize the achievements of law students who have demonstrated their interest in diversity. http://www.constangy.com/f-4.html. Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for Law Students Banner & Witcoff is proud to offer the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for law students. This scholarship is part of Banner & Witcoff’s commitment to fostering the development of intellectual property lawyers from diverse backgrounds. http://www.bannerwitcoff.com/index.php?option=com_bwabout&id=4 Dorothy Atkinson Legal Education Scholarship Fund This scholarship was named in honor of Mrs. Richard Atkinson, a past president, who worked diligently in cooperation with other Barristers’ Wives to secure the needed incorporation of the National Barristers’ Wives in February, 1953. Atkinson scholarship information available here. Henry C. McDougal Northwest Missouri Legal Scholarship Fund The McDougal Scholarship provides one or more scholarships to students attending one of Missouri's accredited law schools. Recipients must be a resident of northwest Missouri, which is defined to include the following counties: Atchison, Nodaway, Holt, Worth, Gentry, Andrew, Dekalb, Clinton, Clay, Buchanan, Platte, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray, Caldwell, Daviess, Harrison, Mercer, Grundy, Livingston and Carroll. Among the most important factors to be considered by the Trustees of the Missouri Bar Foundation in granting scholarships to northwest Missouri residents to attend a Missouri law school will be academic scholarship and financial need. McDougal scholarship information available here. Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship The Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship Award of $3,000 is presented annually at the Berks County Bar Association Law Day Event. It is given to help fund a deserving Berks County, Pennsylvania, resident embarking on his or her second year at an accredited Law School. http://www.bccf.org/pages/forms/Foxapplication.html Latham & Watkins Diversity Scholars Program The Latham & Watkins Diversity Scholars Program is designed to increase the number of diverse law students studying at ABA-accredited law schools who want to pursue a career in a global law firm and intend to practice law in the United States. http://www.lw.com/AboutLatham.aspx?page=Diversity http://www.lw.com/upload/aboutLatham/upload/docs/doc44.pdf Mdivani Immigration Law Scholarship This scholarship is being offered by law alumnae, Ms. Mira Mdivani (Class of 1999), in honor of her father, Archil Mdivani. To be awarded to a student demonstrating serious interest in the practice of immigration law. 2007 Mdivani scholarship information available here. The Robert Masur Fellowship for Civil Liberties The Robert Masur Fellowship for Civil Liberties, open to first-year law students. Offered annually by The Nation Institute, it consists of a $1000 honorarium for students who intend to carry out significant activities during the summer (in between their first and second year) in the areas of civil rights and/or civil liberties. Proposed activities may include a writing or research project, work with a public interest organization in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties, work on a civil rights or civil liberties law case under the supervision of a faculty member or lawyer, or any other work in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties. For more information, see www.nationinstitute.org  or call 212-822-0252. For more information about the Fellowship and The Nation Institute, please click here. Students For Change Essay Writing Contest Three (3) scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each will be awarded by NLS Publishing. Students wishing to enter the contest are required to submit a 1000 to 2000 word essay describing “what the election of Barack Obama, the first African-American President, means to you and your family.” Please visit www.2008studentsforchange.com for more information and submission instructions. Essay Deadline: Tuesday, January 20, 2009