These are private scholarships offered by law firms and community organizations. Scholarships are available to incoming and continuing students. Click on the links for more information and to see if you qualify. All scholarships are organized by their deadlines.
Resources for additional information:
Value: $3,000 Deadline: October 15, 2023
The Tully Rinckey Foundation is pleased to offer a $3,000 scholarship for the Fall 2023 semester to a new or current University at Buffalo Law School student that has served or is currently serving in the military reserves.
Value: $5,000 Deadline: October 27, 2023
One scholarship is awarded to a law student who is enrolled in a law school in the State of New York, who best exemplifies the core values important to Carol Van Scoyoc, Esq, former chair of the Section and recipient of the Award for Excellence in Public Service. The student shall show academic excellence, a demonstrated interest in public service and an interest in local government law.
Value: $5,000 Deadline: November 17, 2023
One scholarship is awarded to a second year (2L) or third year (3L) law student who is enrolled in a law school in the State of New York who demonstrates Melvyn Mitzner’s commitment to professional achievement in the area of real property law including legal writing, lecturing and scholarship; and diversity in the profession.
Value: $5,000 Deadline: November 17, 2023
One scholarship is awarded to a second year (2L) or third year (3L) law student who is enrolled in a law school in the State of New York who best exemplifies the core values important to Lorraine Power Tharp; academic excellence, a demonstrated interest in public service, high integrity, and an interest in real property law.
Deadline November 30, 2023
The New York State Bar Association offers this opportunity to recognize exellence among law school students writing in the area of labor and employment law; and to cultivate the relationship between the Section and future labor and employment practitioners.
Application and information: https://nysba.org/awards-competitions/labor-and-employment-law-section-dr-emanuel-stein-and-kenneth-stein-memorial-law-student-writing-competition/
Deadline November 30, 2023
The New York State Bar Association offers this opportunity. The purpose of the awards are to enable New York State Law Schools to recognize excellence among their law students in the area of labor and employment law and to cultivate the relationship between the Labor and Employment Law Section and future labor and employment practitioners.
First Prize $3,000, Second Prize $2,000, Third Prize $1,000
Application and information: https://nysba.org/awards-competitions/labor-and-employment-law-section-samuel-m-kaynard-memorial-student-service-awards/
Value: $6,000 Deadline: December 4, 2023
The fellowship is open to students with a diverse background who are currently enrolled in a law school in the State of New York. The fellowship will provide the student an opportunity to experience health law practice and to work with a healthcare attorney or facility in the State of New York during the summer.
The DDRB Lawyers Legal Scholarship by Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum Bluestein, LLP is a recurring scholarship worth $1500 designed to help one law student with their tuition costs.
