ABA LEGAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Law School Matching Program
The goal of the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is to encourage and enable students who would not otherwise have the financial ability to attend law school. The ABA is asking law schools around the country to participate in a matching program for the Scholarship Fund. By agreeing to participate, a law school commits to provide either matching funds or a tuition waiver equivalent to the amount provided by the Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund for any recipient attending their law school. A law school that agrees to participate in the program will provide funds only if an ABA scholarship recipient attends that school. By participating in the program, the law school agrees to continue to provide either matching funds or a tuition waiver for each year the recipient attends that school and receives the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship. If, in the opinion of the Scholarship Committee, the recipient fails to make satisfactory progress towards graduation, he or she will no longer receive the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship and the law school will be relieved of its obligation to match those funds. Of course, if the recipient chooses to transfer to another ABA-accredited law school, the law school initially providing matching funds or a tuition waiver would no longer provide that support.
Students interested in the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarships must submit an application providing information relating to their education, personal and family background, community service and need for financial assistance. Before receiving scholarship funds, recipients are required to demonstrate admission to and plans to enroll in an ABA-accredited law school.
Recipients are selected based on their qualifications for the scholarship and not on the law school they plan to attend. Therefore, law students applying to or attending any and all ABA-accredited law schools may benefit from these scholarships.
The following law schools have agreed to participate in the Law School Matching Program:
- American University, Washington College of Law
- University of Akron School of Law
- University of Arizona-James E. Rogers College of Law
- Ave Maria School of Law
- Baylor University School of Law
- Boston University School of Law
- Brooklyn Law School
- University of Chicago School of Law
- University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Creighton University School of Law
- Drake University Law School
- Duke University School of Law
- Duquesne University School of Law
- Florida State University College of Law
- Fordham University School of Law
- George Washington University Law School
- Gonzaga University School of Law
- Hofstra University Law School
- University of Idaho Law School
- Lewis & Clark College-Northwestern School of Law
- Louisiana State University-Paul M. Herbert Law Center
- Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
- Marquette University Law School
- Mercer University-Walter F. George School of Law
- University of Miami School of Law
- Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- University of Nebraska College of Law
- University of Nevada Las Vegas-Williams S. Boyd School of Law
- University of New Mexico School of Law
- University of North Carolina School of Law
- Northern Kentucky University College of Law
- Northwestern University School of Law
- University of Notre Dame School of Law
- Nova Southeastern University-Shepard Broad Law Center
- Ohio State University College of Law
- University of Oklahoma Law Center
- Oklahoma City University School of Law
- University of Oregon School of Law
- Pace University School of Law
- University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law
- Pennsylvania State University-Dickinson School of Law
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- Roger Williams University-Ralph R. Papitto School of Law
- Rutgers University School of Law-Camden
- St. John's University School of Law
- St. Thomas University School of Law
- Seton Hall University School of Law
- Southern Illinois University School of Law
- Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
- Southwestern University School of Law
- Stetson University College of Law
- University of Tennessee College of Law
- University of Texas School of Law
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School
- University of Toledo College of Law
- Tulane University School of Law
- University of Tulsa College of Law
- University of Virginia College of Law
- Wake Forest University School of Law
- Washburn University School of Law
- Washington & Lee University School of Law
- Washington University School of Law-St. Louis
- Western New England College-School of Law
- Willamette University College of Law
- William Mitchell College of Law
- University of Wisconsin Law School
- Yale Law School
- Yeshiva University-Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The law schools on this list have made a commitment to participate in the Law School Matching Program either by sending a letter outlining their commitment to participate or by making an oral commitment that will be followed with written confirmation. For questions regarding the Law School Matching Program, please contact Krista D. Kauper, Director of Development, Fund for Justice and Education, at (312) 988-5404.
