Opportunities for Pre-law and Law Students

 AAUW Selected Professions Fellowships            www.aauw.org
American Association of University Women.  $5,000-$12,000    Minority; female; citizen; in J.D. program.  Deadline early January.

AIGC Accenture                                http://www.aigc.com
American Indian Graduate Council.  Up to $20,000 for American Indian for grad studies in law, medicine, engineering.  Deadline June 1.

Bedford LSAT-Prep Scholarship                      (214) 890-0099
$1,000 for Princeton Review LSAT prep course.  Minority pre-law junior, senior, or recent grad, GPA 3.0+.  Sponsor:  Dallas Bar Foundation. Rolling deadline.

Beneventi Law Scholarship, DAR     www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm
Student enrolled in law school, 3.25+ GPA.  $2,000.  Deadline mid-April

CORO Fellows, Public Affairs           www.coro.org
Two-year public affairs internship.  Deadline January.

Dallas Hispanic Bar                    www.dallashispanicbar.com
$1,000 for Texas resident, in Texas law school.  Deadline August 1.

DAAD International Lawyers to Germany            www.daad.org/?p=lawyers
8-month study visit, theoretical and practical.  At Tubingen, Ministry of Justice of Westphalia, law firms in Dusseldorf.  Must have very good German, and J.D. or LLB; age <30.  Deadline March 1.

Fulbright Binational Business Grant to Mexico         www.fulbrightonline.org/us
Law students with two years' business experience, fluent Spanish.  Corporate internship in Mexico. Campus deadline Sept. 28

Kennedy Library, Schlesinger            see site for Kennedy Library Foundation
$5,000 to research immigration or refugee issues at Kennedy Library.  Deadline mid-August

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund        contact Office of National Fellowships
Full tuition + $18,000/yr stipend, for graduate study in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, law, medicine, engineering or other formal professional training.  US citzn, financial need. Seniors or grad students may apply.  Campus deadline Nov.

Luna Legislative Scholars                                www.tshrc.org
Texas Senate Hispanic Research Council.  Spring semester as full-time staff legislative assistant in office of senator or Lt. Governor. $2,000 monthly stipend. Junior, senior, or recent grad, age 21+.  Deadline Oct.

Minority Corporate Counsel Association       www.uncf.org/scholarships/
$10,000 law school tuition.  Minority; graduating senior going to law school.  Deadline June 1.

New York City Internship           see site for New York City Government Scholars
Undergraduate soph, junior, or senior.  $3,000 stipend for 10-week summer internship in NYC government offices.  Deadline early January.

Responsible Citizens Internship        http://www.i4rc.org
Undergraduate sophomore black male in pre-law, political science, public policy, ministry, or business.  Two-summer paid internship in Washington D.C. with coursework at Georgetown; tuition and housing covered.  Deadline February 1.

Scoville Peace Fellowship                www.scoville.org
Graduating senior.  Stipend for 6- to 9-month internship in Washington D.C.  Deadline October for spring, early Feb for fall.

Skadden Fellows                                www.skaddenfellowships.org
Two years' salary for graduating law students, to develop projects with public interest organizations (services to poor, elderly, homeless, disabled, civil rights). Deadline Oct. 1.

Truman Scholarship                             www.truman.gov
Undergraduate junior planning career in public service.  Fellowship for senior year plus $30,000 tuition for graduate studies.  Deadline January.

U.S. Dept. of State Internships            http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html#CEP
Summer, fall, or spring; in Washington D.C. or at embassies overseas; paid or unpaid.  U.S. citizen; apply as a junior, senior, or grad student.  Deadline July 1.

White House Internships                    www.whitehouse.gov/government/wh-intern.html
Semester or summer internship.  Undergraduate; US citizen.  Deadline Oct for spring; early March for summer; June for fall.

Elie Wiesel Ethics Prize                      www.eliewieselfoundation.org
Undergraduate junior or senior.  $5,000 ethics essay prize.  Deadline December 1.

Additional resources:  http://studentaffairs.law.smu.edu/Scholarship_Archive/