Links for Minority Law Students
Scholarships and Opportunities
- Application Deadline: May 31, 2013 - The law firm of Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. is pleased to announce its first annual Diversity Scholarship for law students. The scholarship has been created as part of Buckfire & Buckfire’s commitment to build on the promise of diversity within the workplace, community and society. The $2,000.00 Diversity Scholarship will be awarded to a student who is currently attending an ABA accredited law school, who is either a member of an ethnic or racial minority group or demonstrates commitment to issues of diversity within their academic career. For information please visit http://www.BuckfireLaw.com and “Apply Now” under Student Scholarships or e-mail Kathryn@BuckfireLaw.com
Events
- ATTN RISING 2Ls! THE INDYBAR DIVERSITY JOB FAIR
July 7, 2013 - Registration deadline. The Indianapolis Bar Association (IndyBar) cordially invites fall 2013, 2L law students (graduating May 2015) to participate in the IndyBar Diversity Job Fair. We are seeking candidates who represent all aspects of diversity, looking for a one-of-a-kind legal community in a Midwestern city with cosmopolitan style and small-town charm. Rising 2L students register for the IndyBar Diversity Job Fair via Symplicity’s web site at https://law-indybar-csm.symplicity.com/students/. For more information please click here.
Employment, Internships, Fellowships and Grants
Judicial Clerkships
Schools
General Links
Winston & Strawn LLP Diversity Scholarship Applications . Deadline to apply: TBA
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
The Princeton Review has a website with a great section on law schools, including a way to search based on minority enrollment.
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.
LawInfo's Law Student section
Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
A Guide to the Law School Application Process for People of Color
