Other Outside Scholarships

The University of Chicago would like to encourage you to apply for outside scholarships. To help with your search, we have put together this list of some of the available scholarships for law students. Remember, outside funding reduces your borrowing dollar for dollar.  Please note that since the Law School does not administer these outside programs, you will need to contact the agencies directly for questions about applications, deadlines and selection processes.

AAJ Trial Advocacy Scholarship

Award: $2,500
Deadline: 5/1/2013

Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Public Interest Law Scholarship

Award: $40,000
Deadline: 5/11/2013

Adler Pollack & Sheehan Scholarship

Award: $10,000
Deadline: 6/1/2013

Ambassador Scholarship

Award: $2,000
Deadline: 3/25/2012

American Association of University Women Career Development Grants

Award: $2,000-$12,000
Deadline: 12/15/2012

American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship

Award: $1,000-$5,000
Deadline: 6/1/2013

American Judges Association Essay Contest

Award: $1,000-$3,000
Deadline: 6/1/2012

Arent Fox Diversity Scholarship

Award: $15,000
Deadline: 1/22/2013           

Arthur C. Helton Fellowship

Award: varies
Deadline: 1/7/2013

Association for American Indian Affairs Scholarship

Award: $1,500
Deadline: 6/4/2012

Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship

Award: $10,000
Deadline: 6/22/2012

Baker Hostetler Diversity Fellowship Program

Award: $25,000
Deadline: 10/5/2012

Black Women Lawyers Association Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 3/13/2013

Bohemian Lawyers' Association of Chicago Scholarship

Award: $2,000
Deadline: 4/2/2012

Boone County Bar Association

Award: $1,000
Deadline: 10/1/2012

Boren Fellowship

Award: $30,000
Deadline: 1/31/2013

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Diversity Scholarship

Award: $5,000-$10,000
Deadline: 2/15/2013

Brandeis Association Scholarship Program

Award: varies
Deadline: 3/26/2012

Bronx County Bar Association Scholarships

Award: $3,000
Deadline: 2/22/2013

Butler Rubin Diversity Scholarship

Award: $10,000
Deadline: 12/15/2011

Byron Hanke Fellowship

Award: $2,000-$4,000
Deadline: 5/1/2013

Camden County Bar Association Scholarships

Award: $1,000
Deadline: 2/28/2013

Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 5/31/2013

Community Foundation of the Hudson Valley Scholarships

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/01/2013

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Scholarships

Award: varies
Deadline: 3/29/2013

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Scholarship

Award: $5,000
Deadline: 4/16/2013

Council of Higher Education Scholarship Program for Students of Czech, Slovak, or Ruthenian Descent

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/2/2013

Cyprus Children's Fund

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/30/2013

Darlene J and Robert L Walker Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 6/21/2013

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 1L Diversity Scholarship

Award: $7,500
Deadline: 1/16/2013

Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/1/2013

Diversity Scholarship Foundation

Award: $500-$5000
Deadline: 9/15/2012

Dominican Bar Association Scholarship

Award: $3,000
Deadline: 5/15/2012

Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for Law Students

Award: $5,000
Deadline: 1/7/2013

DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship

Award: $10,000
Deadline: 4/19/2013

Earl Warren Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/30/2013

Faegre & Benson Diversity Scholarship

Award: $12,000
Deadline: 1/9/2012

Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/15/2013

Finlandia Foundation Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 2/1/2013

Finnegan Diversity Scholarship

Award: $15,000
Deadline: 2/6/2013

Frank H. Lang Scholarship

Award: $1,000
Deadline: 6/1/2012

Fredrikson & Byron PA Minority Scholarship Program

Award: $10,000
Deadline: 3/31/2013 

George A. Strait Minority Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/1/2013

Glenn D. Peters Law Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 6/1/2013

Goodwin Public Interest Fellowships for Law Students of Color

Award: $7,500
Deadline: 3/1/2013

Government Bar Association

Award: $750
Deadline: 4/1/2012

H. Thomas Austern Writing Awards Competition

Award: $4,000
Deadline: 6/07/2013

Hellenic Bar Foundation Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 10/3/2013

Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 5/1/2012

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Award: varies
Deadline: varies

Hogan/Smoger Essay Contest

Award: $5,000
Deadline: 2/28/2013

Honorable Timothy C. Evans Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 3/15/2013

Hudson County Bar Foundation Scholarship Application

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/30/2012

Humane Studies Fellowships

Award: $2,000-$15,000
Deadline: 12/31/2011

Ida Foreman Fleisher Scholarship

Award: $2,000-$8,000
Deadline: 5/15/2012

Illinois Judicial Council

Award: $1500-$3000
Deadline: 3/18/2011

Iranian American Bar Association Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 3/31/2012

Japanese American Bar Association Scholarship

Award: $2,000
Deadline: 1/7/2013

Japanese American Citizens League Scholarships

Award: varies
Deadline: 4/1/2013

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Award: varies
Deadline: 2/15/2013

John P. Humphrey Fellowship

Award: CND$35,000
Deadline: 11/15/2012

Judge John R. Brown Award

Award: $10,000
Deadline: 6/7/2013

JVS Scholarship Program

Award: $1,000-$5,000
Deadline: 3/29/2013

Korean American Scholarship Foundation

Award: varies
Deadline: 7/8/2012

Kosciuszko Foundation Tuition Scholarships

Award: $1,000-$7,000
Deadline: 1/7/2013

La Raza Lawyers Association Fellowship

Award: $5,000
Deadline: 5/1/2013

Lax Scholarship Fund for Gay Men

Award: $20,000
Deadline: 2/4/2013

Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys

Award: $3,000
Deadline: 11/28/2012

Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: varies

Lionel Murphy Postgraduate Scholarships

Award: $A40,000
Deadline: 11/30/2012

Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund

Award: $12,000
Deadline: varies

Mark T. Banner Scholarship for Law Students

Award: $5,000
Deadline: 11/16/2012

MCCA Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Scholarship

Award: $10,000
Deadline: 5/31/2013

McDermott Minority Scholarship

Award: $15,000
Deadline: 12/31/2013

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 1/2/2013

Michigan Auto Law Diversity Scholarship

Award: $2,000
Deadline: 5/1/2013

Mike Eidson Scholarship

Award: $5,000
Deadline: 5/31/2013

Milbank Diversity Scholars

Award: $25,000
Deadline: 9/1/2011

Miller Johnson Michigan Diversity Scholarship

Award: $5,000
Deadline: 4/1/2011

Mortar Board National Foundation Fellowship

Award: varies
Deadline: 1/31/2013

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Foundation Scholarship

Award: $2,500-$7,500
Deadline: 9/2/2012

National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program

Award: $3,000-$12,000
Deadline: 3/31/2013

National Italian-American Foundation Scholarship

Award: $2,000-$12,000
Deadline: 3/1/2013

Navajo Nation Graduate Fellowship

Award: $5,000-$10,000
Deadline: 6/25/2012

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Award: $45,000
Deadline: 11/12/2012

Paul D. White Scholarship Program

Award: $7,500
Deadline: 1/22/2013

Point Foundation Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 1/22/2013

Polish American Club of North Jersey Scholarships

Award: $500-$2000
Deadline: 1/15/2013

Rhode Island Bar Foundation Thomas F. Black, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Award: $15,000
Deadline: 3/18/2013

Rhode Island Foundation Scholarships

Award: varies
Deadline: varies

Richard D. Hailey AAJ Law Student Scholarships

Award: $1,000
Deadline: 5/1/2013

Saratoga County Bar Association Law Student Scholarship

Award: $1,000
Deadline: 2/15/2013

Serbian Bar Association Scholarship

Award: $500-$2000
Deadline: 10/15/2012

Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Intellectual Property Law Scholarship

Award: $10, 000
Deadline: 3/15/2013

Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition

Award: $2,500
Deadline: 6/8/2012

Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition

Award: $2,500
Deadline: 4/26/2013

Stark Community Foundation Scholarships

Award: varies
Deadline: varies

Stoel Rives First Year Law Student Diversity Fellowship

Award: $7,500
Deadline: 1/16/2013

Swiss Benevolent Society

Award: varies
Deadline: 3/31/2013

The Alia Herrera Memorial Scholarship

Award: $3,000
Deadline: 5/1/2013

The Nassau Lawyers Association of Long Island Scholarship

Award: $1,000
Deadline: 5/15/2013

The Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties

Award: $1,000
Deadline: 4/5/2013

The Vincent S. Haneman - Joseph B. Perskie Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: 5/1/2013

The Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP Diversity In Law Scholarship

Award: $30,000
Deadline: 4/30/2012

Thomas P. Thornton Scholarship

Award: $1,000
Deadline: 4/26/2013

United Methodist Scholarship Program

Award: varies
Deadline: 3/5/2013

USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship

Award: varies
Deadline: varies

Walter S. Barr Fellowships

Award: varies
Deadline: 2/1/2013

Wellesley College Graduate Fellowships & Scholarships

Award: varies
Deadline: 1/9/2012

William A. McClain Scholarship

Award: $2,000
Deadline: 2/20/2013

Women's Bar Foundation Scholarship

Award: $10,000
Deadline: 3/12/2012