External Scholarships
More than 425 scholarships and grants are listed on these pages. Some are available exclusively to law students, but all are available to law students even if undergraduate and graduate students are also eligible. Some of the information is given as a service by the Academic Support Office and other non-Wake Forest Law sources, so we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information.
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Disability or Medical Condition
Diversity
Interests & Activities
Legal Employer
Mark T. Banner Scholarship for Law StudentsNative Americans
Non-U.S. Citizens
Organizations
Prelaw Scholarship
Public Interest
To be competitive for any scholarship, write an outstanding essay with concrete details. Seek recommendations from professors and others who know you well and can give concrete information about you.
Searching for scholarships involves creativity and work. Think broadly while looking for sources of scholarships. Some common sources of scholarships are
- Bar associations
- Community foundations
- Civic associations
- Employers (former, current, or potential), including employers of parent or spouse
- Local, state, or tribal governments
- Organizations devoted to preserving ethnic or cultural heritage
- Religious organizations
- Sororities and fraternities, whether social or academic
- Public interest groups
Popular commercial sites which offer scholarship searches include fastweb.com and finaid.org.
Racial and ethnic minority applicants are encouraged to apply for the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund at www.abanet.org/fje.
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